Prime Minister Narendra Modi is again in news and making ripples on social media. This time around, because his tweet has been touted as the ‘Golden Tweet of 2019’ by twitter itself.
Modi’s tweet on May 23 celebrating the Bharatiya Janata Party’s re-election victory in 2019 was the most retweeted and liked tweet of the year, making it the “Golden Tweet” in India.
The tweet was retweeted over a million times and is the most Liked Tweet this year.
Here’s the tweet that took the social media platform by storm:


This is not for the first time that PM Modi has bagged the title. In 2014 too, Modi bagged the golden tweet for his post thanking people for landslide victory in 2014 general elections.The 2104 victory tweet was retweeted more than 70,000 times, while it had more than 45,000 likes.

Besides taking India on a global political map like never before, Modi has always been a leader who has made waves on social media always. Here are few facts that will tell you about his ‘online popularity’:

  • He has over 50 million followers on Twitter, making him the second most popular leader on the micro blogging site in 2019.
  • PM Modi is the only political leader in India to join the likes of Virat Kohli, Sunil Chettri and Anoushka Sharma in winning the hearts of Twitterati.
  • Even the number of followers on the official Twitter handle of Prime Minister’s Office has crossed 30 million. No other political leader is close to this feat!
  • Although at third rank on Twitter, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the world’s most followed or liked world leader on two other social media platforms—Facebook and Instagram.
  • In a list of 50 most followed world leaders on Facebook, Modi tops the list as his official page is liked by over 43.2 million people.
  • At fourth place is the official page of Indian Prime Minister’s Office (PMO India) with over 13 million likes.
  • Modi has also been judged as the ‘most effective world leader on Facebook’ as on an average each of his posts saw 99,133 interactions.
  • On Instagram too, Modi tops the chart of 50 most liked world leaders with 12 million followers.