The X’s X of President Gustavo Petro today has 8.2 million followers. The platform has become one of the main communication channels of the president, both to maintain a constant closeness with whom they were their voters, and to share their position against different issues of the public agenda.
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In that context, the International Consultant Shift Porter Novelli, specialized in corporate communications and data -based services, developed a study in which he analyzes the impact that these interactions and use have had on the positive perception of the head of state After turning three years at the head of the House of Nariño.
The investigation took into account A sample of 56.3 million interactionsincluding messages, retweets, mentions and comments related to President Petro.
Main findings
According to the report, from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2025 (its third year of government), the official account of the Colombian president It generated 12.9 million searches.
During that period, The negative feeling towards its profile reached 42.9%showing a slight reduction compared to 45.3% of the previous year.
At the same time, the general favorability balance is 6.5%. Which reflects that this perception remains down when compared to 7.8% of its second year and 15.9% obtained in its first 12 months as president of Colombia.
As for the number of followers, the report revealed that The @Petrogustavo account He closed this period, from 7.6 million last year to 8.2 million today.
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The most trininated
The consultant analyzed the most relevant issues during the analysis period. To do this, Its scope was taken into account, that is, the number of impacted users.
In the first place in the ranking, With a range of 461,000 usersis the diplomatic crisis between Colombia and the United States, occurred at the end of January 2025. The situation was unleashed by the trills between President Petro and his American counterpart, Donald Trump, after the rejection of the Colombian president of two military planes with compatriots deported from the US.
The second most ‘trinado’ theme is associated with the narrative that suggests a possible ‘coup d’etat’. Related messages lit the debate on the country’s democratic institutions, generating an estimated range of 107,000 users.
The podium is closed by the ‘political hurricane’ generated on April 23, 2025, when former chancellor Álvaro Leyva made accusations against President Petro. The digital repercussions of this fact reached an audience of 99.9 thousand people and fed multiple disputes between detractors and government supporters.
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International perception
The report presented a comparison between the account of the Chief of State of Colombia and the official accounts of the leaders of the United States (Donald Trump), Argentina (Javier Milei) and El Salvador (Nayib Bukele).
The results showed that, of the four leaders, The negative perception of Petro is the highest, with 42.9%. This is followed by Bukele, with 34.7%; Milei, with 30%, and Trump, with 16.6%.
On the other side of the currency, the positive feeling towards the president of Colombia has the lowest percentage (6.5%), followed by Milei (12%), Bukele (15.8%) and Trump (26.8%).
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