New York/New Delhi: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi remained intact in the list of top 10 leaders in the world with the most Twitter followers. However, a bigger development is that of another Indian leader breaking into the list of annual global Twitter rankers.
The Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj with @SushmaSwaraj, has emerged as the most followed female world leader with 5 million followers at 10th spot. This was revealed through a study by the global communications firm Burson-Marsteller.
PM Modi, with his Twitter handle @NarendraModi, is at the third spot, has close to 20 million followers on his personal account and 11 million followers on his institutional account @PMOIndia, which is at the fourth place. Last year, Modi was at third place with more than six million followers.
US President Barack Obama is still the uncontested leader of the digital world. His @BarackObama Twitter account now has 75 million followers. He also leads the rankings on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Google+ with his campaign accounts.
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According to the study, Twitter was used by world leaders or governments in 173 nations, which is equal to 90 percent of United Nations (UN) member states.
Here are some of the most popular leaders featuring in the list:
US President Barack Obama: @BarackObama Twitter account has 75 million followers
Pope Francis: @Pontifex with more than 28 million followers
Prime Minister Narendra Modi: @NarendraModi with close to 20 million followers
Indonesian President S.B. Yudhonoyo: @SBYudhoyono with more than 9 million followers
President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan: @RT_Erdogan with more than 8 million followers
Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj: @SushmaSwaraj with more than 5 million followers
Mexico’s President Enrique Peña Nieto: @EPN has more than 5 million followers
Arab Leader Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum: @HHShkMohd with 6 million followers
UK Prime Minister David Cameron: @Number10gov with more than 4.4 million followers
