Data Release: Social Media Accounts of Candidates from the German Federal Election 2025 (ZA9076) Version 1.0.0 is available

The dataset includes the social media accounts of candidates for the 2025 German federal election. Specifically, the IDs and URLs of all public social media accounts of the candidates on the platforms X (formerly Twitter), TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, and Bluesky were collected, as well as the URLs of personal websites. For candidates who participated in the GLES Candidate Study 2025 (ZA10102), it is additionally possible to link the information contained in this dataset to the survey data. If you are interested, please contact gles(at)gesis(dot)org. The dataset was compiled by the GESIS Web Data service in cooperation with the GLES and the University of Oldenburg. Access to the data and the study documentation is available via the GESIS search.