Reaching 100 million followers on one social media platform is indeed a great achievement!
Since joining Twitter (now X) in 2009, PM Modi has been active on this platform, promoting various initiatives, supporting colleagues and common people as well as congratulating nation's growth. On July 14, he reached 100 million followers on X, making him the most followed active global leader. In this article, we will discuss Indian celebrities with highest number of social media followers and how social media helped creating a global inpact.
The list is topped by former US President Barack Obama with 131.7 million followers on X. Meanwhile, he is not directly active in politics. PM Modi is holding the second position followed by former US President Donald Trump who has 87.4 million, Incumbent US President Joe Biden with 38.1 million, and India's Union home minister Amit Shah, with 35.2 million followers. The former United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is at 6th position with 31 million followers.
Leveraging the power of social media, other Indian politicians have also gained a huge amount of followers supporting various initiatives. Other politicians with huge number of social media followers are Delhi chief minister and AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal (27.5 million), leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi (26.4 million), Samajwadi Party's Akhilesh Yadav (19.9 million), West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee (7.4 million), Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav (6.3 million), his son Tejashwi Yadav (5.2 million), NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar (2.9 million).
Here are other Indian celebrities with maximum number of followers on X: Virat Kohli (64.1 million), Amitabh Bachchan (48.9 million), Akshay Kumar (46.8 million), Salman Khan (45.6 million), Shah Rukh Khan (44.1 million), Sachin Tendulkar (40.2 million), Hrithik Roshan (32.3 million), Priyanka Chopra (27.5 million), and Deepika Padukone (26.6 million).
On Instagram, Virat Kohli has the highest number of followers (270 million), followed by Priyanka Chopra (91.5 million), Narendra Modi (91.2 million), Shraddha Kapoor (90.4 million), Alia Bhatt (85 million), Katrina Kaif (80.1 million), Deepika Padukone (79.5 million), Neha Kakkar (78.7 million), Urvashi Rautela (73.3 million), and Salman Khan (68.9 million).
The Indian Prime Minister has more followers than several globally famous celebrities including Taylor Swift (95.3 million), Lady Gaga (83.1 million), and Kim Kardashian (75.2 million), Virat Kohli (64.1 million), Neymar Jr (63.6 million), and LeBron James (52.9 million). In the last 3 years only, PM Modi's X account gained over 30 million followers. He has been quite famous across different social media also. Notably, has around 25 million subscribers on YouTube and more than 91 million followers on Instagram.
Such unique feat on social media has established PM Narendra Modi among the most popular global personalities. Reacting to this milestone, PM Modi posted: “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.”
