Imran Khan (pictured), who is likely to become Pakistan’s 20th prime minister after his party’s victory in the July 25 polls, is among the 10 most followed world leaders on Twitter, local media reported.
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief has 8.17mn followers on Twitter, making him the seventh most-followed world leader on the social networking website.
Imran has more followers than Canada’s Justin Trudeau, France’s Emmanuel Macron, and Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu in the top 10 list.
The cricketer-turned-politician’s popularity on social media has been no secret.
In fact, the cricket legend’s party and his followers are extremely active on social media.
US President Donald Trump is by far the most-followed world leader on Twitter, with Indian Prime Minister Nardendra Modi trailing him.
Trump has 53.4mn users following his tweet sprees, while 43.3mn users follow Modi.
Pope Francis is the third most-followed world leader with 17.7mn followers.
Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Jordan’s Queen Rania al-Abdullah, and Indonesian President Joko Widodo are at fourth, fifth and sixth place with 13.1mn, 10.6mn, and 10.2mn followers respectively.