2012 Politwitter Year in Review

This page is a summary of the Twitter & social media usage of Canadian politicians during 2012.

Indexed Federal Tweets

Indexed Federal MP Tweets

Top Federal Tweeters

  1. 13419billhillier
  2. 12580ElectionCDA
  3. 9195Beari8it
  4. 8606canpoli
  5. 7481deepgreendesign
  6. 6752RobertRoss4
  7. 5842HockeyOpera
  8. 5668jimbobbysez
  9. 5436Can_ada
  10. 4894CometsMum

Top Federal MP Tweeters

  1. 6816DenisCoderre
  2. 5384ElizabethMay
  3. 3531Carolyn_Bennett
  4. 2560MarcGarneau
  5. 1790kenneyjason
  6. 1642TonyclementCPC
  7. 1562JamesMoore_org
  8. 1339alexboulerice
  9. 887MikeLakeMP
  10. 821TheBrazman

Top @replied Tweeters

  1. 39469@pmharper
  2. 36320@francoislegault
  3. 26698@DenisCoderre
  4. 24656@ElizabethMay
  5. 20605@justinpjtrudeau
  6. 19186@Dalton_McGuinty
  7. 12420@BDrainvillePQ
  8. 11802@duchp
  9. 11117@leobblouin
  10. 10760@leadnowca

Top Invited MPs to Twitter

  1. 6Dominic LeBlanc
  2. 6Mauril Bélanger
  3. 5Joyce Bateman
  4. 5John Duncan
  5. 5Jeff Watson
  6. 5Peter Van Loan
  7. 5Yvon Godin
  8. 5Garry Breitkreuz
  9. 5Maurice Vellacott
  10. 5Ben Lobb

Top Federal Hash Tags

Top Federal Hash Tags

Tweets indexed each month



Most Retweeted Photos

666 retweets 456 retweets 399 retweets 371 retweets 218 retweets 217 retweets 214 retweets 209 retweets 209 retweets 181 retweets 172 retweets 168 retweets


MPs Most Viewed Youtube Videos on Politwitter

2080 hits 1864 hits 725 hits 704 hits 588 hits 571 hits 481 hits 405 hits 389 hits

Federal Video Stats

  1. 1986ndp
  2. 665conservative
  3. 280liberal
  4. 122green
  5. 13ndp,conservative
  6. 4bloc
  7. 2liberal,conservative
  8. 1ndp,bcndp

Top Video Posters

  1. 122ElizabethMay
  2. 101MooreNpd
  3. 93CharlieAngusMP
  4. 82ClearyNDP
  5. 77alexboulerice
  6. 71oliviachow
  7. 71MPJulian
  8. 65RobertNDP
  9. 65GlennThibeault
  10. 63JamesMoore_org

MPs Most Viewed Photos on Politwitter

120 hits 118 hits 115 hits 97 hits 72 hits 67 hits 51 hits 50 hits 45 hits 45 hits 44 hits 44 hits 44 hits 43 hits 43 hits

Federal Picture Stats

  1. 6240ndp
  2. 5198conservative
  3. 2146liberal
  4. 217green
  5. 18liberal,conservative
  6. 15ndp,ontariondp
  7. 15ndp,conservative
  8. 14ndp,albertandp
  9. 10ontariogreen
  10. 6liberal,albertaliberal
  11. 1bloc
  12. 1ndp,bcndp

Top Picture Posters

  1. 506lawrence_cannon
  2. 444Carolyn_Bennett
  3. 432alexboulerice
  4. 424kenneyjason
  5. 418pmharper
  6. 384PeggyNashNDP
  7. 367DonDavies
  8. 348RickDykstra
  9. 344nikiashton
  10. 325jimkarygiannis

Federal Word Cloud




Most Retweeted Tweets of

Most Tweets Retweeted

  1. 3,632 Elizabeth May MP
  2. 2,673 DenisCoderre
  3. 1,832 Carolyn Bennett
  4. 1,649 Jason Kenney
  5. 1,280 Tony Clement

Combined total Retweets

  1. 43,247 Justin Trudeau, MP
  2. 38,144 Elizabeth May MP
  3. 20,360 Bob Rae
  4. 18,995 Stephen Harper
  5. 16,666 DenisCoderre



