Venezuela
Hugo Chavez is the second most followed world leader on Twitter, with well over three million followers, after @BarackObama.
Peer connections (as of 1 July 2012)
- follows unilaterally (1)
- followed unilaterally by (16)
- follows mutually (2)
On 29 May 2012 he rewarded his 3 millionth follower, 19 year-old Natalia Valdivieso (@nataliaval7) with a free apartment in one of the public housing complexes that are being build ahead of elections on 7 October 2012. The Venezuelan president is also one of the most connected world leaders. He is unilaterally followed by most of his Latin American peers and follows Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa and Argentinian President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. He frequently converses with his Argentinian counterpart on Twitter since the sudden death of her husband in October 2010: “Ay mi querida Cristina...Cuánto dolor! (…) Viva Kirchner para siempre!! (Oh my dear Cristina, what a pain! Long live Kirchner forever!) With 38% of his tweets being @replies, Chavez is one of the chattiest leaders on Twitter, although his tweets have become less conversational since undergoing chemotherapy treatment in Cuba in summer 2011. His Twitter style is a subtle mix between socialist slogans and very personal messages especially during football matches of the Venezuelan football team: “Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooollllllllllll!!!!!!”
Tweet analytics (as of 1 July 2012)
| Tweets: | 1,626 | |
| Following: | 20 | |
| Followers: | 3,152,608 | |
| Joined Twitter: | 04/01/2010 | |
| Language: | Spanish | |
| Status: | Active | |
| Tweets/day: | 2.04 | |
| % Retweets: | 1% | |
| Mentions/Tweet: | 0.36 | |
| Replies/Tweet: | 38% | |
| % Tweets retweeted: | 98% | |
| Total of retweets: | 614,303 | |
| Most mentioned | ||
| @CFKArgentina (22), @mujerpatriota (3), @danielcandanga1 (3), @taniacandanga1 (3), @keivistnarea1 (2). | ||
