80 Percent Of World Leaders Are On Twitter

Politicians have traditionally been wary of signing up for anything that is too transparent, but in recent years they’ve been ditching this attitude in favor of joining the masses on Twitter.

A new study from the Digital Policy Council [PDF] that ranks world leaders’ use of Twitter shows that the vast majority have embraced the 140-character network.

A full 80 percent – or four out of five – world leaders were using Twitter in 2013. This represents a growth of 8 percent over 2012, which is not quite as impressive as the huge 78 percent growth between 2011 and 2012.

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