2020 presidential candidate Andrew Yang gained more Twitter followers following Wednesday night’s presidential debate than any other candidate.
Yang, who was an entrepreneur prior to declaring his candidacy, gained 10,486 followers after the debate, taking his total following to approximately 572,600. He was the only candidate to gain more than 10,000 followers.
Fellow presidential long-shot Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii received the second most Twitter followers in the aftermath of the debate with 8,616, bringing her total following to approximately 473,500.
How many new Twitter followers each candidate’s campaign account gained after #DemDebate
Yang: +10486
Gabbard: +8616
Booker: +2939
Inslee: +2870
Castro: +2859
Harris: +2334
Gillibrand: +2247
Bennet: +1348
Biden: +1319
de Blasio: +402— Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) August 1, 2019
No other candidate received more than 3,000 Twitter followers, but New York Sen. Cory Booker, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, and former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro rounded out the top five.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio received the fewest followers after the debate, failing to add 500 followers.
Booker, Harris, New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, and former Vice President Joe Biden are the only candidates who were on the debate stage Wednesday night that have over a million followers on their personal Twitter accounts.
