Politwitter 2011 Year in Review

This page is a summary of the Twitter & social media usage of Canadian politicians during 2011. The usage of Twitter among MPs increased in 2010 over 2009 but the amount of new politicians joining Twitter dropped. Most of the early adoptors had already joined Twitter in 2009.

  • Total MPs joined Twitter in 2011: 83
  • Total MLAs joined Twitter in 2011: 66
  • Total Tweets Indexed in 2011: 2,967,153
  • Total Tweets by Federal MPs in 2011: 81,288
  • Total Tweets by MLAs in 2011: 93,660

Indexed Federal Tweets

Indexed Federal Tweets chart

Top Federal Tweeters

  1. 14427min_reyes
  2. 14021kady
  3. 9482DenisCoderre
  4. 9464nspector4
  5. 7080dmurray4PITT
  6. 5965deepgreendesign
  7. 5800ElectionCDA
  8. 5385Beari8it
  9. 5381RosieBarton
  10. 4822vijaysappani

Top Federal MP Tweeters

  1. 10028DenisCoderre
  2. 2609Carolyn_Bennett
  3. 2349TonyclementCPC
  4. 2152kenneyjason
  5. 1283MikeLakeMP
  6. 1256JamesMoore_org
  7. 1013ElizabethMay
  8. 980alexboulerice
  9. 878MeganLeslieMP
  10. 813darylkramp

Top @replied Tweeters

  1. 40670@pmharper
  2. 25274@DenisCoderre
  3. 22251@kady
  4. 22106@jacklayton
  5. 17738@M_Ignatieff
  6. 17395@ElizabethMay
  7. 14663@Dalton_McGuinty
  8. 12307@TonyClement_MP
  9. 11825@globeandmail
  10. 11714@timhudak

Top Invited MPs to Twitter

  1. 204Jim Abbott
  2. 159Dominic LeBlanc
  3. 132Harold Albrecht
  4. 107Gary Goodyear
  5. 33André Arthur
  6. 17Rob Anders
  7. 15Thomas Mulcair
  8. 9Guy André
  9. 7Pablo Rodriguez
  10. 7Robert Carrier

Top Federal Hash Tags

Top Federal Hash Tags

Tweets indexed each month

tweets each month


MPs Most Viewed Youtube Videos (on politwitter)

79 hits 74 hits 70 hits 69 hits 66 hits 66 hits 65 hits 61 hits 60 hits

Federal Video Stats

  1. 645ndp
  2. 394liberal
  3. 394conservative
  4. 144bloc
  5. 31green
  6. 15
  7. 1liberal,conservative

Top Video Posters

  1. 162DavidMcGuinty
  2. 85GillesDuceppe
  3. 82DonDavies
  4. 64CharlieAngusMP
  5. 53jacklayton
  6. 48ThomasMulcair
  7. 42GlennThibeault
  8. 40kenneyjason
  9. 36LibbyDavies
  10. 32MPJulian

MPs Most Viewed Photos (on politwitter)

62 hits 32 hits 30 hits 29 hits 24 hits 24 hits 23 hits 21 hits 21 hits 19 hits 17 hits 17 hits 17 hits 16 hits 16 hits

Federal Picture Stats

  1. 3062conservative
  2. 2745liberal
  3. 2659ndp
  4. 139green
  5. 50ontariogreen
  6. 22
  7. 16bloc
  8. 9liberal,conservative
  9. 5ndp,ontariondp
  10. 3ndp,bcndp
  11. 2liberal,ontarioliberal
  12. 2conservative,ontariopc
  13. 1wildrose,conservative,lib

Top Picture Posters

  1. 610M_Ignatieff
  2. 453pmharper
  3. 436jacklayton
  4. 397brownbarrie
  5. 393VoteLawrence
  6. 384DonDavies
  7. 381Carolyn_Bennett
  8. 273RickDykstra
  9. 222LibbyDavies
  10. 178kenneyjason



Most Retweeted Tweets of 2011

Most Tweets Retweeted

  1. 2,503 DenisCoderre
  2. 1,258 Tony Clement
  3. 1,126 Jason Kenney
  4. 857 Carolyn Bennett MP
  5. 707 James Moore

Combined total Retweets

  1. 13,073 Jack Layton
  2. 11,015 DenisCoderre
  3. 10,233 Stephen Harper
  4. 6,482 Tony Clement
  5. 6,381 bobraeMP



