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How world leaders have tweeted the #coronavirus🦠

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The Most Followed World Leaders on Twitter

@realDonaldTrump is the most followed world leader with more than 81 million followers and counting.
Indian Prime Minister @NarendraModi moves into second position ahead of Pope Francis @Pontifex.
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How does @realDonaldTrump keep his momentum on Twitter?

In his own words he has an army of "Keyboard Warriors", liking, retweeting and amplifying his messages.
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https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1261126114799468549

The most effective world leaders on Twitter

@realDonaldTrump is also the most effective world leader on Twitter since each one of his tweets garners on average 24,000 retweets which is slightly better than Saudi @KingSalman who garners 23,573 retweets per tweet.
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The true reach of world leaders

@NarendraModi leads the rankings in terms of true reach as calculated by @Klear_com. The Indian Prime Minister reaches on average 40 million followers or 70% of his followers with his tweets.
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The most listed world leaders

Twitter lists have recently seen a comeback as Twitter is shifting the focus on interest-based conversations. Being featured on a Twitter list also indicates how authoritative an account is.
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The most active world leaders

The Presidency of El Salvador @ComunicacionSV is the most active government organisation sending more than 100 tweets per day.
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The most conversational government accounts

The Nepalese @Hello_Sarkar (“Hello Government”) Twitter account is the most conversational governmental account with 96 percent of its tweets directly replying question from Twitter users.
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The most conversational world leaders

Rwanda’s President @PaulKagame, Norway’s Prime Minister @Erna_Solberg and Félix Tshisekedi @Fatshi13, the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo use their Twitter feed mainly to chat publicly with their followers.
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The best-connected world leaders

@MFAIceland tops the ranking of the best-connected foreign ministries with 147 mutual peer connections on Twitter ahead of the @EU_eeas, the @ForeignOffice and @MFA_Russia.
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Mutual connections are literally priceless and a good indicator of the state of mutual relations.

The @StateDept no longer followers @HassanRouhani and @JZarif which speaks volumes about the state to the U.S.-Iranian relations.

https://twitter.com/SecPompeo/status/1266875321590087685

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The most followed Arab leaders on Twitter

As of June 1, 2020 @QueenRania of Jordan was still the most followed leader in the Arab world, however, her account has almost stagnated year on year and @HHShkMohd is hot on her heels.
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The most followed Sub-Saharan African leaders on Twitter

The president or Nigeria @MBuhari is by far the most followed Sub-Saharan African leader ahead of @PaulKagame the President of Rwanda.
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The most followed #EU leaders on Twitter

French President @EmmanuelMacron is the most followed #EU leader ahead of @SanchezCastejon and @eucopresident.
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The most followed Latin American leaders on Twitter

Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel @LopezObrador_ is Latin America’s most followed leader ahead of Brazil’s President @JairBolsonaro and Venezuela’s President @NicolasMaduro.
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The most followed foreign ministries on Twitter

The @StateDept is by far the most followed foreign ministry on Twitter. @KSAMOFA and @IndianDiplomacy complete the top three.
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The most followed foreign ministers on Twitter

UAE’s @ABZayed is the most followed foreign minister ahead of Pakistan’s @SMQureshiPTI and @SecPompeo.
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