According to the latest report by Twiplomacy, a Burson Marsteller research project that tracks the use of Twitter by governments and international organisations.
Donald Trump is now the world’s most followed leader on Twitter, while Narendra Modi is the third.
Trump overtook Pope Francis by a few thousand followers to occupy the first place in Twiplomacy’s October report. The US president’s personal Twitter account, @realDonaldTrump has 39, 735, 749 followers, while the Pope’s official account, @Pontifex, trails behind by more than 2 lakh followers at number two.
The Pope’s numbers show a total of his nine different accounts, that dispense prayers and reflections in nine different languages such as English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Latin, French, German and Arabic.
India’s prime minister Narendra Modi, known for his adroit use of social media to reach the masses, has kept his third place consistently since last year. Modi’s own account, @narendramodi, has more than 34 million followers, while the official @PMOIndia account is at the fourth position with a following of more than 21 million.
India’s Foreign Minister, @SushmaSwaraj, is the most followed female world leader in the world with a 9.6 million following on Twitter. Swaraj has been lauded for using Twitter effectively to respond to people asking for help, whether it is for visas or rescue.
The @POTUS and @WhiteHouse accounts come in at the fifth and sixth position respectively. Other world leaders that make the top ten are Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdo?an at number 6 with 11.2 million followers, Indonesian president Joko Widodo with 8.5 million and UAE’s prime minister and ruler of Emirates, His Highness Sheikh Mohammad with 8.4 million followers.
But the rankings cannot be seen as a measure of popularity, as some Twitter users sharply pointed out that many of Trump’s followers are bots.
With almost 40 million followers US President @realDonaldTrump is now the most followed world leader on Twitter #Twiplomacy pic.twitter.com/eDHgO5fzsa
— Twiplomacy (@Twiplomacy) October 4, 2017
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