GOP Numbers | Twitter, Facebook, Google, YouTube, Alexa, etc.

This is an 'update' from about 2 months ago (7/15) where I originally put this data into this post. I will update in another couple of months, just to see the trends.

Rick Perry has been added to the equation, since he was not running at the time of my original post.

2 new criteria have been added to the bottom of the list.

Updated top-to-bottom 'order' has been applied.

Feel free to discuss your opinions on these numbers below.

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Google (Names are in "quotes" when searching)
"Rick Perry" - About 58,600,000 results
"Michele Bachman" - About 22,800,000 results -- 53,400,000 --- Gain 31,000,000
"Ron Paul" - About 29,000,000 results -- 35,800,000 --- Gain 7,000,000
"Mitt Romney" - About 18,100,000 results -- 18,000,000 -- Loss 100,000
"Tim Pawlenty" - About 7,930,000 results -- 14,800,00 -- Gain 7,000,000
"Newt Gingrich" About 13,300,000 results -- 9,760,000 -- Loss 4,000,000
"Herman Cain" - About 7,330,000 results -- 6,730,000 -- Loss 1,000,000
"Rick Santorum" - About 4,240,000 results -- 4,750,000 -- Gain 500,000


Candidate Website *Alexa Worldwide Ranking*
TimPawlenty.com - 9,198 -- 9,938
RonPaul2012.com - 26,500 -- 13,957
MittRomney.com - 83,139 -- 55,523
MicheleBachmann.com - 76,884 -- 62,263
RickPerry.org -- 95,747
HermanCain.com - 68,577 -- 118,578
Newt.org - 171,409 -- 174,924
RickSantorum.com - 437,638 - 318,677

Gain/Loss hard to compare side-by-side here (E.g. Going from 1,000,000 to 100,000 is much easier than 10,000 to 2,000) so I'm leaving those numbers out, as they show a distorted view on things.


Twitter Followers / Tweets --- Follow/Tweet Ratio
@NewtGingrich - 1,326,110 Followers / 2,625 Tweets --- 505 FT Ratio
@NewtGingrich - 1,327,559 Followers / 2,740 Tweets --- 484 FT Ratio

@MicheleBachmann - 61,650 Followers / 774 Tweets --- 79 FT Ratio
@MicheleBachmann - 88,805 Followers / 786 Tweets --- 112 FT Ratio

@MittRomney - 59,258 Followers / 482 Tweets --- 122 FT Ratio
@MittRomney - 84,083 Followers / 563 Tweets --- 149 FT Ratio

@GovernorPerry - 79,236 Followers / 1,191 Tweets --- 67 FT Ratio

@TheHermanCain - 48,727 Followers / 1,285 --- 37 FT Ratio
@TheHermanCain - 65,512 Followers / 1,457 --- 44 FT Ratio

@RonPaul - 12,641 Followers / 105 Tweets --- 120 FT Ratio
@RonPaul - 52,634 Followers / 227 Tweets --- 231 FT Ratio

@TimPawlenty - 44,134 Followers / 620 Tweets --- 71 FT Ratio
@TimPawlenty - 51,117 Followers / 698 Tweets --- 73 FT Ratio

@RickSantorum - 12,032 Followers / 847 Tweets --- 14 FT Ratio
@RickSantorum - 22,549 Followers / 1,015 Tweets --- 22 FT Ratio


YouTube Video Search
"Ron Paul" About 178,000 results -- 36,000 -- Loss 152,000
"Rick Perry" About 7,570 results --
"Michele Bachmann" About 6,980 results -- 7,230 -- Gain 300
"Mitt Romney" About 12,000 results -- 7,200 -- Loss 5,000
"Newt Gingrich" About 6,770 results -- 6,070 -- Loss 700
"Tim Pawlenty" About 3,190 results -- 3,710 -- Gain 600
"Herman Cain" About 2,530 results -- 3,220 -- Gain 700
"Rick Santorum" About 1,580 results -- 2,080 -- Gain 500

Note: I am not using candidate YouTube pages, since there are often various pages available.


