The majority of recent news stories generating the most social media attention about former Vice President Joe Biden Joe BidenFormer Pence aide: White House staffers discussed Trump refusing to leave office Progressive group buys domain name of Trump's No. 1 Supreme Court pick Bloomberg rolls out M ad buy to boost Biden in Florida MORE were negative, according to an Axios report.

Axios reports that 77 out of the 100 top stories about the top-tier 2020 candidate over the last three weeks were negative, citing data from NewsWhip.

Moreover, the report claims 24 out of 25 of the biggest stories were negative.

The data measured the stories over the past three weeks in regards to interactions on articles on Facebook and Twitter.

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Several top stories regarded Biden's reported gaffes, including mistaking New Hampshire for Vermont, saying Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy were assassinated in the 1970s, telling voters "I'm not going nuts" after the gaffes, and a Washington Post report that details of a story Biden has shared on the campaign trail is inaccurate.

Other widely interacted-with stories, based on the report, include Biden dipping in a Monmouth poll, his wife telling voters they might "have to swallow a little bit" in voting for her husband and and a Vice story that describes a Biden campaign video with the headline "Joe Biden: It Would Be an Insult to My Dead Son for Everyone to Have Healthcare."

Biden has maintained his spot at the top of the field since announcing his candidacy, but other top candidates have closed in on his lead.

A RealClearPolitics average of polls has Biden at 29.7 percent, leading Sen. Elizabeth Warren Elizabeth WarrenOvernight Defense: Appeals court revives House lawsuit against military funding for border wall | Dems push for limits on transferring military gear to police | Lawmakers ask for IG probe into Pentagon's use of COVID-19 funds On The Money: Half of states deplete funds for Trump's 0 unemployment expansion | EU appealing ruling in Apple tax case | House Democrats include more aid for airlines in coronavirus package Warren, Khanna request IG investigation into Pentagon's use of coronavirus funds MORE (D-Mass), at 18 percent, by 11.7 points. Sen. Bernie Sanders Bernie SandersSirota reacts to report of harassment, doxing by Harris supporters Republicans not immune to the malady that hobbled Democrats The Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by Facebook - Republicans lawmakers rebuke Trump on election MORE (I-Vt.) is a close third at 17.5 percent, based on the average.