Prime Minister Narendra Modi has emerged as the “most tweeted about world leader” in 2017 after US President Donald Trump, Twitter said on Tuesday, 5 December.
Here are the most Tweeted about elected world leaders. #ThisHappened pic.twitter.com/2pXMuwKQRa
— Twitter Government (@TwitterGov) December 5, 2017
Twitter said Trump with 44.1 million followers and Modi with 37.5 million followers are the first and second “most tweeted about world leaders” for the year 2017.
Other world leaders to figure in the top 10 list are Nicolas Maduro from Venezuela, Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, Emmanuel Macron from France, Enrique Pena Nieto from Mexico, Mauricip Macri of Argentina, Britain’s Theresa May, Columbia’s Juan Manuel Santos, and Akun resmi Joko Widodo of Indonesia.
Top 10 Most Popular Tweets of 2017
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Check out the most Retweeted Tweet of 2017. #ThisHappened pic.twitter.com/7MeoPS5eEu
— Twitter (@Twitter) December 5, 2017
Two tweets of former US president Barack Obama were among the top three most liked tweets of 2017.
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Check out the most liked Tweet of 2017. #ThisHappened pic.twitter.com/DwaEqi4KCT
— Twitter (@Twitter) December 5, 2017
Thank you for everything. My last ask is the same as my first. I’m asking you to believe—not in my ability to create change, but in yours.
— President Obama (@POTUS44) January 11, 2017
Obama’s tweet, “No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin or his background or his religion…” was the second most retweeted tweets of the year. He had tweeted this out as a reaction to racist attacks in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August.
Obama’s two other tweets were among the 10 most popular tweets of the year – “Thank you for everything. My last ask is the same as my first. I’m asking you to believe – not in my ability to create change, but in yours,” which he tweeted on January 10, and his on 2 January tweet, “It’s been the honour of my life to serve you. You made me a better leader and a better man.
Obama’s twitter handle – @BarackObama – has 97.6 million followers.
Nuggets Get the Most Nuggs on Twitter
It all started with the pursuit of free nuggets.
Check out the most Retweeted Tweet of 2017. #ThisHappened pic.twitter.com/7MeoPS5eEu
— Twitter (@Twitter) December 5, 2017
tweet by Carter Wilkerson – “Help me please… a man needs his nuggs” – which was retweeted 3.6 million times, was the most retweeted tweet of this year, according to data compiled by Twitter.
Apart from being the most followed figure on Twitter in India, PM Modi’s ‘Mann Ki Baat’ was also one of the most widely discussed hashtags in India in 2017. Hashtags for the India vs Pakistan match, IPL, and the Women’s World Cup were also the top trends of 2017.
Today, we’re taking a lookback at the hashtags, people and moments that got #India talking on Twitter in 2017
Here’s the most Tweeted about hashtags in India this year #ThisHappened pic.twitter.com/XCYsyZhjwd
— Twitter India (@TwitterIndia) December 5, 2017
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