Facebook Page Likes (Top 2 pages with over 5,000 likes, if available)
/MittRomney - 1,039,612 --- /MittRomneyCentral - 27,668
/MittRomney - 1,099,537 --- /MittRomneyCentral - 28,167 -- Gain 60,000

/TeamBachmann - 420,866 -- /RepMicheleBachmann - 251,055
/TeamBachmann - 462,463 -- /RepMicheleBachmann - 275,000 -- Gain 65,000

/RonPaul - 418,282 --- /RonPaul2012 - 209,054
/RonPaul - 493,834 --- /RonPaul12 - 234,990 -- Gain 100,000

Either his URL changed (now going to some random dude) or I wrote it wrong. Not 100% sure.

/THEHermanCain - 149,303 -- 171,200 -- Gain 22,000
/RickPerry - 147,495
/NewtGingrich - 142,244 -- 146,037
/TimPawlenty - 103,288 -- 102,933
/RickSantorum - 23,465 -- 26,972


Adding New Criteria

Google News Search -- Base URL news.google.com...
"Rick Perry" - 14,100
"Michele Bachmann" - 10,400
"Mitt Romney" - 9,390
"Ron Paul" - 5,790
"Tim Pawlenty" - 3,430
"Newt Gingrich" - 2,790
"Rick Santorum" - 2,230
"Herman Cain" - 2,220


Adding New Criteria

Google Video
"Ron Paul" - 51,800
"Rick Perry" - 12,100
"Mitt Romney" - 12,000
"Michele Bachmann" - 11,900
"Newt Gingrich" - 11,100
"Tim Pawlenty" - 7,900
"Herman Cain" - 4,990
"Rick Santorum" - 3,860

All new data collected within 2 hours of this post's timestamp.

Update from above which was exactly 2 months ago
Tim Pawlenty removed / Gary Johnson added (Not that it makes a huge difference currently, but hey)
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Google (Names are in "quotes" when searching) -- Old -- New --- Difference
"Ron Paul" - About 35,800,000 results -- 35,200,000 --- Loss 600,000
"Rick Perry" - About 58,600,000 results -- 31,600,000 --- Loss 27,000,000
"Mitt Romney" - About 18,000,000 -- 28,300,000 --- Gain 10,300,000
"Michele Bachmann" - About 53,400,000 results -- 16,500,000 --- Loss 36,900,000
"Herman Cain" - About 6,730,000 -- 10,200,000 --- Gain 3,470,000
"Newt Gingrich" About 9,760,000 -- 9,000,000 -- Loss 760,000
"Rick Santorum" - About 4,750,000 --- 5,240,000 --- Gain 490,000
"Gary Johnson" - About 4,030,000

Candidate Website *Alexa Worldwide Ranking* Older - Old - New
RonPaul2012.com - 26,500 -- 13,957 -- 9,177
HermanCain.com - 68,577 -- 118,578 -- 18,111
MittRomney.com - 83,139 -- 55,523 -- 39,814
RickPerry.org -- 95,747 -- 47,792
MicheleBachmann.com - 76,884 -- 62,263 -- 87,527
Newt.org - 171,409 -- 174,924 -- 102,126
GaryJohnson2012.com - 113,792
RickSantorum.com - 437,638 -- 318,677 -- 239,969

Gain/Loss hard to compare side-by-side here (E.g. Going from 1,000,000 to 100,000 is much easier than 10,000 to 2,000) so I'm leaving those numbers out, as they show a distorted view on things.


Twitter Followers / Tweets --- Follow/Tweet Ratio
@NewtGingrich - 1,327,559 / 2,740 --- 484 FTR
@NewtGingrich - 1,341,035 / 2,978 --- 450 FTR

@MittRomney - 84,083 / 563 --- 149 FTR
@MittRomney - 155,613 / 656 --- 237 FTR

@TheHermanCain - 65,512 / 1,457 --- 44 FTR
@TheHermanCain - 154,400 / 1,738 --- 89 FTR

@MicheleBachmann - 88,805 / 786 --- 112 FTR
@MicheleBachmann - 110,332 / 828 --- 133 FTR

