2013 Politwitter Year in Review

This page is a summary of the Twitter & social media usage of Canadian politicians during 2013.

Indexed Federal Tweets

Indexed Federal MP Tweets

Top Federal Tweeters

  1. 28829Political_Porn
  2. 27838Bergg69
  3. 17641DavidMorrison17
  4. 13878Beari8it
  5. 10213PatOndabak
  6. 9201
  7. 8679globepolitics
  8. 7192deepgreendesign
  9. 5236bionicliberal
  10. 4740ElectionCDA

Top Federal MP Tweeters

  1. 3900TonyclementCPC
  2. 3716Carolyn_Bennett
  3. 2866DenisCoderre
  4. 2678kenneyjason
  5. 2126ElizabethMay
  6. 1773MichelleRempel
  7. 1700BalGosal
  8. 1422JustinTrudeau
  9. 1317MeganLeslieMP
  10. 1256JamesMoore_org

Top @replied Tweeters

  1. 111411@PMHarper
  2. 71135@JustinTrudeau
  3. 38366@Kathleen_Wynne
  4. 17557@christyclarkbc
  5. 16468@kenneyjason
  6. 13569@DenisCoderre
  7. 11618@HuffPostCanada
  8. 10609@ElizabethMay
  9. 10407@ThomasMulcair
  10. 7839@bcliberals

Top Invited MPs to Twitter

  1. 56Gordon O'Connor
  2. 5Michael Chong
  3. 3John Duncan
  4. 3Pierre Lemieux
  5. 2Robert Sopuck
  6. 2Alex Atamanenko
  7. 2Jinny Jogindera Sims
  8. 2Colin Mayes
  9. 2Lysane Blanchette-Lamothe
  10. 2Dick Harris

Top Federal Hash Tags

Top Federal Hash Tags

Tweets indexed each month



Most Retweeted Photos

8629 retweets 4115 retweets 3043 retweets 1265 retweets 831 retweets 790 retweets 751 retweets 611 retweets 590 retweets 517 retweets 515 retweets 501 retweets


MPs Most Viewed Youtube Videos on Politwitter

2027 hits 870 hits 845 hits 601 hits 547 hits 539 hits 424 hits 380 hits 354 hits

Federal Video Stats

  1. 2241ndp
  2. 742conservative
  3. 208liberal
  4. 127green
  5. 36ndp,conservative
  6. 2ndp,bcndp
  7. 2bloc
  8. 1liberal,conservative

Top Video Posters

  1. 127ElizabethMay
  2. 106CharlieAngusMP
  3. 81MooreNpd
  4. 74CraigScottNDP
  5. 68alexboulerice
  6. 60JamesMoore_org
  7. 58jinnysims
  8. 57ClearyNDP
  9. 55laurinliu
  10. 51RobertAubinNPD

MPs Most Viewed Photos on Politwitter

108 hits 105 hits 76 hits 53 hits 50 hits 50 hits 44 hits 43 hits 41 hits 41 hits 40 hits 39 hits 38 hits 37 hits 36 hits

Federal Picture Stats

  1. 9246conservative
  2. 7963ndp
  3. 2704liberal
  4. 317green
  5. 13ndp,bcndp
  6. 12ndp,ontariondp
  7. 10ndp,conservative
  8. 4bloc
  9. 3liberal,conservative
  10. 2ndp,albertandp
  11. 1ndp,liberal
  12. 1ndp,liberal,conservative

Top Picture Posters

  1. 864lawrence_cannon
  2. 704JustinTrudeau
  3. 602kenneyjason
  4. 601pmharper
  5. 597Carolyn_Bennett
  6. 484alexboulerice
  7. 440BalGosal
  8. 432CraigScottNDP
  9. 408brownbarrie
  10. 387oliviachow



Most Retweeted Tweets of

Most Tweets Retweeted

  1. 2,201 Jason Kenney
  2. 2,058 Carolyn Bennett
  3. 1,785 Tony Clement
  4. 1,729 Justin Trudeau, MP
  5. 1,580 DenisCoderre

Combined total Retweets

  1. 85,953 Stephen Harper
  2. 69,300 Justin Trudeau, MP
  3. 25,286 Bob Rae
  4. 19,770 Elizabeth May MP
  5. 18,800 Jason Kenney



