PM Modi emerges first world leader to cross historic landmark
Prime Minister Modi on Thursday emerged as the first world leader and politician to cross the historic landmark of 100 million followers on Instagram.
Interestingly, Prime Minister Modi collaborated with the Meta-owned platform in 2014. With this his account has evolved as one of the most engaging digital spaces among world leaders over the past decade.
PM Modi has twice as many Instagram followers as US President Donald Trump.
In essence, the total number of followers of the next five major global leaders is lower than PM Modi’s individual follower count.
Notedly, PM Modi breached the historic landmark of 100 million Instagram followers.
Trump holds the second spot with 43.2 million followers, followed by Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, with 15 million. Brazilian President comes in fourth with 14.4 million followers, and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan follows with 11.6 million. Lastly, Argentine President Javier Milei has 6.4 million followers.
A data reflects PM Modi’s global outreach and appeal among youth worldwide.
Within India as well, the gap in the number of followers amid the prime minister and other politicians is massive.
UP Chief Ministe Yogi Adityanath stands in the second spot with 16.1 million followers, miles behind PM Modi’s count. Rahul Gandhi Congress MP and leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi stands at the third spot with around 12.6 million followers.
PM Modi is the most popular world leader
As of December 2025, Prime Minister Modi held the highest approval rating among select world leaders.
In Statista, PM Modi has an approval rating of 70 per cent, coming on top in the list among other global leaders.
Japanese Prime
Minister Sanae Takaichi ranked second with a 63 per cent approval rating, and Argentina’s Javier Milei stood at the third spot with 60 per cent.
US President Donald Trump ranked 11th with a 43 per cent approval rating, according to Statista.
Latest data released by a US-based business intelligence firm, Morning Consult, PM Modi ranked first with a 67 per cent approval rating.
The intelligence firm’s finding was based on data collected from February 2 to February 8, 2026.
Czech Republic’s Andrej Babis held the second rank with a 59 per cent rating. Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi ranked fifth with 56 per cent, while US President Donald Trump ranked 11th with a 40 per cent approval rating.
As per morning consult’s 2025 data,
PM Modi had topped the global list of ‘Democratic Leader Approval Ratings’ with a 75 per cent approval score, followed by South Korean President Lee Jae Myung at 59 per cent.
Meanwhile Donald Trump had ranked eighth with an approval rating under 45 per cent.
News Edit KV Raman
