Politwitter 2018 Year in Review

This page is a summary of the Twitter & social media usage of Canadian politicians during 2018. 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 2018: 0
• Total MLAs joined Twitter in 2018: 1
• Total Tweets Indexed in 2018: 268,009
• Total Tweets by Federal MPs in 2018: 8,437
• Total Tweets by MLAs in 2018: 8,805

Indexed Federal Tweets

• 6170liberal
• 5687ndp
• 4527conservative
• 1504green
• 70bloc

Top Federal Hash Tags

• 1651#cdnpoli
• 216#canpoli
• 185#ndp
• 129#ptlib
• 91#SenCA
• 40#cpc
• 18#hoc
• 14#followelectionday
• 12#CINDU
• 9#lpc
• 7#QPQ
• 7#elxn42
• 5#debat
• 4#femvote
• 4#pttory
• 4#CdesCom
• 4#ptbloc
• 4#ctvelexn

Tweets indexed each month

MPs Most Viewed Photos (on politwitter)

16 hits 14 hits 14 hits 13 hits 13 hits 13 hits 12 hits 12 hits 12 hits 12 hits 11 hits 11 hits 11 hits 11 hits 11 hits

Federal Picture Stats

1. 428conservative
2. 152ndp
3. 125liberal

Top Picture Posters

1. 119CeiceTV
2. 57MichelleRempel
3. 35PaulDewar
4. 27TonyclementCPC
5. 23jkenney
6. 22BradTrostCPC
7. 21KirstyDuncanMP
8. 18LindaDuncanMP
9. 17brownbarrie
10. 16FinDonnelly

Most Retweeted Tweets of 2018

• MOST RETWEETED TWEETS OF 2018
• MOST RETWEETED TWEETS OF 2018 BY POLITICIANS
• MOST DISCUSSED TWEETS OF 2018 BY POLITICIANS

• 35469
  retweeted
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  MPJustin TrudeauIt’s #BellLetsTalk Day - a time to keep having important conversations about mental health, and of course raise som… https://t.co/hL5KvB66vV
  Jan 31, 2018 6:43 amtranslate1062 replies
• 14955
  retweeted
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  MPJustin TrudeauAt a time when talking about it was far more difficult, my mother Margaret was fearless in discussing her mental he… https://t.co/NC6C0aWmf6
  Jan 31, 2018 11:37 amtranslate529 replies
• 6903
  retweeted
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  MPJustin TrudeauI’ve spoken with Kentucky’s @GovMattBevin to offer condolences on behalf of Canadians for today’s shooting in Bento… https://t.co/FaAnL3BK6w
  Jan 23, 2018 2:16 pmtranslate2133 replies
• 6523
  retweeted
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  MPJustin TrudeauIt’s incredibly inspiring and motivating to see so many people come out to support women’s rights. We see you, we h… https://t.co/dgNH9VwXkn
  Jan 20, 2018 1:38 pmtranslate1592 replies
• 3846
  retweeted
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  MPJustin TrudeauI was about Xav's age when I first visited the Taj Mahal almost 35 years ago... and it's amazing to be back with hi… https://t.co/owBDk5g0rY
  Feb 18, 2018 7:09 amtranslate1992 replies

Most Retweeted Links of 2018

Most Retweeted Links of 2018 by Politicians

Provincial

Most Active Provinces

1. 31504Ontario
2. 10019Quebec
3. 3991Alberta
4. 3078Saskatchewan
5. 2906British Columbia
6. 2180Nova Scotia
7. 951New Brunswick
8. 820Newfoundland
9. 646Manitoba
10. 17Territories (yk, nt, nu)