Top 25 U.S. Newspapers Ranked By Twitter Followers

by Jeremy Porter on October 19, 2010

While the Top 50 U.S. newspapers seem to be just starting to build up their fan base on Facebook, Twitter has been a priority for a while. If you were to rank the Top 25 U.S. newspapers by Twitter followers, the order would be much different than if you were to rank them by circulation.
When it comes to Twitter followers, The New York Times is the top bird with more than 2.6 million followers. To illustrate how impressive this follower number is, The Wall Street Journal only has 464,591 followers in the #2 spot. The New York Times is the ONLY newspaper from the Top 25 with more Twitter followers than print circulation.
Maybe The New York Times has such a huge Twitter following because it was the first of the Top 25 to join Twitter, way back in March 2, 2007. Probably not, since The Contra Costa Times, The Washington Post and The Oregonian all joined later that month.
How do the top 15 U.S. newspapers stack up when you rank them by Twitter followers? Here’s the list (click on the link to follow the newspaper on Twitter):

@nytimes – 2,668,948
@wsj – 464,591
@washingtonpost – 204,514
@latimes – 83,335
@usatoday – 72,929
@newyorkpost – 57,605
@chicagotribune - 34,490 *
@denverpost – 32,755
@dallas_news – 24,726
@seattletimes – 22,286
@suntimes – 18,952
@freep – 18,851
@nydailynew – 15,744
@houstonchron – 14,108
@azcentral – 10,407
@oregonian – 10,338
@phillyinquirer – 9,819
@SFGate – 9,508
@clevelanddotcom – 7,943
@MN_News – 7,008
@NJ_News – 6,181
@SDUT – 5,886
@tampabaycom – 3,168
@insidebayarea – 2,810
@cctimes – 2,705
@mercurynews – 2,536
@newsday – 2,302

* UPDATE: it has been brought to my attention that The Chicago Tribune also has @ColonelTribune, a Twitter account that boasts a following of more than 845,000 Twitter followers. It appears this is their primary account, which would put them in the #2 spot on this list.
While we’re on the topic of newspapers and Twitter, I was surprised to see that only The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Los Angeles Times have Verified Twitter accounts – one two out of 25 of the top U.S. newspapers. As a credible source of information, you would think having a verified account would be a high priority for all the organizations on this list.

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Top 25 U.S. Newspapers Ranked By Twitter Followers

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