Washington ( CNN ) -- A seven-term Wisconsin congressman , who 54 % of the American people were not aware of last week , just knocked the president of the United States off of his perch as the most talked-about politician on the largest social media platform in the world . According to the exclusive Facebook-CNN Election Talk Meter , Republican Rep. Paul Ryan , in the first 54 hours after being announced as Mitt Romney 's vice-presidential running mate , sucked up the political oxygen in the social media landscape -- with the Beltway topping the buzz and his home state of Wisconsin close behind . What caught our eye ? The swing states of Virginia ( where Ryan was announced ) and New Hampshire were also high on the list : . Facebook-CNN talk meter scores . 1 . Rep. Paul Ryan 5.21 . 2 . President Barack Obama 4.84 . 3 . Vice President Joe Biden 4.01 . 4 . Gov . Mitt Romney 3.74 . For perspective , when Michael Phelps became the most decorated Olympian in history on July 31 , he registered a 6.51 on the same 1-10 scale . Top 10 states + D.C. buzzing about Ryan . 1 . Washington , D.C. 2 . Wisconsin . 3 . Virginia . 4 . New Hampshire . 5 . Maryland . 6 . Minnesota . 7 . Massachusetts . 8 . Utah . 9 . Vermont . 10 . North Carolina . Note : The talk meter calculates a jump in buzz , so Ryan 's relative anonymity helped him jump up the talk meter scale . Yet the growth was n't just in buzz , but also in `` likes '' -- the Facebook term for social approval which enables people to follow your moves closely and voice their support to their social networks . Ryan 's new fan page has grown from zero to more than half a million fans , already topping that of the sitting vice president , Joe Biden . Facebook fan growth at publication time . Barack Obama . • 27.8 million fans currently . • Since August 1 : Added 150,000 fans ( +0.5 % ) • Since Saturday : Added 9,900 fans ( +0.03 % ) Joe Biden . • 355,000 fans currently . • Since August 1 : Added 4,200 fans ( +1.2 % ) • Since Saturday : Added 728 fans ( +0.2 % ) Mitt Romney . • 4.1 million fans currently . • Since August 1 : Added 906,600 fans ( +28.3 % ) • Since Saturday : Added 111,400 fans ( +2.8 % ) Paul Ryan . • 501,000 fans currently . • Since August : Fan page did n't exist . • On Saturday : Added 222,100 fans . • Since Saturday : Added 237,900 fans ( +107.1 % ) Fans by state . Barack Obama . 1 . California . 2 . New York . 3 . Texas . 4 . Florida . 5 . Illinois . Joe Biden . 1 . California . 2 . New York . 3 . Florida . 4 . Texas . 5 . Illinois . Mitt Romney . 1 . Texas . 2 . California . 3 . Florida . 4 . Georgia . 5 . Ohio . Paul Ryan . 1 . Texas . 2 . Florida . 3 . California . 4 . North Carolina . 5 . Wisconsin . We often say we write about demographics , not politics . Thus it comes as no surprise that we are once again writing about the gender gap and the age gap in this election -- something that the insights from Facebook reveal also exist online . Gender and age breakdown of Facebook fans . Barack Obama . Average age : 28 . Male : 51 % . Female : 49 % . Joe Biden . Average age : 35 . Male : 51 % . Female : 49 % . Mitt Romney . Average age : 46 . Male : 50 % . Female : 50 % . Paul Ryan VP . Average age : 43 . Male : 63 % . Female : 37 % . How this translates to the election will be something we keep our eye on from now until November . It 's staggering when you put it in historical perspective : Today there are 160 million monthly active users on Facebook in the United States -- more than half the U.S. population . In 2008 , there were 35 million monthly active users .
Since being announced as Romney 's running mate , Ryan has dominated social media . Ryan 's relative anonymity before being picked helped him jump up the scale . Ryan 's Facebook fans skew more toward males and older .