Twiplomacy 2015
How World Leaders Connect on Twitter
Best Connected World Leaders 2015 NUMBER OF MUTUAL PEER CONNECTIONS
100
@LaurentFabius
Foreign Minister, France
93
91
89
@MFA_Russia
@FranceDiplo
@EU_eeas
Foreign Ministry, Russia
Foreign Ministry, France
79
EU External Action Service
@NorwayMFA
Foreign Ministry, Norway
Most Followed World Leaders 2015 NUMBER OF FOLLOWERS*
56,933,515 19,580,910
10,902,510
6,122,248
5,956,162
@BarackObama
@Pontifex
@NarendraModi
@RT_Erdogan
@WhiteHouse
US President
Pope Francis
Prime Minister, India
President, Turkey
The White House
*We have totalled the Pope's nine language accounts.
Most Effective World Leaders 2015 AVERAGE NUMBER OF RETWEETS PER TWEET
9,929 4,419
3,198
1,210
1,094
@Pontifex_es
@KingSalman
@NicolasMaduro
@BarackObama
@NarendraModi
Pope Francis
King of Saudi Arabia
President, Venezuela
US President
Prime Minister, India
Most Listed World Leaders 2015 APPEARING ON TWITTER LISTS
211,922 61,557
45,671
20,453
20,206
@BarackObama
@WhiteHouse
@MedvedevRussia
@Number10gov
@QueenRania
US President
The White House
Prime Minister, Russia
Prime Minister, UK
Rania Al Abdullah
Most Active World Leaders 2015 AVERAGE TWEETS PER DAY
68
64
60
58
56
@PresidenciaMX
@NicolasMaduro
@gobrep
@PresidenciaRD
@MFA_Ukraine
Presidency, Mexico
President, Venezuela
Government, Mexico
Presidency, Dominican Republic
Foreign Ministry, Ukraine
Most Conversational World Leaders 2015 PERCENTAGE OF @REPLIES
86%
73%
71%
70%
68%
@PaulKagame
@Erna_Solberg
@MashiRafael
@LMushikiwabo
@kasnms
President, Rwanda
Prime Minister, Norway
President, Ecuador
Foreign Minister, Rwanda
Foreign Minister, Kuwait
Twitter Accounts Popular with World Leaders 2015 OTHER TWITTER ACCOUNTS MOST FOLLOWED BY WORLD LEADERS @UN
United Nations @Twiplomacy
Twiplomacy @NYTimes
The New York Times @UNICEF
UNICEF @Reuters
Reuters Top News
Tweeting since
YEAR WORLD LEADERS SIGNED UP TO TWITTER
122
142 111
98
93 65
5 2007
13
11 2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
*Data as of 24 March 2015. For the updated country profiles go to twiplomacy.com and follow @Twiplomacy on Twitter for daily updates.
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