As PM Modi reaches 90 mn followers, check out the most followed leaders on Twitter

Jul 20, 2023

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PM Narendra Modi reaches 90 million Twitter followers

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi now has 90 million followers on Twitter, making him the most followed Indian and the second most followed politician on the Elon Musk-owned social media platform.

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Barack Obama

Former American president Barack Obama is the most followed politician on Twitter with 132 million followers. He is the second most followed person on the platform, just behind Elon Musk.

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Donald Trump

Donald Trump takes the third spot with 86.5 million followers. The former American president was suspended from Twitter in January 2021 and was reinstated in November 2022 after Musk took over the platform. He has not posted anything since January 8, 2021.

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Joe Biden

Joe Biden, the current American president is a distant fourth with 37.3 million followers on the platform.

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Amit Shah

Amit Shah, India’s home minister and one of the most prominent faces of BJP has 33.2 million followers on Twitter and is the fifth most followed politician on the platform.

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Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton, the former US secretary of state is the sixth most followed politician with 31.3 million followers on Twitter.

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Arvind Keriwal

Delhi’s chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has 27.1 million followers on Twitter and is the seventh most followed politician.

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Rajnath Singh

Rajnath Singh, India’s defence minister has 23.7 million followers on Twitter.

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Musk reigns supreme

Elon Musk is the most followed person on Twitter with 148 million followers on the platform.

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Modi beats Kohli and Bachchan Sr

PM Modi has beaten Virat Kohli and Amitabh Bachchan to emerge as the most followed Indian on Twitter. While Kohli has 57 million followers, Bachchan has 48.5 million followers.

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