2026Q1 Reports: Publicity Director

1. Handbook. It is continuously updated based on changes in the social media platforms. Publicity chairs are invited contribute to it. It is to be transferred to HackMD very soon (however need to resolve the updates)

2. Overview of Social Media presence and number of members. We observe a steady increase in followers/members, except for Instagram (which is only used during on-site conferences and was active last time in 2019).

Existing accounts:

Twitter: @aclmeeting, @aaclmeeting, @eaclmeeting, @naaclmeeting, @emnlpmeeting (used since 2021), Weibo: https://www.weibo.com/aclmeeting/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aclmeeting Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aclmeeting LinkedIn group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/10484931/ Mastodon: @aclmeeting@sigmoid.social, @eaclmeeting@sigmoid.social, @emnlpmeeting@sigmoid.social, @naaclmeeting@sigmoid.social, @aaclmeeting@sigmoid.social

Current (Feb 2026) follower/member status for the main ACL accounts:

         X   |    BlueSky     | Growth

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ACL AACL EACL NAACL EMNLP

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Trend: Feb 2024: X/Twitter (@aclmeeting: 17.9K, @emnlpmeeting: 11.2K , @aaclmeeting: 2050, @eaclmeeting: 3915, @naaclmeeting: 7790), Facebook (890), LinkedIn members (2,558), Mastodon (@aclmeeting: 273). June 2023: Twitter (@aclmeeting: 15.8k, @emnlpmeeting: 9,125, @aaclmeeting: 1697), Facebook (808), LinkedIn members (2,132), Instagram (444), Mastodon (@aclmeeting, 170). February 2023: Twitter/X (@aclmeeting: 14.7k), Facebook (745), LinkedIn members (1,914), Instagram (444), Mastodon (@aclmeeting, 166). March 14, 2022: Twitter (@aclmeeting: 11.8k), Facebook (633), LinkedIn members (1,030), Instagram (454). July 8, 2021: Twitter (@aclmeeting: 9,336), Facebook (552), LinkedIn members (645), Instagram (449). July 3, 2020: Twitter (@aclmeeting: 4,305), Facebook (332), LinkedIn members (278), Instagram (485).

3. Upon request from the ACL exec/ACL officers, requested posts are placed on different platforms (not related to a particular conference or workshop) or ACL announcements email to different mailing lists.

Suggestions:

ACL Publicity Director Report by Sarvnaz Karimi