Social Media Data on German Electoral Candidates

Through the GESIS Web Data service, we collect and provide social media data from platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X (Twitter), and Bluesky. Our datasets cover candidates participating in German federal and European elections. The collection starts in 2013 and is continuously updated to include new election cycles and platforms.

Datasets

Twitter accounts of candidates in the German federal election 2021 (GLES)

Social Media Monitoring for the German federal election 2017

Twitter Usage by Electoral Candidates

Social media activities of German candidates

Political campaigning on Twitter during the 2019 European Parliament Election Campaign

More social media data, including long-term samples, can be found via the link below.

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