{"id":12846,"date":"2013-09-24T14:55:27","date_gmt":"2013-09-24T14:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baylorproud.wpengine.com\/?p=12846"},"modified":"2013-09-24T14:55:27","modified_gmt":"2013-09-24T14:55:27","slug":"from-facebook-to-pinterest-baylors-social-media-offerings-attracting-bears-by-the-thousands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2013\/09\/from-facebook-to-pinterest-baylors-social-media-offerings-attracting-bears-by-the-thousands\/","title":{"rendered":"From Facebook to Pinterest, Baylor&#8217;s social media offerings attracting Bears by the thousands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/about\/index.php?id=88793\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"socialmedia-sept13\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/socialmedia-sept13.jpg\" alt=\"Baylor Social Media\" width=\"500\" height=\"275\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Baylor&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/mediacommunications\/news.php?action=story&amp;story=132960&amp;_buref=1172-91940\" target=\"_blank\">official Fall 2013 enrollment numbers<\/a> are in: 15,616 students (the largest enrollment in university history), including a record undergraduate enrollment of 13,292 students and the most diverse student body in Baylor history (33.9% minority enrollment).<\/p>\n<p>We figured this would be a good time to run down some of Baylor&#8217;s social media numbers as well:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>126,000+ followers on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Baylor-University\/61388081925\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>45,000+ followers on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/edu\/Baylor-University-19456\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>12,800+ followers for <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BaylorProud\" target=\"_blank\">@BaylorProud on Twitter<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>12,300+ followers for <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Baylor\" target=\"_blank\">@Baylor on Twitter<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>12,800+ followers on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/bayloruniversity\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>3,600+ followers on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/baylorproud\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pinterest<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>Some perspective on those numbers: Baylor&#8217;s Facebook following ranks 41st nationally out of 345 Division I schools (88th percentile), while @Baylor (despite having launched on Twitter just a year ago) is in the 68th percentile. Baylor fares even better among newer platforms, as our Instagram and Pinterest followings each rank No. 4 in the nation (!) among university accounts.<\/div>\n<p>Several of Baylor&#8217;s athletic accounts also rank among the nation&#8217;s most-followed for their sport, including <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BaylorWBB\" target=\"_blank\">@BaylorWBB<\/a> (3rd), <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BaylorMBB\" target=\"_blank\">@BaylorMBB<\/a> (19th), <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BaylorVBall\" target=\"_blank\">@BaylorVBall<\/a> (19th), <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BaylorWTennis\" target=\"_blank\">@BaylorWTennis<\/a> (23rd) and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BaylorSoftball\" target=\"_blank\">@BaylorSoftball<\/a> (23rd) on Twitter and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/baylorathletics\" target=\"_blank\">BaylorAthletics on YouTube<\/a> (22nd).<\/p>\n<p>For a lengthy rundown of official Baylor social media accounts across academics, athletics, student life and more, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/about\/index.php?id=88793\" target=\"_blank\">baylor.edu\/socialmedia<\/a>. Follow any or all of these accounts and join the conversation!<\/p>\n<p>#SicEm, Bears in social media!<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>You might also like:<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<em>*\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/2013\/03\/baylor-social-media-efforts-rank-among-nations-best-in-higher-ed\/\">Baylor social media efforts rank among nation\u2019s best in higher ed<\/a>\u00a0(March 2013)<\/em><br \/>\n<em>*\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/2011\/04\/baylor-named-one-of-top-30-social-media-colleges-in-the-nation\/\">Baylor named one of top 30 social media colleges in the nation<\/a>\u00a0(April 2011)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Baylor&#8217;s official Fall 2013 enrollment numbers are in: 15,616 students (the largest enrollment in university history), including a record undergraduate enrollment of 13,292 students and the most diverse student body in Baylor history (33.9% minority enrollment). We figured this would be a good time to run down some of Baylor&#8217;s social media numbers as well: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alumni","category-student-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12846\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}