We traced the social media following of Indian politicians between December 2020 and March 2021 to see who gained and lost followers and engagement. Lots happened - farm protests, violence, elections.
The grand winner is @MahuaMoitra
Other results:
The grand winner is @MahuaMoitra
Other results:
Yogi Adityanath consistently fastest growing politician in 1M + group, racing past @rajnathsingh @ShashiTharoor @nitin_gadkari @PiyushGoyal.
Only @narendramodi @AmitShah @ArvindKejriwal and @RahulGandhi have more followers. At this rate, Yogi will move up sooner than later
Only @narendramodi @AmitShah @ArvindKejriwal and @RahulGandhi have more followers. At this rate, Yogi will move up sooner than later
To check the robustness of our data, we tested who were the accounts that lost the most followers or stagnated, these include Ananth Kumar, Arun Jaitley, Pranab Mukherjee, Ahmed Patel, Ram Vilas Paswan, Manohar Parrikar – all of whom have died recently.
Other accounts that have either stagnated or lost followers incl @SushilModi @sureshpprabhu @OmarAbdullah @sambitswaraj @jayantsinha @thekiranbedi @Manekagandhibjp @varungandhi80 @drramansingh @DrPravinTogadia
Most have lost positions or favour within party
Most have lost positions or favour within party
A set of political influencers without elected positions who have stagnated or started losing followers include @amitmalviya @TajinderBagga @khushsundar @sambitswaraj @shaziailmi @swapan55
Generally, politicians don't lose followers, so stagnation is akin to some lost ground.
Generally, politicians don't lose followers, so stagnation is akin to some lost ground.
One party that saw uniform gains of over 5% growth for each of its three key accounts was AIMIM – besides the party handle @aimim_national both @asadowaisi and @imAkbarOwaisi gained significant following online in this period.
Two key Dalit leaders gained following and engagement - @BhimArmyChief who besides activism was included in Time Magazine’s 100 emerging leaders and @thirumaofficial.
Here's a list of the overall gainers in percentage growth terms.
Here's a list of the overall gainers in percentage growth terms.
The key area of Twitter action is spread over politicians in three domains - the farmer protests (incl @BhagwantMann and @nstomar), West Bengal (several leaders incl BJP and AITC official handles) and TN, where DMK ahead of other parties in Twitter engagement
Clarification: while @MahuaMoitra is the overall highest gainer in the 200k+ politicians, @EPSTamilNadu has the highest percent gains among less followed politicians
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