10 World Leaders Who Rule on Twitter

India's head of state, Modi, especially leverages social media

What do President Barack Obama, Pope Francis, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Indonesia's Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Queen Rania of Jordan have in common? They are among the most powerful political Twitter elite on the planet.

In fact, when India's new prime minister, Modi, took power five months ago, he actually stopped giving interviews to local reporters and instead tweeted his photo opps to his more than 7 million followers, ranking him just behind the pope in Twitter popularity.

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