A 100 million. That's how many people follow Prime Minister Narendra Modi on social media platform X, making him the second most-followed world politician after former US President Barack Obama and the most-followed global leader currently holding office.
In India, he is way ahead of his political rivals - followers of Rahul Gandhi (26.4 million), Arvind Kejriwal (27.5 million), Akhilesh Yadav (19.9 million), Mamata Banerjee (7.4 million), Lalu Yadav (6.3 million), Tejashwi Yadav (5.2 million), and Sharad Pawar (2.9 million) add up to less than 100 million.
The second most-followed current world leader after PM Modi is Joe Biden with 38.1 million followers. Recep Tayyip Erdogan has 21.5 million followers, HH Sheikh Mohammed has 11.2 million followers, Justin Trudeau has 6.5 million followers, and Giorgia Meloni with 2.4 million followers.