--- title: You Can Get Your Congressman's Attention With Just 30 Tweets description: Fewer than 30 responses to a social media post by a member of U.S. Congress is enough to capture a staffer's attention. canonical: https://time.com/4072964/congress-social-media/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-14T13:57:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T11:46:53.725Z article:section: Politics og:title: Here’s How Many Tweets It Takes to Get Your Congressman’s Attention og:description: Between 10 and 30 social media posts will grab the attention of most staffers og:url: https://time.com/4072964/congress-social-media/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here’s How Many Tweets It Takes to Get Your Congressman’s Attention twitter:description: Between 10 and 30 social media posts will grab the attention of most staffers twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Here’s How Many Tweets It Takes to Get Your Congressman’s Attention  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Oct 14, 2015 1:57 PM UTC  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Oct 14, 2015 1:57 PM UTC Fewer than 30 responses to a social media post by a member of the U.S. Congress is enough to capture a staffer’s attention, according to a new [report](http://www.congressfoundation.org/projects/communicating-with-congress/social-congress-2015). The report, published by the Congressional Management Foundation, found that the vast majority of members of Congress have increased their social media engagement in recent years. More than three quarters say that social media has improved their relationships with their constituents. And, for those looking for ways to sway their elected officials, the survey shows that it may not be all that difficult to get their attention. Just over a third of respondents said they take notice with fewer than ten similar comments. Another 45% said they will pay attention when they receive between 10 and 30 social media comments. The report relies on survey data from more than 100 Congressional policy and communications staffers in the House of Representatives and Senate, including both Democrats and Republicans. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4072964/congress-social-media/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4072964/congress-social-media/"},"headline":"Here’s How Many Tweets It Takes to Get Your Congressman’s Attention","datePublished":"2015-10-14T13:57:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T11:46:53.725Z","description":"More than three quarters of staffers say that social media has improved relationships with constituents","url":"https://time.com/4072964/congress-social-media/","keywords":["Congress"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"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/congress/","name":"Congress"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4072964/congress-social-media/","name":"Here’s How Many Tweets It Takes to Get Your Congressman’s Attention"}}]}] ```