Politwitter 2010 Year in Review

This page is a summary of the Twitter & social media usage of Canadian politicians during 2010. The usage of Twitter among MPs increased in 2010 over 2009 but the amount of new politicians joining Twitter dropped. Most of the early adoptors had already joined Twitter in 2009.

Total MPs joined Twitter in 2010: 157
Total MLAs joined Twitter in 2010: 187
Total Tweets Indexed in 2010: 17,286,876
Total Tweets by Federal MPs in 2010: 576,864
Total Tweets by MLAs in 2010: 652,326

Indexed Federal Tweets

121100liberal
60379conservative
39845ndp
17335green
3953bloc

Top Federal Tweeters

Top Federal MP Tweeters

Top @replied Tweeters

Top Invited MPs to Twitter

Tweets indexed each month

MPs Most Viewed Youtube Videos

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1102 hits

1068 hits

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877 hits

Federal Video Stats

MPs Most Viewed Photos

143 hits

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Federal Picture Stats

2010 Federal Word Cloud

Most Retweeted Tweets of 2010

126
retweets
MPlibMichael Ignatieff81 years ago today, women were declared persons thanks to The Famous Five. Now let’s get more women elected as MPs
Oct 18, 2010 2:31 pm
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retweets
MPndpJack LaytonExtend Afghan mission without a full debate? No way. @pmharper: bring it to a VOTE. http://ndp.ca/XTqUP PLS RT #NDP #cdnpoli
Nov 15, 2010 2:24 pm
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MPlibDenisCoderrePassez le mot.On veut que la LNH profite du match Mtl-Toronto demain pour réparer l'erreur et nommer Pat Burns au Temple de la Renommée.RT
Nov 19, 2010 8:26 pm
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retweets
MPlibDenisCoderreIl faut dénoncer le #*!"&%|/"**!!! qui a volé les effets personnels de la famille Burns. le jour MÊME des funérailles de Pat. 514-393-1133
Dec 01, 2010 5:22 am
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retweets
MPndpJack LaytonUnelected Conservative Senators killed Canada's only climate action bill, NDP's C-311 #cdnpoli #ndp
Nov 17, 2010 8:17 am

Most Tweets Retweeted

Combined total Retweets

Most Retweeted Links of 2010

	link title	from	source	first seen
480	CNN.com - Breaking News, U.S., World, Weather, Entertainment & Video News	@RickAnderson	cnn.com	Oct 28, 2010 6:33 am
241	Vidéo et audio - Assemblée nationale du Québec	@partiquebecois	assnat.qc.ca	Oct 18, 2010 2:42 pm
236	Legislative TV / Audio-Video / Proceedings / The Nova Scotia Legislature	@NSNDP	nslegislature.ca	Oct 28, 2010 10:03 am
200	Liberal Party of Canada	@matt-campbell	liberal.ca	Nov 10, 2010 5:31 am
183	Twibbon.com - Choose Authentication	@OntarioGreens	twibbon.com	Dec 15, 2010 1:10 pm
159	The Rosemary Thompson Daily	@backstagerosie	paper.li	Sep 30, 2010 11:15 pm
121	News 95.7 Web Radio Player	@NSLiberal	player.rogersradio.ca	Dec 09, 2010 5:45 am
108	t.co / Twitter	@M_Charpentier	t.co	Oct 18, 2010 9:03 pm
107	Liberal Party of Canada	@adamgoldenberg	liberal.ca	Oct 22, 2010 5:53 am
97	Queen's Park Webcast	@ontario-press-secretary	ontla.on.ca	Nov 02, 2010 7:13 am

Most Retweeted Links of 2010 by Politicians

	link title	from	source	first seen
297	News, Toronto, GTA, Sports, Business, Entertainment, Canada, World, Breaking...	@glen-murray	thestar.com	Oct 24, 2010 5:01 am
74	CKNW - Vancouver News Talk Sports Radio AM980	@BruceRalston	cknw.com	Sep 03, 2010 8:47 am
54	Remembrance Day Poppy - Support now! - Twibbon.com	@Yasir_Naqvi	twibbon.com	Oct 27, 2010 6:49 am
49	Parti Qu	@daveturcotte	dons.pq.org	Oct 11, 2010 2:44 pm
48	The literacy Daily	@MLACadieux	paper.li	Dec 17, 2010 10:22 am
34	Tax Benefits for Families	@harindertakhar	rev.gov.on.ca	Dec 22, 2010 1:17 pm
34	Premierâs Award for Excellence in the Arts	@Bob_Chiarelli	arts.on.ca	Oct 24, 2010 11:11 am
26	Yasir Naqvi, MPP - Ottawa - Centre	@Yasir_Naqvi	yasirnaqvimpp.ca	Oct 19, 2010 1:32 pm
26	Martine Ouellet, Vachon	@martineouellet	martineouellet.org	Sep 02, 2010 11:49 am
24	Tiny URL - create a shorter link	@shirleybond	tiny.cc	Oct 26, 2010 8:18 am