Santiago says she tops Facebook, Twitter polls

By: Nestor Corrales - 11 years ago

Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

MANILA, Philippines鈥擲enator Miriam Defensor Santiago is arguably the most popular聽 senator in social media today.

Santiago, in a statement on Saturday, said that an online social media poll 聽showed聽 that she has the most number of Facebook fans and Twitter followers among her colleagues.

Santiago recorded聽 1.3 million Facebook fans and 649,000 followers on Twitter, a kilometric lead from her nearest competitor, Senator Francis 鈥楥hiz鈥� Escudero, who has 463,699 fans on facebook and 176,118 Twitter followers.

The top聽 10 senators聽 with the most number of Facebook fans as of March 20 are:

1.聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽Miriam Defensor-Santiago 鈥� 1.3 million fans

2.聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽Francis 鈥淐hiz鈥� Escudero 鈥�463,699 fans

3.聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽Alan Peter Cayetano 鈥�382,480 fans

4.聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽Loren Legarda 鈥�249,552 fans

5.聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽Juan Ponce-Enrile 鈥�199,424 fans

6.聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽Grace Poe 鈥�154,092 fans

7.聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽Aquilino 鈥淜oko鈥� Pimentel III 鈥�135,019 fans

8.聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽JV Ejercito 鈥�117,067 fans

9.聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽Pia Cayetano 鈥�92,488 fans

10.聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Cynthia Villar 鈥�92,122 fans

Santiago also dominated Twitter as the senator with the highest number of followers:

1.聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽Miriam Defensor Santiago 鈥� 649,000 followers

2.聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Pia Cayetano聽鈥� 233, 000 followers

3.聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽Francis 鈥淐hiz鈥� Escudero 鈥� 176,118 followers

4.聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽Bongbong Marcos 鈥� 82,918 followers

5.聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽Loren Legarda 鈥� 39,841 followers

6.聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽Sonny Angara鈥� 36,914 followers

7.聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽JV Ejercito 鈥� 26,728 followers

8.聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽Juan Ponce Enrile 鈥� 25,972 followers

9.聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽TG Guingona 鈥� 24,096 followers

10.聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽Bam Aquino 鈥� 23,217 followers

But Santiago noted that other senators like Senate President Franklin Drilon, Ralph Recto, Sergio Osme帽a, Bam Aquino, and Juan Edgardo 鈥淪onny鈥滱ngara did not have an official fan page but had personal Facebook pages.

Senators Jose 鈥淛inggoy鈥� Estrada, Manuel 鈥淟ito鈥� Lapid, Ramon聽 Revilla Jr. , and Vicente Sotto III did not also have official or personal Facebook pages while Lapid does not have an official Twitter account.

Santiago, who is dubbed as the 鈥渟ocial media superstar,鈥澛� has gained online popularity because of her witty pick-up lines聽 in delivering her fiery speeches.

After her statement on March 11聽 that a woman President should lead the country in 2016, an overwhelming support from netizens went her way.

In an online poll conducted by 黑料社 regarding her statement, Santiago ranked no. 1 with an overwhelming 83 percents of the votes, followed by Poe, with only eight percent. All the other competitiors shared a measly portion of the votes.

(Editor鈥檚 note: The list initially provided by the Office of Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago did not include Senator Pia Cayetano as one of the senators with the most number of followers.聽 Cayetano has 233,000 Twitter followers as of March 24.)