@GovernorPerry - 79,236 / 1,191 --- 67 FTR
@GovernorPerry - 100,984 / 1,224 --- 83 FTR

@RonPaul - 52,634 / 227 --- 231 FTR
@RonPaul - 96,117 / 483 --- 199 FTR

@RickSantorum - 22,549 / 1,015 --- 22 FTR
@RickSantorum - 36,470 / 1,170 --- 31 FTR

@GovGaryJohnson - 14,947 / 1,529 --- 10 FTR


YouTube Video Search
"Ron Paul" About 36,000 results -- 236,000 -- Gain 200,000
"Rick Perry" About 7,570 results -- 25,800 -- Gain 18,230
"Michele Bachmann" About 7,230 results -- 18,900 -- Gain 11,670
"Mitt Romney" About 7,200 results -- 26,800 results -- Gain 19,600
"Newt Gingrich" About 6,070 results -- 14,800 -- Gain 8,730
"Herman Cain" About 3,220 results -- 15,000 -- Gain 11,780
"Rick Santorum" About 2,080 results -- 3,200 -- Gain 1,120
"Gary Johnson" About 2,330 results

Note: I am not using candidate YouTube pages, since there are often various pages available.


Facebook Page Likes (Top 2 pages with over 5,000 likes, if available)
/MittRomney - 1,099,537 --- /MittRomneyCentral - 28,167
/MittRomney - 1,163,373 --- /MittRomneyCentral - 30, 172 -- Gain 66,000

/RonPaul - 493,834 --- /RonPaul12 - 234,990
/RonPaul - 572,530 --- /RonPaul12 - 255,758 -- Gain 99,000

/TeamBachmann - 462,463 -- /RepMicheleBachmann - 275,000
/TeamBachmann - 459,249 -- /RepMicheleBachmann - 272,674 -- Loss 6,000

/THEHermanCain - 171,200
/THEHermanCain - 334,744 -- Gain 164,000

/GovernorPerry - 147,495
/GovernorPerry -169,627 -- Gain 22,000

/NewtGingrich - 146,037
/NewtGingrich - 159,830 -- Gain 14,000

/GovGaryJohnson - 142,366

/RickSantorum - 26,972
/RickSantorum - 31,596 -- Gain 5,000


Google News Search -- Base URL news.google.com...
"Herman Cain" - 2,220 > 25,900
"Mitt Romney" - 9,390 > 13,900
"Rick Perry" - 14,100 > 13,800
"Michele Bachmann" - 10,400 > 6,590
"Ron Paul" - 5,790 > 5,910
"Newt Gingrich" - 2,790 > 5,710
"Rick Santorum" - 2,230 > 3,780
"Gary Johnson" - 640


Google Video
"Ron Paul" - 51,800 > 179,000
"Rick Perry" - 12,100 > 35,000
"Mitt Romney" - 12,000 > 34,900
"Michele Bachmann" - 11,900 > 22,900
"Herman Cain" - 4,990 > 20,500
"Newt Gingrich" - 11,100 > 19,000
"Gary Johnson" - 3,980
"Rick Santorum" - 3,860 > 5,840


All new data collected within 2 hours of this post's timestamp.

Interesting notes..

Herman Cain

As the media puts him into every other segment, he seems to be the only thing people know.

From July>Sept his site ranking dropped massively, then these last 2 months he's in the top 20k worldwide
From July>Sept he was basically irrelevant in the news, now he's talked about twice as much as the 2nd guy (Mitt)
From July>Sept he showed a very small gain on Facebook, now he's nearly doubled
From July>Sept he showed a very small gain on Twitter, now he's nearly tripled

None of this would happen if it wasn't for all of the media coverage. Everything from sexual harassment, 999, badly timed jokes, and expertly crafted excuses - the media just eats him all up and the bad press is working in his favor. As they say, bad press is better than no press.

It's funny, because once the media drops him, there's really no one else to fall back on, unless they decided to put Paul in the limelight, but that will never happen. Everyone seems to have had their shot as "front-runner" so I'm guessing they're going all in on "Cain Train", judging by the looks of it.

Looking forward to some more numbers. I'll update every 4 weeks from this point on.