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Followers flock to University of Alberta social media

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It turns out the University of Alberta is pretty popular among Twitter users.

New data released from the social media giant Tuesday shows that Alberta’s oldest and largest university is ranked as the third most followed post-secondary institution in Canada.

McGill University (@mcgillu), with more than 127,000 followers, leads the list followed by University of Waterloo (@Uwaterloo) and its 80,400 followers and U of A with 78,700 followers.

Western University (@westernu) with its 72,800 is ranked fourth and Concordia University (@Concordia) is ranked fifth with 68,300 followers.

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It’s not surprising then that the U of A is ranked as the fourth most-mentioned schools in Canada this year behind leader University of Toronto (@uoft), York University (@yorkuniversity) and University of British Columbia (@UBC). McGill University (@mcgillu) is ranked fifth.

Coming in at number seven this year was University of Calgary (@UCalgary).

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