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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Total number of posts per platform by U.S. Congress members 2021
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Quorum Analytics. (December 15, 2021). Total number of social media posts by members of the U.S. Congress in 2021, by platform [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 07, 2026, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/958814/total-number-posts-per-platform-congress-members-usa/
Quorum Analytics. "Total number of social media posts by members of the U.S. Congress in 2021, by platform." Chart. December 15, 2021. Statista. Accessed May 07, 2026. https://www.statista.com/statistics/958814/total-number-posts-per-platform-congress-members-usa/
Quorum Analytics. (2021). Total number of social media posts by members of the U.S. Congress in 2021, by platform. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 07, 2026. https://www.statista.com/statistics/958814/total-number-posts-per-platform-congress-members-usa/
Quorum Analytics. "Total Number of Social Media Posts by Members of The U.S. Congress in 2021, by Platform." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Dec 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/958814/total-number-posts-per-platform-congress-members-usa/
Quorum Analytics, Total number of social media posts by members of the U.S. Congress in 2021, by platform Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/958814/total-number-posts-per-platform-congress-members-usa/ (last visited May 07, 2026)
Total number of social media posts by members of the U.S. Congress in 2021, by platform [Graph], Quorum Analytics, December 15, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/958814/total-number-posts-per-platform-congress-members-usa/
