Harvard Is U.S.' Most Popular University Tweeter

Universitiesandcolleges.org' September survey of university-run Twitter accounts  recently revealed some pretty interesting results: Harvard has the the most Twitter followers out of any U.S. university—with 18,955 total. (Stanford is a distant second with 10,873 followers.)

Harvard has accumulated so many followers partly because it operates over a dozen different Twitter accounts—including @HarvardSummer, @HarvardFASGreen, @harvard_uos (University Operations Services), @HUDSInfo, @HBSJobs, and of course @HarvardGenEd. The University's official Twitter account boasts 4,207 followers: only 22 percent of Harvard's total stalkers.

Here are Harvard's FAS Green Offices, for example:

From @HarvardFASGreen:

once again- we get an A- (top grade) in the SEI green report card: http://bit.ly/YwMuo

4:25 PM Oct 8th from TweetDeck

All right, Harvard is getting defensive about an A- by mentioning that no one got an A. Also, two of the three grades that dragged Harvard's grade down were for Student Involvement (a B) and Endowment Transparency (a C).  Surprised?

set up worm composting today in one of the day cares. so fun and the kids loved it!

9:01 AM Sep 11th from TweetDeck

FlyBy has compiled some of Harvard's most enlightening Tweets after the jump, which will clearly demonstrate why Harvard's at the top of the Twitter pack.From @HUDSInfo:

Tweet Deal: Lamont Lib Café opens today @3pm. Free reusable coffee mug and drink of your choice to the first 10 who mention this tweet!

10:29 AM Sep 14th from web

“Cut the pizza in 4 pieces because I’m not hungry enough to eat 6.” (Yogi Berra) – $1 cheese slices today, Greenhouse & Sebastian's (SPH)

8:34 AM Oct 15th from TweetDeck

From@HBSJobs:

HBS is hiring! Click to read about our Associate Director, Research Staff Services: http://bit.ly/1q0uD

7:20 AM May 27th from web

David Silverman "How to Write a Resume That Doesn't Annoy People" Harvard Business Publishing. this is great advice! http://bit.ly/FuLZ41:10 PM

1:10 PM Jul 27th from TweetDeck

This is @HBSJobs' last Tweet...coincidence?

From @Harvard (At least whoever writes these Tweets occasionally has a personality. Sort of.):

Just waking up from falling asleep during the Pats game? Here are the Head of the Charles results: http://ow.ly/vepF9:12 AM

9:12 AM Oct 19th from HootSuite

Gloomy, rainy day in Cambridge - for a digital distraction, see this list of all Harvard-related tweets http://tweets.cs50.net/

5:18 AM Oct 13th from HootSuite

Almost all of these Harvard-related Tweets are from Harvard FML. Now we know what some Harvard administrators look at online when they're bored.

And last but not least, from @HarvardGenEd:

Welcome to the official Twitter feed for the Program in Gen Ed! Stay updated on what's happening, ask us questions, get answers & much more!

3:22 PM Jul 29th from web

Gen Ed in the Crimson:" Upperclassmen Flock to Gen Ed" http://tiny.cc/bkkRH A great article by Ben Jaffe!

7:38 AM Sep 14th from web

Umm...thanks?

Anyway, FlyBy's official stance is that administrators like Dean Smith, Dean Hammonds, and Jay Harris should start Twitter accounts. Just don't try it in Spanish.