Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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The variety of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s followers on his X deal with crossed the 100-million mark on July 14, registering a powerful progress of almost 30 million previously three years, officers mentioned.
He is already the most followed head of presidency on the social media platform globally.
Officials famous that his followers are fairly a couple of instances extra in quantity compared to most followed opposition leaders like AAP’s Arvind Kejriwal and Congress’ Rahul Gandhi who’ve 27.5 million and 26.4 million followers respectively.
Among different heads of presidency with a big following are U.S. President Joe Biden (38.1 million) and Turkiye’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan (21.5 million).
In a publish, Prime Minister Modi mentioned, “A hundred million on @X! Happy to be on this vibrant medium and cherish the discussion, debate, insights, people’s blessings, constructive criticism and more. Looking forward to an equally engaging time in the future as well.”
An official mentioned, “PM Modi has more followers even compared to active global athletes like Virat Kohli (64.1 million), Brazilian footballer Neymar Jr (63.6 million) and American basketball player LeBron James (52.9 million).”
“He is ahead of even celebrities like Taylor Swift (95.3 million), Lady Gaga (83.1 million), and Kim Kardashian (75.2 million),” the official mentioned.
He mentioned world leaders usually eagerly have interaction with Modi on social media as a result of connecting with him considerably boosts their very own follower base, engagements, views and reposts. This was seen not too long ago in Italy in addition to Austria, the official added.
Prime Minister Modi can be an influential presence on YouTube and Instagram with almost 25 million subscribers and greater than 91 million followers respectively.
Since becoming a member of X, previously generally known as Twitter, in 2009, he has constantly used it for constructive engagement, officers famous, highlighting that he has by no means blocked anybody.
“He maintains an active and engaging persona, follows numerous common citizens, interacts with them, replies to their messages, and has never blocked anyone. PM Modi has always used this platform organically, without ever resorting to paid promotions or bots,” an official mentioned, including that it displays his potential to resonate with a various and dynamic viewers.