The Washington Post was acquired in August 2013 by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, and according to new data from Searchmetrics, it’s the most popular U.S. newspaper site on Twitter.
Searchmetrics analyzed tweets mentioning 10 different newspapers on Twitter, and here were the results:
- Washington Post – 275,193 tweets per week
- New York Times – 261,422 tweets per week
- USA Today – 149,960 tweet per week
- Wall Street Journal – 134,248 tweets per week
- Los Angeles Times – 118,911 tweets per week
- New York Daily News – 51,877 tweets per week
- Chicago Tribune – 17,777 tweets per week
- New York Post – 13,532 tweets per week
- Denver Post – 8,887 tweets per week
- Chicago Sun-Times – 4,982 tweets per week
When it came to the most-tweeted stories of 2013, USA Today took the number one spot. However, The Washington Post dominated the top five with four spots.
Here were the most-tweeted news stories of 2013:
- USA Today, Texas gunman brain dead; may be tied to Colo. slayings – 408, 816 tweets
- Washington Post, Newtown shooter Lanza had more than 1,700 rounds of ammunition in his house – 361,259 tweets
- Washington Post,Kenyatta wins Kenya presidential election by narrow margin – 321,262 tweets
- Washington Post, Supreme Court conservatives express skepticism over voting law provision – 308,926 tweets
- Washington Post, Thousands rally outside Supreme Court as it hears cases on gay marriage – 294,681 tweets
- USA Today, Suicide bombers target Afghan security forces – 294,510 tweets
- USA Today, No. 3 Duke gets incredible boost from Ryan Kelly – 265,747 tweets
- LA Times, Working Hollywood: Tattoo artist Dickcherry has lasting influence – 256,117 tweets
- USA Today, Man charged in NY crash that killed couple, baby – 219,832 tweets
- Washington Post, N. Korea threatens nuclear test, more rocket launches in wake of tightened sanctions – 184,302 tweets
Which news story grabbed your attention the most in 2013?
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