Over the past eight years, the President, the First Lady, and the Obama White House have used social media and technology to engage with people around the country and the world on the most important issues of our time. From the very beginning, our mission has been to reach people on the channels and platforms where they already spend their time. This work began before President Obama took office in 2009, and, now, this work will continue.

As this Administration draws to a close, we wanted to share how you can continue to follow and engage with President Obama, the First Lady, and other Obama White House officials, as well as how you can find content posted over the past eight years after January 20, 2017. Moving forward, the President and First Lady can be followed on familiar handles: @BarackObama and @MichelleObama.

In October, we laid out plans to preserve and pass on the digital legacy of the Obama administration and have been working to ensure this unprecedented digital transition meets three key goals. First, we are preserving the material we’ve created with the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Second, we are working to ensure these materials continue to be accessible on the platforms where they were created, allowing for continued access to the content posted over the past eight years. Finally, we are working to ensure that the next White House and future administrations can continue to use and develop the digital channels we have created to connect directly with the people they serve.

We are grateful to the people around the country and the world who have engaged with us online over the past eight years. We listened to you, we learned from you, and we strove to create opportunities for you to play an active role in your government by fulfilling the most important role in our government: the role of citizen.

Digital assets that will remain with the White House

We are working to ensure that the next White House and future administrations can continue to use and develop the digital channels we have created to connect directly with the people they serve. The following assets will remain with the institution:

Twitter (handle and followers, with no tweets on the timeline): @WhiteHouse, @POTUS, @VP, @FLOTUS, @PressSec, @LaCasaBlanca, @WHLive, @VPLive, @Cabinet

Facebook (username and followers, with no posts on the timeline): Facebook.com/WhiteHouse, Facebook.com/whitehouse.espanol

Instagram (handle and follower, with no posts on the timeline): Instagram.com/WhiteHouse

Snapchat (username and followers): WhiteHouse

​YouTube (username and subscribers, with no videos): YouTube.com/WhiteHouse

Medium (username and followers, with no posts): Medium.com/@WhiteHouse

Tumblr (username and followers, with no posts): Tumblr.com/WhiteHouse

Flickr (username and subscribers, with no photos): Flickr.com/WhiteHouse

Where you can access archival Obama White House content

After January 20, 2017, materials will continue to be accessible on the platforms where they were created, allowing the public continued access to the content posted over the past eight years.

WhiteHouse.gov becomes ObamaWhiteHouse.gov

The Obama White House website – which includes press articles, blog posts, videos, and photos – will be available at ObamaWhiteHouse.gov, a site maintained by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), beginning on January 20, 2017. If you are looking for a post or page on the Obama administration’s WhiteHouse.gov from 2009 through 2017, you can find it by changing the URL to ObamaWhiteHouse.gov. For example, after the transition, this blog post will be available at ObamaWhiteHouse.gov/obama-administration-digital-transition-moving-forward.

President Obama, Vice President Biden, First Lady Michelle Obama, and Dr. Biden

Archived content posted to these social media accounts during the Obama administration will be maintained by NARA at the following handles:

President Obama: @POTUS on Twitter will be archived at @POTUS44 ​Facebook.com/POTUS will be archived at Facebook.com/POTUS44 Medium.com/@PresidentObama will be archived at Medium.com/@POTUS44

Vice President Biden: @VP on Twitter will be archived at @VP44 ​Facebook.com/VicePresidentBiden will be archived at Facebook.com/VicePresidentBiden44 ​Instagram.com/VP will be archived at Instagram.com/VP44 ​Medium.com/@VPOTUS44 will be archived at Medium.com/@VPOTUS44

First Lady Michelle Obama: @FLOTUS on Twitter will be archived at @FLOTUS44 ​@MichelleObama on Instagram will be archived at @MichelleObama44 ​Medium.com/@FLOTUS will be archived at @FLOTUS44

Dr. Jill Biden: @DrBiden on Twitter will be archived at @DrBiden44 ​@DrBiden on Instagram will be archived at @DrBiden44​ Medium.com/@DrBiden will be archived at Medium.com/@DrBiden44



White House Social Media

Archived content posted to institutional White House social media accounts during the Obama administration will be maintained by NARA at the following handles:

@WhiteHouse on Twitter will be archived at @ObamaWhiteHouse

Facebook.com/WhiteHouse will be archived at Facebook.com/ObamaWhiteHouse

Instagram.com/WhiteHouse will be archived at Instagram.com/ObamaWhiteHouse

@LaCasaBlanca on Twitter will be archived at @LaCasaBlanca44

Facebook.com/whitehouse.espanol will be archived at Facebook.com/LaCasaBlancaObama

​Medium.com/WhiteHouse will be archived at Medium.com/@ObamaWhiteHouse

Flickr.com/WhiteHouse will be archived at Flickr.com/ObamaWhiteHouse

YouTube.com/WhiteHouse will be archived at YouTube.com/ObamaWhiteHouse

​Tumblr.com/WhiteHouse will be archived at Obamaobamawhitehouse.tumblr.com

Some other content you may be looking for can be found here:

@ONDCP will be archived at @ONDCP44

@ONDCPespanol will be archived at @ONDCPespanol44

​@OMBPress will be archived at @OMBPress44

@WhiteHouseOSTP will be archived at @WHOSTP44

@WhiteHouseCEQ will be archived at @WhiteHouseCEQ44

@OpenGov will be archived at @OpenGov44

@USCTO will be archived at @USCTO44

@CEAChair will be archived at @CEAChair44

​@WHWeb will be arhived at @WHWeb44

How you can keep following the President, First Lady, and other White House Officials:

President Obama

After January 20, 2017, President Obama will use the following accounts:

@BarackObama on Twitter

Facebook.com/BarackObama

Instagram.com/BarackObama

For updates on the Obama Presidential Center, you can follow @ObamaFoundation on Twitter

First Lady Michelle Obama

You can follow First Lady Michelle Obama after January 20, 2017 at the following accounts:

Vice President Biden

You can follow Vice President Biden after January 20, 2017 at the following accounts:

Dr. Jill Biden

You can follow Dr. Jill Biden after January 20, 2017 at the following accounts:

White House Officials (You can follow an twitter list of Obama White House officials here):