How do the candidates stack up on social media?

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How do the candidates stack up on social media? - CNET

Donald Trump would be the first to tell you that he's this election cycle's King of Twitter, but he's far from the first to take to the Inteet in the name of generating political momentum.

Social media platforms have become the online soap box for anyone seeking to win the presidency, and some candidates find more of a following than others. With voters in New Hampshire set to cast their ballots, here's a look at how successfully the major contenders of each party have gotten their messages out across various platforms.

As the elections continue, we'll be updating these numbers as they rise and fall, so bookmark this page.

Twitter and Facebook

Real estate mogul and Republican candidate Donald Trump sits atop both the Twitter and Facebook leaderboards as the only candidate from either party who can claim more than 5 million followers and more than 5 million likes.

Former Secretary of State and Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton surpasses 5 million Twitter followers, too. She's followed by Senators Beie Sanders (D-Vt.) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Republican and former Florida Senator Marco Rubio, and Republican neurosurgeon Ben Carson, all of whom have over 1 million followers.

Rounding out the field of candidates are four Republicans (in order): New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, businesswoman Carly Fiorina, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and current Ohio Gov. John Kasich.

On Facebook, it's Carson who sits in second behind Trump as the only other candidate to boast more than 5 million likes. Next up are the two Democratic candidates, Sanders and Clinton -- each with about 2.5 million likes to their name. Cruz and Rubio are the only other candidates that can claim more than 1 million likes.

The same bottom four on Twitter vie for placement on Facebook as well, but this time, it's Christie bringing up the rear.

Instagram

Of the candidates who have verified Instagram accounts (former Hewlett-Packard CEO Fiorina does not), Trump is, again, no. 1, with just under 1 million followers. Clinton and Sanders come in at second and third, respectively, followed by a significant drop-off before Carson and Cruz at spots four and five.

YouTube

YouTube has seen its share of campaign ads and announcements, and most campaigns have a verified channel for supporters to subscribe to. Sanders has more subscribers than anyone else, with 92,420. That number goes up dramatically if you include the separate Sanders campaign channel, which is also verified -- it boasts another 80,019 subscribers.

Trump comes in at second with less than half of Sanders' subscriber count. Right behind him: Clinton, Cruz, Carson and Rubio (though it's worth noting that Cruz's channel is not verified). Fiorina, Christie and Kasich round out the bottom, with none of them having more than 5,000 followers -- Bush also sits just under that number.

Snapchat

Snapchat doesn't release information on how actively its users use the network, and snaps disappear from the platform after twenty-four hours, so all we have is a look at who does and does not have an account.

Most candidates have used the service and its geotagging capabilities to try and connect with potential voters (Clinton being probably the most vocal about her love of the platform) but two of the remaining candidates -- Bush and Fiorina -- have not.

As said earlier, we'll keep tracking the candidates across all platforms and update this post as the Presidential race continues.

Campaigns can't host official subreddits on Reddit -- but their supporters can. All remaining major candidates have at least one subreddit dedicated to news and discussion about them. Some -- namely Sanders, Trump, Clinton, Cruz and Rubio -- have supporter-minded subreddits designed to rally the site's users to the cause or even raise money through donations.

Judging from the subscriber counts of those subreddits, it's fair to say that Reddit feels the Be, as the Vermont senator's subreddit boasts a staggering 176,815 subscribers. That's almost 20 times as many subscribers as Donald Trump's subreddit, which comes in second.

Other candidate subreddits are less of a community for supporters and more a mix of positive, negative and neutral posts. Some are barely active. Jeb Bush's subreddit has only posts in the last two months, while Carly Fiorina's has a total of 15 posts since it was created less than a year ago.

How do the candidates stack up on social media? - CNET

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