Prime Minister Narendra Modi now has over 16 million followers on Twitter

 

Number of followers of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, @narendramodi, on social media site Twitter has crossed 16 million mark, with the addition of a record number of followers during the last one year.

"In a span of two months, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Twitter account gets an addition of another million followers, taking the total follower count to 16.1 million," Twitter said in a statement.

PM Modi's followers crossed 15 million on September 22, 2015. Since the time he was sworn into office on May 26, 2014, he has added 11.9 million followers.

"PM Modi has also set new records as the largest increase in the number of followers in a 12--month period for an Indian account (8.8 million followers from September 17, 2014 to September 17, 2015)," Twitter said.