Modi is Fourth Most Followed World Leader On Twitter

The updated study said, "Since his election in late May 2014, India's new Prime Minister Narendra Modi has become the fourth-most followed world leader on Twitter, with 4,981,777 followers. He surpassed the United States White House account (4,980,207) today and is using Twitter as a power tool to broadcast his messages," reports Saharasamay.

The study said the “meteoric rise” of Modi and Indonesian President shows that leaders of the most populous countries have a clear advantage in garnering “a large army of dedicated followers”. The number of followers of a country’s leader has even become a question of national pride, it added.

Twiplomacy said it aims to identify the extent to which world leaders are using Twitter and how they connect on the network. Earlier this month, Burson-Marsteller analysed 645 government accounts in 161 countries. Only 32 countries, mainly across Africa and Asia-Pacific regions, did not have any Twitter presence.

The study also revealed that more than 83 per cent of all United Nations governments have a presence on Twitter, and two-thirds (68 percent) of all heads of state and government have personal Twitter accounts.

Eight world leaders have seen some of their Tweets retweeted more than 24,000 times, reflecting major announcements and historic events, it said.

These include tweets like “India has won! The conquest of India. Good days are ahead”, Malaysian Prime Minister’s tweet about Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, the abdication tweet of the King of Spain and even more trivial Sochi Olympics bet between Canada’s Stephen Harper and Barack Obama.

(With Agency Inputs)

Also Read:
Modi-Led Government To Present Maiden Union Budget On July 10
U.S. Leads in Adopting Indian Children