European Parliament Election 2024: German Candidates Social Media Activities

In close cooperation with the German Longitudinal Election Study (GLES), the GESIS Web Data service has collected social media data from German candidates for the 2024 European elections. All public posts by the candidates on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok were collected, as well as data on the candidates´ adverts published on Facebook and Instagram. The collected data provides an insight into the candidates´ online activities and campaign strategies during the election cycle. The dataset includes aggregated data for the period from 1 April 2024 to 9 June 2024 (Election Day). We have also collected data from web searches and candidates´ websites, but these are not currently included in this dataset for privacy reasons. Should you be interested in this data or other aggregated statistics, please contact css.datacollection@gesis.org.