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Top 15 most popular world leaders on Twitter
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the fourth most "followed" world leader on Twitter, has overtaken the White House in terms of number of followers on the microblogging site, an annual global study of world leaders has revealed.
According to Twiplomacy, a study conducted by global public relations and communications firm Burson-Marsteller, US President is the most followed leader on Twitter followed by Pope Francis, Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Modi and the White House.
"Since his election in late May 2014, India's new Prime Minister Narendra Modi has become the fourth-most followed world leader on Twitter, with 4,981,777 followers. He surpassed the United States White House account (4,980,207) today and is using Twitter as a power tool to broadcast his messages," the updated study said.
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Barack Obama
Barack Obama (@BarackObama)
Designation: United States President
Twitter Followers: 4.3 crore
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Pope Francis
Pope Francis (@Pontifex)
Twitter Followers: 1.4 crore
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S B Yudhoyono
S B Yudhoyono (@SBYudhoyono)
Designation: Indonesian President
Twitter Followers: 50 lakh
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Narendra Modi
Narendra Modi (@narendramodi)
Designation: Indian Prime Minister
Twitter Followers: 49.88 lakh
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White House
White House (@WhiteHouse)
Twitter Followers: 49.82 lakh
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Abdullah Gul
Abdullah Gul (@cbabdullahgul)
Designation: President of Turkey
Twitter Followers: 46 lakh
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Recep Tayyip Erdogan (@RT_Erdogan)
Designation: Prime Minister of Turkey
Twitter Followers: 43 lakh
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Rania Al Abdullah
Rania Al Abdullah (@QueenRania)
Designation: Queen of Jordan
Twitter Followers: 32 lakh
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HH Sheikh Mohammed
HH Sheikh Mohammed (@HHShkMohd)
Designation: Ruler of Dubai
Twitter Followers: 29 lakh
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Cristina Kirchner
Cristina Kirchner @CFKArgentina
Designation: President of Argentina
Twitter Followers: 28.9 lakh
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Juan Manuel Santos
Juan Manuel Santos (@JuanManSantos)
Designation: President of Colombia
Twitter Followers: 28.8 lakh
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Enrique Pena Nieto
Enrique Pena Nieto (@EPN)
Designation: President of Mexico
Twitter Followers: 27 lakh
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David Cameron
David Cameron (@Number10gov)
Designation: British Prime Minister
Twitter Followers: 26.8 lakh
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Dilma Rousseff
Dilma Rousseff (@dilmabr)
Designation: President of Brazil
Twitter Followers: 24.7 lakh
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Dmitry Medvedev
Dmitry Medvedev (@MedvedevRussiaE)
Designation: Prime Minister of Russia
Twitter Followers: 7.7 lakh
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