This statistic presents the top newsmakers in the United States in 2011. A story was counted for a person, if the person was the focus of at least 50 percent of the story. Barack Obama and the Obama Administration were the lead topic in 3,802 news stories in 2011, thus leading by a wide margin followed by Muammar Gaddafi and Herman Cain. For a statistic on top news stories of 2011 here.
Top newsmakers in the United States in 2011
(number of stories*)
* Includes all news stories in which at least 50 percent of the story focused on the respective person. **Barack Obama includes Barack Obama and the Obama Administration.
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Pew Research Center. (December 21, 2011). Top newsmakers in the United States in 2011 (number of stories*) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 10, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/214303/top-newsmakers-in-the-united-states/
Pew Research Center. "Top newsmakers in the United States in 2011 (number of stories*)." Chart. December 21, 2011. Statista. Accessed January 10, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/214303/top-newsmakers-in-the-united-states/
Pew Research Center. (2011). Top newsmakers in the United States in 2011 (number of stories*). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 10, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/214303/top-newsmakers-in-the-united-states/
Pew Research Center. "Top Newsmakers in The United States in 2011 (Number of Stories*)." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Dec 2011, https://www.statista.com/statistics/214303/top-newsmakers-in-the-united-states/
Pew Research Center, Top newsmakers in the United States in 2011 (number of stories*) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/214303/top-newsmakers-in-the-united-states/ (last visited January 10, 2025)
Top newsmakers in the United States in 2011 (number of stories*) [Graph], Pew Research Center, December 21, 2011. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/214303/top-newsmakers-in-the-united-states/
