In 2020, 98 percent of U.S. Senators have posted through their official social media accounts on Twitter. In comparison, only 79 percent of Senators went through their official social media accounts to post content on Instagram.
Percentage of U.S. Congress members who posted on official social media accounts in 2020
Analyzed nearly 800,000 posts made by members of the 116th Congress on official social media accounts. Includes activity from official legislative accounts. For measuring the messages legislators wrote in their own words, Twitter data does not include retweets. Instagram and Facebook data does not include stories.
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Quorum Analytics. (December 17, 2020). Percentage of U.S. Congress members who posted on official social media accounts in 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/958794/congress-members-posted-official-social-media-accounts-usa/
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Quorum Analytics. (2020). Percentage of U.S. Congress members who posted on official social media accounts in 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/958794/congress-members-posted-official-social-media-accounts-usa/
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Percentage of U.S. Congress members who posted on official social media accounts in 2020 [Graph], Quorum Analytics, December 17, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/958794/congress-members-posted-official-social-media-accounts-usa/
