New Delhi: The variety of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s followers on his X deal with crossed the 100-million mark on Sunday, registering a powerful development of almost 30 million previously three years, officers mentioned.
He’s already essentially the most adopted head of presidency on the social media platform globally.
Officers famous that his followers are fairly just a few instances extra in quantity compared to most adopted opposition leaders like AAP’s Arvind Kejriwal and Congress’ Rahul Gandhi who’ve 27.5 million and 26.four million followers respectively.
Amongst different heads of presidency with a big following are US President Joe Biden (38.1 million) and Turkiye’s Recep Tayyip Eedogen (21.5 million).
In a put up, Prime Minister Modi mentioned, “100 million on @X! Completely happy to be on this vibrant medium and cherish the dialogue, debate, insights, folks’s blessings, constructive criticism and extra. Wanting ahead to an equally participating time sooner or later as nicely.”
An official mentioned, “PM Modi has extra followers even in comparison with lively international athletes like Virat Kohli (64.1 million), Brazilian footballer Neymar Jr (63.6 million) and American basketball participant LeBron James (52.9 million).”
“He’s forward of even celebrities like Taylor Swift (95.three million), Girl 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 lately 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 often called Twitter, in 2009, he has persistently used it for constructive engagement, officers famous, highlighting that he has by no means blocked anybody.
“He maintains an lively and fascinating persona, follows quite a few frequent residents, interacts with them, replies to their messages, and has by no means blocked anybody. PM Modi has at all times used this platform organically, with out ever resorting to paid promotions or bots,” an official mentioned, including that it displays his skill to resonate with a various and dynamic viewers.
