Total number of posts per platform by U.S. Congress members 2021

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Stacy Jo Dixon,
Nov 9, 2024
Amongst members of U.S. Congress in 2021, 477,586 posts were made on Twitter throughout the year. Although this is a decrease of over 22,000 posts on the previous year, Twitter is nevertheless the most popular social media platform used by members of congress. In addition, almost 300,000 posts were made on Facebook (Meta), whilst just over 20,000 were posted to YouTube, an increase of over 2,000 in comparison to 2020.

Total number of social media posts by members of the U.S. Congress in 2021, by platform

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December 2021

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United States

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January 1 to November 30, 2021

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According to the source: "This report analyzes nearly 800,000 posts made by members of the 117th Congress on official Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube accounts in 2021. In previous years, this report has also covered Instagram, but dialogue trackers like Quorum are no longer able to track Instagram data."

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