AMN WEB DESK
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is far ahead of other world leaders, including US President Donald Trump, when it comes to popularity on Facebook.
According to the study “World Leaders on Facebook” released today in Geneva by Burson Cohn & Wolfe, over 43 million people follow the Indian premier on the social media platform.
US President Donald Trump, who rules the other social media platform Twitter, is in second place with over 23 million followers.
The study in a statement said, it analysed the activity of 650 Facebook pages of heads of state and government and foreign ministers from 1st January last year using aggregate data from Facebook’s Crowdtangle tool.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo has 46 million interactions and Cambodia’s Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen and Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri follow with 36 and 33 million interactions.
Facebook has become the key platform for world leaders and governments to engage with voters, supporters and citizens.