Over the past few months, the world as we know it has undergone drastic changes. coronavirus pandemic has completely transformed our lives – from the way we educate our children to the way we work and conduct business.

One such sphere greatly affected by COVID-19 is diplomacy, a profession which involves a fair amount of travel, physical meetings. The way diplomacy is conducted was scuppered by travel restrictions, border closures and shelter-in-place orders.

As the novel coronavirus spread globally, leaders hunkered down at home and diplomats had to adapt to working from home and hold virtual meetings.

Among the world leaders, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi leads in rankings in terms of true reach as calculated by klear. com. The Indian prime minister reaches on average 40 million followers or 70 per cent of his followers with his tweets while US President Trump reaches 24 per cent of his followers.&nbsp;

Narendra Modi: 40.8 mn true reach, 70% of total followers 
Donald trump: 20.3 mn true reach, 25% of total followers 
PMO India: 16 mn true reach, 45% of total followers 
Imran khan: 7.5 mn true reach, 64% of total followers 
Joko Widodo: 6.5 mn true reach, 48% of total followers

Trump with 81.1mn, 33% follower growth, leads among the most followed leaders in 2020. Indian PM Modi has 57.9mn followers with 21% followers growth.

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Pope Francis: 51.2mn, 6% 
PMO India: 35.9mn, 23% 
President Trump: 30.2mn, 17% 
The white House: 22.8mn, 23% 
Turkish President Erdogan: 16.1mn, 17% 
Joko Widodo: 13.8mn, 20% 
Imran khan: 11.8mn, 22%

Trump is also the most effective world leader&nbsp;on Twitter as each one of his tweets garners on average 24,000 retweets which is slightly better than Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud who garners 23,573 retweets per tweet.

Over the past few months, the world as we know it has undergone drastic changes. coronavirus pandemic has completely transformed our lives – from the way we educate our children to the way we work and conduct business.

Over the past few months, the world as we know it has undergone drastic changes. coronavirus pandemic has completely transformed our lives – from the way we educate our children to the way we work and conduct business. One such sphere greatly affected by COVID-19 is diplomacy, a profession which involves a fair amount of travel, physical meetings. The way diplomacy is conducted was scuppered by travel restrictions, border closures and shelter-in-place orders. As the novel coronavirus spread globally, leaders hunkered down at home and diplomats had to adapt to working from home and hold virtual meetings. Among the world leaders, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi leads in rankings in terms of true reach as calculated by klear. com. The Indian prime minister reaches on average 40 million followers or 70 per cent of his followers with his tweets while US President Trump reaches 24 per cent of his followers. Narendra Modi: 40.8 mn true reach, 70% of total followers Donald trump: 20.3 mn true reach, 25% of total followers PMO India: 16 mn true reach, 45% of total followers Imran khan: 7.5 mn true reach, 64% of total followers Joko Widodo: 6.5 mn true reach, 48% of total followers Trump with 81.1mn, 33% follower growth, leads among the most followed leaders in 2020. Indian PM Modi has 57.9mn followers with 21% followers growth. Pope Francis: 51.2mn, 6% PMO India: 35.9mn, 23% President Trump: 30.2mn, 17% The white House: 22.8mn, 23% Turkish President Erdogan: 16.1mn, 17% Joko Widodo: 13.8mn, 20% Imran khan: 11.8mn, 22% Trump is also the most effective world leader on Twitter as each one of his tweets garners on average 24,000 retweets which is slightly better than Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud who garners 23,573 retweets per tweet.

PM Modi leads in 'true reach' of leaders worldwide in Twiplomacy: Study

US President Donald Trump is now the most followed world leader on Twitter. According to Switzerland-based Twiplomacy, which tracks the use of Twitter, Trump now has almost 40 lakh followers and has overtaken Pope Francis by more than two lakh followers to emerge on top of the list.

India&rsquo;s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is at number three with 34,878,753 followers, according to Twiplomacy which tracks about 890 accounts of leaders like heads of state and government.

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The pope&#39;s followers in all languages are slightly fewer.

Twitplomacy founder Matthias Luefkens, head of the digital with Burson Marsteller EMEA, acknowledged that many followers could be dormant accounts or &quot;bots.&quot; The list also doesn&#39;t count ex-leaders like Barack Obama, who has 95 million-plus followers.

Trump has frequently announced government policy or made controversial statements on Twitter.

Luefkens said today that Trump&#39;s tweets get many &quot;interactions&quot; and he expects the US leader might trumpet the achievement: &quot;He does like his crowd size.&quot;

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Trump now has almost 40 lakh followers and has overtaken Pope Francis by more than two lakh followers to emerge on top of the list

US President Donald Trump is now the most followed world leader on Twitter. According to Switzerland-based Twiplomacy, which tracks the use of Twitter, Trump now has almost 40 lakh followers and has overtaken Pope Francis by more than two lakh followers to emerge on top of the list. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is at number three with 34,878,753 followers, according to Twiplomacy which tracks about 890 accounts of leaders like heads of state and government. With almost 40 million followers US President @realDonaldTrump is now the most followed world leader on Twitter #Twiplomacy pic.twitter.com/eDHgO5fzsa — Twiplomacy ?? (@Twiplomacy) October 4, 2017 × The pope's followers in all languages are slightly fewer. Twitplomacy founder Matthias Luefkens, head of the digital with Burson Marsteller EMEA, acknowledged that many followers could be dormant accounts or "bots." The list also doesn't count ex-leaders like Barack Obama, who has 95 million-plus followers. Trump has frequently announced government policy or made controversial statements on Twitter. Luefkens said today that Trump's tweets get many "interactions" and he expects the US leader might trumpet the achievement: "He does like his crowd size."

President Trump most followed leader on Twitter, PM Modi third

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