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TwitterThe top-trending tweet of 2021, featuring Maj. Sian Proctor of the Arizona Wing aboard Inspiration4 as it orbited Earth, generated 152.,300 impressions. 

Second-highest was a 17,800-impressioin tweet about a Kentucky Wing operations center’s aerial photography mission after deadly tornados.

YouTubeThe most popular video in 2021 was viewed by more than 1.2 million people, who saw a Black Hawk helicopter intercepting a CAP plane in preparation for the Super Bowl. 

The second-most-popular video, watched 17,900, showed another intercept mission, this one featuring an F-15 and a CAP plane.

FacebookMore than 65,000 people were reached by the Sept. 12 post about the 20th anniversary of Civil Air Patrol’s flight above the World Trade Center’s remnants after the 9-11 attacks in New York City. The mission inspired a painting that hangs in the art collection at National Headquarters.

 A close second was a post the same week about Proctor’s space flight,  reaching  58,500.

LinkedInCAP’s involvement in locating survivors of a plane crash in Pennsylvania generated more than 14,600 impressions on LinkedIn in 2021.

A story about Cadet Capt. Rylee Emaus of the Ohio Wing, a CAP Cadet Wings graduate who soloed on her 16th birthday, generated 12,500 impressions. 

InstagramMost-liked on Instagram was a diversity post during Pride Month that reached 12,400 people. A very close second at 12,300 was a July post about CAP summer encampments.

Here’s an expanded rundown — 

Trending Tweets
TW-1

152,300 impressions

TW-2

17,800 impressions

TW-3

11,200 impressions

Most Watched on YouTube(videos watched during 2021)

YT-1

1.2 million views

YT-2

17,900 views

YT-3

8,700 views

YT-4

4,000 views

Most Popular Facebook Posts

FB-1

65,000 people reached

8,500 people reached

FB-3

41.,600 people reached

31,100 people reached

Top LinkedIn Posts

14,600 impressions

LI-2

12,500 impressions

11,900 impressions

LI-4

11,800 impressions

11,300 impressions

 Most Liked on Instagram

12,400 people reached

12,300 people reached

IG-3

9,200 people reached

IG-4

9,200 people reached

IG-5

8,800 people reached