--- description: The real estate mogul leads the Republican presidential candidates on the number of Facebook "interactions" with 6.4 million. title: Donald Trump's Presidential Announcement Sparks Huge Facebook Reaction image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9a6b386ace35665a/698854c1f887dcad46e90f1e/150617_em_trumpbaddecisions2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [2016 Election](/tag/2016-election/) ## 2016 Election Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Donald Trump's Presidential Announcement Sparks Huge Facebook Reaction by [Jacob Koffler](/author/jacob-koffler/) ## Jacob Koffler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 17, 2015 6:21 PM CUT  Donald Trump Donald TrumpIan MacNicol—Getty Images by [Jacob Koffler](/author/jacob-koffler/) ## Jacob Koffler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 17, 2015 6:21 PM CUT Donald Trump may be [more smoke than fire](http://time.com/3922770/donald-trump-campaign-launch/ "undefined"), but there certainly is a lot of smoke. In the 24-hour period leading up to and following Trump’s announcement that he is running for president, 3.4 million American Facebook users generated 6.4 million interactions on the social network related to the real estate mogul, according to the company. Interactions include likes, posts, comments and shares. The data was collected only for U.S. users 18 and older. West Virginia topped the list of states chattering about Trump, followed by Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Alabama and New York. Trump is the most buzzed-about Republican candidate on Facebook so far. Sen. Ted Cruz generated 5.5 million interactions in the 24-hour period surrounding his announcement, while Jeb Bush garnered only 849,000 interactions, the company said. Hillary Clinton leads the list of candidates across parties, with 4.7 million people generating 10.1 million interactions on Facebook surrounding her announcement. Clinton is far and away the leader among Democratic candidates, followed by Sen. Bernie Sanders with 1.2 million interactions. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3924626/donald-trumps-facebook-reaction/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3924626/donald-trumps-facebook-reaction/"},"headline":"Donald Trump's Presidential Announcement Sparks Huge Facebook Reaction","datePublished":"2015-06-17T18:21:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T08:17:34.545Z","description":"He leads the Republican presidential candidates on the number of Facebook \"interactions\" with 6.4 million","url":"https://time.com/3924626/donald-trumps-facebook-reaction/","keywords":["2016 Election","Hillary Clinton","Social Media","2016 Election topic","politics","2016 presidential election","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9a6b386ace35665a/698854c1f887dcad46e90f1e/150617_em_trumpbaddecisions2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jacob Koffler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jacob-koffler/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9a6b386ace35665a/698854c1f887dcad46e90f1e/150617_em_trumpbaddecisions2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"150617_EM_TrumpBadDecisions2","caption":"Donald Trump","creditText":"Ian MacNicol—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3924626/donald-trumps-facebook-reaction/","name":"Donald Trump's Presidential Announcement Sparks Huge Facebook Reaction"}}]}] ```