100 million strong! PM Modi becomes the most followed world leader on Instagram

PM Narendra Modi has crossed the historic milestone of 100 million followers on Instagram, becoming the first world leader and politician to achieve this feat on the platform.

PM Modi joined Instagram in 2014 and over the past decade, his account has evolved into one of the most engaging digital spaces among global leaders.

Among major global leaders, PM Modi today has the highest number of Instagram followers. Notably, he has more than twice as many followers as US President Donald Trump on Instagram.

In fact, total count of followers of next five major world leaders is lower than PM Modi’s individual follower count.

US President Donald Trump holds the second spot with 43.2 million followers. He is followed by Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto with 15 million followers, Brazilian President Lula with 14.4 million followers, Turkish President Erdogan with 11.6 million followers and Argentine President Javier Milei with 6.4 million followers.

This underlines PM Modi’s unmatched global outreach and popularity among the youth across the world.

Moreover, within India as well, the gap in the number of followers is staggering.

The PM is miles ahead of other Indian political leaders on Instagram. The second spot is held by Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath with around 16.1 million followers, followed by Rahul Gandhi with approximately 12.6 million followers.