Primary research objective:

• To explore how G7 world leaders are using Twitter in response to the COVID-19 pan- demic.

Secondary research objectives:

• To determine what proportion of G7 world leaders use Twitter and assess their reach (followers).

• To perform content analysis for all G7 world leaders’ viral tweets and classify into appropriate themes.

• To evaluate associated characteristics of these tweets, including weblinks to official government-based information sources and use of video.

• To determine what proportion of these tweets are in non- English languages.