How many Twitter followers did Rand Paul gain from his epic filibuster?

Posted at 9:07 am on March 7, 2013 by Jenn Taylor

After nearly 13 hours with no bathroom break, Sen. Rand Paul ended his dramatic filibuster of John Brennan’s nomination last night. The filibuster dominated social media, sending #StandWithRand and other topics trending throughout the evening.

So, how many Twitter followers did Paul gain? He started off with 96,720 followers.

WOW: Going into today, @SenRandPaul had 96,720 followers. He's now at 121K+. #Filiblizzard.
— Tyrone Gayle (@TyroneGayle) March 7, 2013

Word on the street is… @SenRandPaul has gained 15k followers in the past 2 hours. What whaaaat!? #holla #IStandWithRand
— Angela Mitchell (@AngelaReneeM) March 7, 2013

since I started watching his numbers, @senrandpaul has gone from 118k to 130k followers #standwithrand
— JenevaLYNNE (@Jenevalynne) March 7, 2013

Just a few hours ago remember seeing @SenRandPaul twitter account at 112,447 & now 133,052 @ChaskelBennett @michellemalkin @seanhannity
— Yaakov Schapiro (@YaakovSchapiro) March 7, 2013

Evidently an epic filibuster is worth even more than Rubio’s “career-ending” water sip.

During his 12 hour and 52 minute filibuster @SenRandPaul gained 37,172 Twitter followers (Source: http://t.co/Qnwdi9uILB) h/t @EliLanger
— Tom Rotunno (@TomRotunno) March 7, 2013