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Congress on Social Media 2020
Quorum
12/15/20


The most active members on social media platforms from the House show you don’t have to be a headlining name in order to use your owned media to get your message out there. High-profile house members like Nancy Pelosi, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Kevin McCarthy, and Dan Crenshaw don’t crack the top ten on any platform. Meanwhile, rank-and-file members like Chip Roy, Elise Stefanik, French Hill, and Buddy Carter lead the pack across Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube, respectively.

Roy and Carter both held their respective titles atop the Twitter and YouTube lists in 2019. Roy directly mentioned @realdonaldtrump in 365 tweets, while he also tweeted over 140 times about @Super70sSports. Carter’s YouTube videos range from appearances on Fox News to reactions to policy proposals in Congress to reading children’s books at local schools in his district. 

Rep. French Hill said, “I have really enjoyed leaning into Instagram and other non-traditional social media platforms to show Arkansans back home in pictures instead of the usual words how my work is having a positive impact on the state and the nation and how I can help them, too. ”