Most Retweeted Links of 2011

link title from source first seen
276Jack Layton's letter to Canadians - Politics - CBC News@CBCPoliticscbc.caAug 22, 2011 9:32 am
258http://media.thestar.topscms.com/images/fb/8c/dbcda31841ba8292a37246d5 7c44.jpeg@DrEricHoskinsmedia.thestar.topscms.comAug 22, 2011 6:23 pm
177Home@david-murraydavidmurray.ndp.caMar 20, 2011 9:00 am
175Abulay Bantu - Together We Fight@mattdohertyQdotpaper.liMay 19, 2011 9:45 pm
133TrendLines ... welcome to the Web's 1st chart blog! Graphs of Global Peak...@TrendlinesDotCatrendlines.caMar 14, 2011 3:13 pm
119Welcome to Facebook - Log In, Sign Up or Learn More@salhousserfacebook.comMar 08, 2011 5:29 pm
101Dave Rutherford | Home@RutherfordShowdaverutherford.comApr 04, 2011 11:22 am
99I WILL VOTE :: JE VOTERAI | Facebook@apathyisboringfacebook.comMar 28, 2011 9:30 am
90Michael Ignatieff's town hall for Canada@liberal_partyliberal.caApr 21, 2011 2:57 pm
85Jobs | Ontario PC Party@DaveBristerPContariopc.comAug 26, 2011 8:22 am

Most Retweeted Links of 2011 by Politicians

link title from source first seen
1181Jack Layton's statement@jacklaytonndp.caJul 25, 2011 11:07 am
429Veterans Week 2011 official vignette - YouTube@pmharperyoutube.comNov 11, 2011 5:00 am
350Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada on the death of Jack Layton -...@pmharperpm.gc.caAug 22, 2011 7:22 am
240Message from the Minister regarding the Highland Companies' Melancthon Quarry...@LindaJeffreymnr.gov.on.caJul 07, 2011 11:09 am
207Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada on Thanksgiving - Prime Minister...@pmharperpm.gc.caOct 10, 2011 6:35 am
199East Africa Drought Relief Fund - CIDA@pmharperacdi-cida.gc.caJul 24, 2011 10:25 am
195YouTube - Rise-up Canada / Levez-vous, le Canada@M_Ignatieffyoutube.comApr 16, 2011 10:57 am
193YouTube - ‪PM's Canada Day greeting‬‏@pmharperyoutube.comJul 01, 2011 5:40 am
167Tories’ crime legislation turns teens sharing marijuana into ‘organized...@justinpjtrudeauottawacitizen.comNov 19, 2011 5:08 am
166Vote today!@pmharperconservative.caMay 01, 2011 7:11 pm

MPs with Greatest Increase in Facebook Fans

  1. +165,562 Jack Layton
  2. +33,272 Michael Ignatieff
  3. +27,336 Stephen Harper
  4. +9,840 Elizabeth May
  5. +9,168 Canadian Greens
  6. +8,915 Dalton McGuinty
  7. +7,116 Justin Trudeau
  8. +6,673 Tim Hudak
  9. +4,415 Gilles Duceppe
  10. +4,149 Peggy Nash

MPs with Greatest Increase in Twitter Followers

  1. +84,887 Stephen Harper
  2. +60,856 Jack Layton
  3. +47,521 Justin Trudeau
  4. +28,835 Michael Ignatieff
  5. +21,674 Elizabeth May
  6. +19,598 Denis Coderre
  7. +19,504 Gilles Duceppe
  8. +11,505 Dalton McGuinty
  9. +11,252 Bob Rae
  10. +8,574 Olivia Chow



Provincial

Most Active Provinces

  1. 336061Ontario
  2. 201143British Columbia
  3. 182751Quebec
  4. 118313Alberta
  5. 53185Nova Scotia
  6. 27445Newfoundland
  7. 21404New Brunswick
  8. 8301Saskatchewan
  9. 3764Prince Edward Island
  10. 375Manitoba
  11. 164Territories (yk, nt, nu)
Most Active Provinces

Top Provincial Hash Tags

  1. 71335#onpoli
  2. 62481#bcpoli
  3. 45611#assnat
  4. 44735#ableg
  5. 27053#polqc
  6. 21848#HST
  7. 14006#pcpo
  8. 10380#olp
  9. 9948#nspoli
  10. 9450#leadbcl

Indexed Provincial Tweets

  1. 56410Ontario PC
  2. 53876Ontario Liberal
  3. 22276Ontario NDP
  4. 19164BC NDP
  5. 18448Parti Québécois
  6. 16738BC Liberal
  7. 12221Alberta Liberal
  8. 12007Ontario Green
  9. 10865Québec Solidaire
  10. 10566Action Démocratique
  11. 9634Nova Scotia Liberal
  12. 8373Alberta PC
  13. 6858New Brunswick Liberal
  14. 5754Wildrose Alliance
  15. 5261Nova Scotia PC
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