Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has over 100 million followers on social media site X (previously Twitter), has emerged as the most popular global leader on social media. With 38.1 million followers, US President Joe Biden, 11.2 million followers, and 18.5 million followers, Pope Francis, and Dubai's Sheikh Mohammed are the only other international leaders Prime Minister Modi has more than this milestone.

“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," Modi posted on X.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also well ahead of other Indian leaders in the country. Arvind Kejriwal, the chief minister of Delhi, has 27.5 million followers, while Rahul Gandhi, the leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha, has 26.4 million. Along with Akhilesh Yadav, the leader of the Samajwadi Party, who has 19.9 million followers, Mamata Banerjee, the Chief Minister of West Bengal, who has 7.4 million, Lalu Prasad, the leader of the Rashtriya Janata Dal, and Sharad Pawar, the leader of the NCP (SP), who has 2.9 million, Modi is also ahead of these opposition figures.

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Image Source: Narendra Modi ON LARGE PRINT

Because of his enormous popularity on X, Modi has become a focus point for foreign leaders who want to interact with him to increase the number of their own followers, views, and reposts. The interactions between Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on social media have generated notable moments of momentum and memes on X.

Prime Minister Modi is more popular than politicians, athletes, and celebrities, including US basketball player LeBron James (52.9 million followers), Brazilian football player Neymar Jr. (63.6 million followers), and cricketer Virat Kohli (64.1 million followers). Additionally, he has a larger following than famous people like Lady Gaga (83.1 million), Kim Kardashian (75.2 million), and Taylor Swift (95.3 million).

X was joined in 2009 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He has engaged with people using the site. PM Modi is said to have never banned anyone and to have followed a large number of regular people with whom he communicates and returns messages.

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