Among the fastest growing Indian accounts this year, we have seen a phenomenal increase in PM Narendra Modi's (@NarendraModi) followers with nearly 5 million followers added this year alone, more than double what he had at the start of the year. He is followed by actor and Satyamev Jayate host Aamir Khan (@aamir_khan). Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) and Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) also added significant followers in the year 2014. Interestingly, the Prime Minister's Office's (@PMOIndia) account grew by 60 per cent over the year, too.
NAME | TWITTER HANDLE | FOLLOWERS AS OF 09.12 | FOLLOWERS ADDED IN 2014 | % GROWTH |
Narendra Modi | @narendramodi | 8,501,699 | 4,629,463 | 54.45% |
Aamir Khan | @aamir_khan | 9,925,022 | 3,952,276 | 39.82% |
Amitabh Bachchan | @SrBachchan | 11,881,345 | 3,770,921 | 31.74% |
Shah Rukh Khan | @iamsrk | 10,296,567 | 3,639,211 | 35.34% |
Salman Khan | @BeingSalmanKhan | 9,475,555 | 3,207,672 | 33.85% |
Deepika Padukone | @deepikapadukone | 8,399,197 | 3,033,837 | 36.12% |
Hrithik Roshan | @iHrithik | 7,616,018 | 2,436,798 | 32.00% |
Priyanka Chopra | @priyankachopra | 7,951,533 | 2,380,180 | 29.93% |
Office of the Prime Minister of India | @PMOIndia | 3,872,917 | 2,355,778 | 60.83% |
Akshay Kumar | @akshaykumar | 6,721,957 | 2,306,299 | 34.31% |