This statistic shows the number of Twitter followers of Barack Obama and Mitt Romney in the 2012 election, as of November 21. Obama has a distinctive lead on Romney with about 20 million followers on Twitter.
Number of Twitter followers of Barack Obama and Mitt Romney as of November 21, 2012
Characteristic
Number of Twitter followers
Barack Obama
23,634,860
Mitt Romney
1,754,110
Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Number of Twitter followers23,634,86023,634,8601,754,1101,754,110Barack ObamaMitt Romney
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Twitter. (2012). Number of Twitter followers of Barack Obama and Mitt Romney as of November 21, 2012. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 03, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/243305/number-of-twitter-followers-of-barack-obama-and-mitt-romney/
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