Leading Twitter profiles in India 2022, by number of followers
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had the most popular Twitter profile in India, with over 80 million followers as of July 2022, followed by the Office of the Prime Minister of India account with 49 million followers. Notably, Indian cricketer Virat Kohli's twitter followers grossed over 48 million making it the country's third most followed Twitter profile.
Twitter’s popularity in India
The microblogging social networking site had a relatively low share in India's social media market . Despite this, around 13.15 million Indians were active Twitter users, indicating a wide reach of the social media platform in the country.
Twitter and politics
Although Twitter was originally created as an internal communication service for employees of its founders Jack Dorsey and Florian Weber, it quickly gained traction as an information sharing platform. Today, it has become one of the most used tools in domestic as well as international politics and diplomacy. As of 2020, 187 countries were represented through an official presence on Twitter, and heads of state actively made use of the platform to directly communicate with the public. While Narendra Modi had the most popular twitter profile in India, he ranked second in the world, after American President Donald Trump.
Twitter’s popularity in India
The microblogging social networking site had a relatively low share in India's social media market . Despite this, around 13.15 million Indians were active Twitter users, indicating a wide reach of the social media platform in the country.
Twitter and politics
Although Twitter was originally created as an internal communication service for employees of its founders Jack Dorsey and Florian Weber, it quickly gained traction as an information sharing platform. Today, it has become one of the most used tools in domestic as well as international politics and diplomacy. As of 2020, 187 countries were represented through an official presence on Twitter, and heads of state actively made use of the platform to directly communicate with the public. While Narendra Modi had the most popular twitter profile in India, he ranked second in the world, after American President Donald Trump.
