Top newsmakers in the United States 2011

This statistic presents the top newsmakers in the United States in 2011. A story was counted for a person, if the person was the focus of at least 50 percent of the story. Barack Obama and the Obama Administration were the lead topic in 3,802 news stories in 2011, thus leading by a wide margin followed by Muammar Gaddafi and Herman Cain. For a statistic on top news stories of 2011 here.

Top newsmakers in the United States in 2011 (number of stories*)

Characteristic	Number of stories
Barack Obama**	3,802
Muammar Gaddafi	606
Herman Cain	577
Mitt Romney	527
Rick Perry	474
Newt Gingrich	410
Gabrielle Giffords	375
Osama bin Laden	357
John Boehner	269
Anthony Weiner	235
Michele Bachmann	230
Dominique Strauss-Kahn	213
Casey Anthony	207
Sarah Palin	199
Hillary Clinton	199

Loading statistic...

Download

Source

Show detailed source information?

Already a member?

Source

Use Ask Statista Research Service

Release date

December 2011

More information

Region

United States

Survey time period

2011

Supplementary notes

* Includes all news stories in which at least 50 percent of the story focused on the respective person.
**Barack Obama includes Barack Obama and the Obama Administration.

Citation formats