After US president Barack Obama, who has over 40 million fan following on Facebook, Modi is the second most popular politician in the world.
It is only during this election cycle, that he crossed Mitt Romney, the former Republican presidential candidate, who now has 11.345 million fan following.
On the other hand, the most followed world leader on Twitter is US President Barack Obama, followed by Pope Francis.
Indonesia President SB Yudhoyono is in third position followed by the official White House account and Turkish President Abdullah Gul in the fifth position, according to the study.