Most Retweeted Links of

link title from source first seen
191Track your twitter unfollowers | Unfollowers.me@CskeeteUnfollowers.meMar 23, 2013 4:33 pm
184Oilers Playoff Opening 2002 / 2003 - YouTube@GeorgesLaraqueyoutube.comJan 08, 2013 9:53 pm
171CHOI 91,9 Radio X : Éric Duhaime@lescarbeaumontreal.radiox.comAug 13, 2013 9:46 am
148Déclaration d’Elizabeth May sur le conflit syrien | Parti vert du Canada@Olivier_Adamgreenparty.caAug 28, 2013 2:49 pm
148Georges Laraque’s Campaign Office Opens | Bourassa@CanadianGreenslaraqueforbourassa.comAug 13, 2013 1:18 pm
148En direct |@PQEstriepq.orgApr 15, 2013 1:02 pm
136Twitter / GeorgesLaraque: I got kidnapped at the end ...@GeorgesLaraquetwitter.comAug 18, 2013 1:24 pm
130Éthique Animale - Une introduction - YouTube@GeorgesLaraqueyoutube.comAug 28, 2013 10:06 am
130Twitter / tifotter: Plane arriving at SFO apparently ...@adamgoldenbergtwitter.comJul 06, 2013 11:58 am
129Briefing with my House Leader, Minister Van Loan. | Flickr - Photo Sharing!@pmoharperflickr.comJan 28, 2013 1:16 pm

Most Retweeted Links of by Politicians

link title from source first seen
2255Hamming it up with SportsCentre hosts Jay Onrait and Dan O'Toole during...@pmharperflickr.comMay 03, 2013 12:41 pm
1936Jarome Iginla is a class act, a proud Canadian, and an all-time Flames great....@pmharperflickr.comMar 28, 2013 3:58 am
614OK, @BlueJays. Let’s. Play. Ball. #LoveThisTeam #BlueJays | Flickr - Photo...@pmharperflickr.comApr 02, 2013 8:32 am
606Twitter / JustinTrudeau: To all my fellow Liberals: ...@JustinTrudeautwitter.comApr 14, 2013 6:00 pm
600Star Wars Day Attack Ad: Say No to May the 4th - YouTube@JustinTrudeauyoutube.comMay 04, 2013 5:12 am
549Twitter / pmharper: Amid a sea of uncertainty, ...@pmharpertwitter.comDec 28, 2013 3:32 pm
487Twitter / ?@JustinTrudeaut.coApr 07, 2013 7:37 pm
478Twitter / JustinTrudeau: Thrilled to let you know we're ...@JustinTrudeautwitter.comAug 20, 2013 1:57 pm
454Twitter / ?@JustinTrudeaut.coMar 29, 2013 5:25 am
433Twitter / PremierBradWall: I’d like to welcome all #CFL ...@PremierBradWalltwitter.comNov 21, 2013 12:31 pm



Provincial

Most Active Provinces

  1. 2,280,531Quebec
  2. 1,549,954Ontario
  3. 1,249,834British Columbia
  4. 848,179Alberta
  5. 391,113Nova Scotia
  6. 252,917Newfoundland
  7. 91,670New Brunswick
  8. 81,045Saskatchewan
  9. 26,117Territories (yk, nt, nu)
  10. 24,932Prince Edward Island
  11. 5,958Manitoba
Most Active Provinces

Top Provincial Hash Tags

  1. 343,212#bcpoli
  2. 335,866#onpoli
  3. 295,137#polqc
  4. 291,607#assnat
  5. 236,553#ableg
  6. 84,132#abvote
  7. 76,127#nspoli
  8. 51,877#nlpoli
  9. 47,494#abpoli
  10. 33,589#olp

Indexed Provincial Tweets

  1. 258,182Ontario Liberal
  2. 195,915Ontario PC
  3. 178,346Parti Québécois
  4. 127,837BC NDP
  5. 123,321BC Liberal
  6. 120,951Alberta PC
  7. 102,011Coalition Avenir Québec
  8. 91,454Ontario NDP
  9. 83,328Québec Solidaire
  10. 61,165Alberta Liberal
  11. 58,353BC Green
  12. 54,589Parti libéral
  13. 47,636Nova Scotia Liberal
  14. 47,492Ontario Green
  15. 46,299Nova Scotia NDP