How do social media sites political leanings compare? Yesterday I did a poll on all the platforms I'm on (barring TikTok) the results when listed side by side are fascinating...
As they're self-selecting polls, this is less about the absolute vote and more about the relative weights of those on each platform who chose to vote
PS As these come from my social media followers, there is a possible bias there, but it is a consistent bias across platforms
ALT Do you consider your politics leftish, rightish or centre-ish?
Social Media Platforms Compared
Votes Leftish Centre-ish Rightish Not political
X (Twitter) 39,000 33% 29% 31% 6%
Instagram 15,300 46% 26% 18% 10%
Facebook 6,200 53% 23% 21% 5%
Threads 3,135 65% 28% 4% 3%
Bluesky 1,300 66% 30% 2% 2%
Unweighted average (1) N/A 53% 27% 15% 5%
Weighted average (2) 65,000 40% 28% 25% 7%
(1) Average if each platform taken as the same value regardless of vote numbers
(2) Average if all votes across each platform given same weighting