Most Retweeted Links of

link title from source first seen
3272Official Site Officiel - Georges Laraque@GeorgesLaraquegeorgeslaraque.comNov 05, 2012 5:30 am
511A Run On of Thoughts@adamgoldenbergjessicaredfield.wordpressJul 20, 2012 5:50 am
3892011 Roundup » CIC@TheCICopencanada.orgJan 04, 2012 9:43 am
180Boards and Committees - Executive Council Office - Government of Yukon@yukongovernmenteco.gov.yk.caJul 21, 2012 12:10 pm
166ESTRIE PLUS journal internet Estrie, Sherbrooke, Portail Internet Estrie...@NathalieGoguen1EstriePlus.comSep 17, 2012 7:46 am
163Join Us@LKMFedLiberalslkm.liberal.caNov 21, 2012 6:00 am
161Donate@LKMFedLiberalslkm.liberal.caNov 21, 2012 6:00 am
161Feedback@LKMFedLiberalslkm.liberal.caNov 21, 2012 5:30 am
160Ontario NDP » Statement from NDP Leader Andrea Horwath on the Idle No...@OntarioNDPontariondp.comDec 21, 2012 9:24 am
157Ontario NDP » Andrea Horwath meets with Ontario high school students@OntarioNDPontariondp.comDec 20, 2012 11:01 am

Most Retweeted Links of by Politicians

link title from source first seen
566Was happy to present Justin Bieber with a Diamond Jubilee Medal today. |...@pmharperflickr.comNov 23, 2012 3:03 pm
492Ow.ly - image uploaded by @pmharper@pmharperow.lyAug 09, 2012 7:25 am
491Letter from the Leader of the Official Opposition to the Prime Minister...@ThomasMulcairndp.caDec 19, 2012 12:47 pm
336Twitter / JustinTrudeau: #IdleNoMore http://t.co/UC0PEbsa@JustinTrudeautwitter.comDec 26, 2012 9:34 am
333More than a dozen ridings blitzed by harassing fake Liberal phone calls...@justin-trudeaucanada.comFeb 25, 2012 5:48 am
304Think Twice Before Donating to Kony 2012, the Charitable Meme du Jour@justin-trudeaujezebel.comMar 07, 2012 7:55 pm
277Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada on Barack Obama's re-election...@pmharperpm.gc.caNov 07, 2012 5:42 am
275Burial fund for poor veterans rejects most applicants - Politics - CBC News@JustinTrudeaucbc.caNov 04, 2012 4:56 pm
255Visible Children - KONY 2012 Criticism@justin-trudeauvisiblechildren.tumblr.coMar 07, 2012 6:43 am
248PM and entire country stand behind Canadian Olympic Team as the 2012 Summer...@pmharperpm.gc.caJul 27, 2012 8:17 am



Provincial

Most Active Provinces

  1. 2,280,531Quebec
  2. 1,549,954Ontario
  3. 1,249,834British Columbia
  4. 848,179Alberta
  5. 391,113Nova Scotia
  6. 252,917Newfoundland
  7. 91,670New Brunswick
  8. 81,045Saskatchewan
  9. 26,117Territories (yk, nt, nu)
  10. 24,932Prince Edward Island
  11. 5,958Manitoba
Most Active Provinces

Top Provincial Hash Tags

  1. 343,212#bcpoli
  2. 335,866#onpoli
  3. 295,137#polqc
  4. 291,607#assnat
  5. 236,553#ableg
  6. 84,132#abvote
  7. 76,127#nspoli
  8. 51,877#nlpoli
  9. 47,494#abpoli
  10. 33,589#olp

Indexed Provincial Tweets

  1. 258,182Ontario Liberal
  2. 195,915Ontario PC
  3. 178,346Parti Québécois
  4. 127,837BC NDP
  5. 123,321BC Liberal
  6. 120,951Alberta PC
  7. 102,011Coalition Avenir Québec
  8. 91,454Ontario NDP
  9. 83,328Québec Solidaire
  10. 61,165Alberta Liberal
  11. 58,353BC Green
  12. 54,589Parti libéral
  13. 47,636Nova Scotia Liberal
  14. 47,492Ontario Green
  15. 46,299Nova Scotia NDP