Interesting patterns emerge: larger parties and those in government post more, radical right parties are particularly active on Instagram and Twitter/X, populist parties post more than non-populist ones, and activity spikes as elections approach.

This makes it possible to study how parties adopted different platforms over time, compare patterns across countries and party families, analyze strategic posting behavior, and link activity to survey or electoral data.

PartySOME covers 498 parties in 37 countries on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X, and YouTube, from account creation to the end of 2023. The dataset doesn't include the textual content but provides rich metadata on posting frequency, type (image/video), and party handles, along with platform coverage.

Excited to share that together with @malojan.bsky.social we’ve published a research note in #partypolitics introducing PartySOME, a comprehensive dataset on political parties’ social media activity. A thread 🧵 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Well I would love to see the research supporting the claims made in that article. Or to find out more about the individual expertise that the member of the Editorial Board have. Surely they must have information we don't have.

We’re in 2025 and it’s horrible that mainstream parties are still making racist claims about immigration to “win back” voters. But the fact that today’s @nytimes.com opinion section propagates such insane stupidities is mind boggling to me. This assessment couldn’t me more wrong and more odious