Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached a historic milestone on Tuesday, becoming the first world leader and politician to surpass 30 million subscribers on YouTube.
As per the rankings, he is comfortably ahead of others in the category. The second-highest, former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, has a subscriber base that is only about one-fourth of PM Modi’s. He has more than seven times the number of subscribers compared to US President Donald Trump, underlining the scale of his digital outreach and engagement worldwide.
Within India, PM Modi’s digital dominance is equally pronounced. On YouTube, he has nearly three times more subscribers than Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and more than four times the subscriber base of both the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Indian National Congress individually.
This achievement came just days after he achieved another milestone as he became the first world leader and politician to surpass 100 million followers on Instagram.
PM Modi, who joined Instagram in 2014, has more than twice as many followers as US President Donald Trump on Instagram. The total count of followers of the next five major world leaders is lower than PM Modi’s individual follower count.
Trump stands with 43.2 million followers, followed by Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto with 15 million followers. While Brazilian President Lula has 14.4 million followers, Turkish President Erdogan has 11.6 million followers and Argentine President Javier Milei has 6.4 million followers.
In India, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath holds the second spot on Instagram with around 16.1 million followers, followed by Rahul Gandhi with approximately 12.6 million.
Source: News18