“Some are serious and some are humorous. And of course, some are with babies (since the President loves babies). I hope you enjoy this year’s album of photographs.” —Pete Souza, Chief Official White House Photographer. Check out his year in photos.
The Year in Review: Tumblr’s Top 10 Favorite GIF Series from the White House
2014 is coming to a close, and that means it’s time to look back at the year on the White House Tumblr.
How’d we do on Tumblr this year? We reached more than 217,000 followers. We took questions from the public, and took over the ILoveCharts Tumblr to look at women’s equality in the workplace. In June, the President even held his first-ever Tumblr Q&A from the White House State Dining Room, answering questions from Tumblr users on all things student loans and education.
We use Tumblr because we’re always looking for new ways to engage with the American people, and one of the best – and most fun – ways we’ve found to engage on Tumblr itself is through making GIFs.
That’s why, to recap our year on Tumblr, we tallied up the number of notes – the Tumblr equivalent of “likes” – on each of the GIFs we created in 2014. Here, in order, are the top 10 GIF moments on our Tumblr this year, decided by the Tumblr users themselves:
10. When the President issued “The Decree” on The Colbert Report.
9. When we saw the danger posed by climate change.
8. When we pledged to be part of the solution.
7. When the First Lady dunked on LeBron to support healthy eating.
6. When the President gave advice to Republicans in Congress.
5. When President Obama urged the FCC to protect net neutrality.
4. When the President addressed the nation on the actions he’s taking to help fix our broken immigration system.
3. When David Karp, the founder of Tumblr, fist-bumped President Obama.
2. When the President told us he’d work with anyone – Democrat or Republican – to get things done.
1. And finally, when Tumblr prepared to ask the President questions on student loans.
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The most-viewed White House YouTube video of the year: President Obama taking a walk on the Ellipse. Check out our top 10 videos of 2014.
A “We the People” petition became law. We hosted a virtual Big Block of Cheese Day. President Obama answered your questions during a Tumblr Q&A and took a virtual road trip on Google+. The First Lady asked “turnip for what?” in a Vine Q&A, and we hosted the first-ever White House Maker Faire. Take a look back at our year in digital firsts.
“Some of the photographs are historic because of what is taking place, but others hopefully give people a more personal sense of who the President and First Lady are.” —Pete Souza, Chief Official White House Photographer. See his year in photos.
2014 in review: More than 2.6 million jobs created. Historic steps to cut carbon pollution. The most meaningful immigration action in decades. Check out highlights from the past year.
America made a lot of progress this year. From our businesses adding more than 2.6 million jobs through the first 11 months to 10 million Americans gaining health coverage, check out the highlights from 2014.
2014 is coming to a close. Take a look back at some of our favorite digital moments from the Vice President this year.
“I said that 2014 would be a year of action and would be a breakthrough year for America, and it has been.” —President Obama. Take a look back at his year of action.
“The steps that we took early on to rescue our economy and rebuild it on a new foundation helped make 2014 the strongest year for job growth since the 1990s. All told, over a 57-month streak, our businesses have created nearly 11 million new jobs." —President Obama in his year-end press conference
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