The document compares the Facebook and Twitter presence of the most populous cities in Iowa. It finds that among these cities, Ankeny has experienced the largest percentage growth on Twitter, increasing from 466 followers in 2010 to 4,471 in 2015 - representing an 859% total growth or 171% annual average growth. For Facebook, Ankeny also has a high rate of followers at 13.70% of its population, though Davenport has the highest at 9.21% of population following its Facebook page.

1. MOST POPULOUS CITIES IN IOWA FACEBOOK COMPARISON STUDY
JUNE 2015
CITY
FACEBOOK
FOLLOWERS
FACEBOOK URL POPULATION*
% OF FOLLOWERS
vs. POPULATION
Des Moines 1,629 https://www.facebook.com/Des-
MoinesGov 207,510 0.79%
Cedar Rapids 2,320
https://www.facebook.com/pages/
City-of-Cedar-Rapids-Iowa-Govern-
ment/598507150176486
128,429 1.80%
Davenport 9,425 https://www.facebook.com/Doin-
gItinDavenport 102,367 9.21%
Sioux City 3,552
https://www.facebook.com/
pages/Sioux-City-Iowa-Govern-
ment/131367983562265
82,459 4.31%
Iowa City 2,365 https://www.facebook.com/Cityo-
fIowaCity 71,591 3.30%
Waterloo No Page No page 68,366 0%
Council Bluffs No Page No page 61,969 0%
Ames 2,883 https://www.facebook.com/cityo-
fames 61,792 4.67%
West Des Moines 1,342
https://www.facebook.com/pages/
City-of-West-Des-Moines-City-Man-
agers-Office/173387697870?fref=ts
61,266 2.19%
Dubuque 1,047 https://www.facebook.com/
CityOfDubuque 58,253 1.80%
Ankeny 7,065 https://www.facebook.com/cityo-
fankeny 51,567 13.70%
Cedar Falls 251 https://www.facebook.com/citycf 40,566 0.62%
*2013 estimate, U.S. Census Bureau
City of Ankeny Twitter Percentage Growth Since June 7, 2010
JUNE 7, 2010 JUNE 24, 2015 TOTAL % GROWTH
ANNUAL AVERAGE
GROWTH
978 7,065 622% 124%

2. MOST POPULOUS CITIES IN IOWA TWITTER COMPARISON STUDY
JUNE 2015
CITY
TWITTER
FOLLOWERS
TWITTER URL POPULATION*
% OF FOLLOWERS
vs. POPULATION
Des Moines No account No account 207,510 0%
Cedar Rapids 6,338 https://twitter.com/CityofCRiowa 128,429 4.94%
Davenport 2,290 https://twitter.com/cityofdavenport 102,367 2.24%
Sioux City 3,405 https://twitter.com/locatesiouxcity 82,459 4.13%
Iowa City 4,344 https://twitter.com/CityOfIowaCity 71,591 6.07%
Waterloo No account No account 68,366 0%
Council Bluffs 470 https://twitter.com/CB_Ia_Gov 61,969 0.76%
Ames 5,272 https://twitter.com/cityofames 61,792 8.53%
West Des Moines 1,881 https://twitter.com/cityofwdm 61,266 3.07%
Dubuque 2,172 https://twitter.com/CityOfDubuque 58,253 3.73%
Ankeny 4,471 https://twitter.com/CityOfAnkeny 51,567 8.67%
Cedar Falls 645 https://twitter.com/CityCF 40,566 1.59%
*2013 estimate, U.S. Census Bureau
City of Ankeny Twitter Percentage Growth Since June 7, 2010
JUNE 7, 2010 JUNE 24, 2015 TOTAL % GROWTH
ANNUAL AVERAGE
GROWTH
466 4,471 859% 171%