Prime Minister Narendra Modi now has more than 90 million followers on Twitter that made him one of the most followed active politicians across the globe on the social media platform.
With 90.2 million followers, PM Modi is the most followed Indian on Twitter. His followers' list includes Twitter boss Elon Musk, who has the highest follower count on the social networking platform and follows total 195 individuals. Meanwhile, PM Modi follows 2,589 people on Twitter.
As part of his social media outreach, PM Modi joined Twitter in 2009 during his stint as the Gujarat chief minister. Within a year, he had a lakh followers. In July 2020, the PM’s Twitter follower count touched 60 million.
{{/usCountry}}As part of his social media outreach, PM Modi joined Twitter in 2009 during his stint as the Gujarat chief minister. Within a year, he had a lakh followers. In July 2020, the PM’s Twitter follower count touched 60 million.
{{/usCountry}}According to the list released by World of Statistics on its official Twitter handle on July 9, PM Modi is the only Indian among the top 10 individuals who are most followed on Twitter in the world.
PM Modi secured the eighth position in the list surpassing former US President Donald Trump who has 86.6 million followers and American singer and actress Lady Gaga who has 84.1 million followers.
Elon Musk topped the list with 147 million followers on the social media platform followed by former US President Barack Obama with 132.1 million, singer Justin Bieber with 11 million, and legendary football player Cristiano Ronaldo with 108.9 million followers.
Among other world leaders, United States President Joe Biden is followed by 37.3 million accounts while UK PM Rishi Sunak has 2 million followers.