ResearchNote:WorldLeaderRankingsonTwitter October2010 5 Rank Head of State Country Polity Score Regime Type Fragility Tweeting Since Followers Followers (Begin 2010) Handle Link 1 President Barack Obama United States 10 DEM 2 3/5/2007 5,624,691 3,173,986 BarackObama https://twitter.com/BarackObama 2 10 Downing Street (Prime Minister David Cameron) United Kingdom 10 DEM 0 3/26/2008 1,754,081 1,743,365 number10gov http://twitter.com/number10gov 3 Queen of Jordan Rania Al Abdullah Jordan ‐3 ANO 6 4/29/2009 1,365,722 1,234,923 QueenRania http://twitter.com/QueenRania 4 President Hugo Chavez Venezuela 5 ANO 9 4/28/2010 936,740 New chavezcandanga http://twitter.com/chavezcandanga 5 Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama Japan 10 DEM 0 12/16/2009 677,566 195,644 hatoyamayukio http://twitter.com/hatoyamayukio 6 His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum United Arab Emirates ‐8 AUT 3 6/3/2009 351,817 325,909 HHShkMohd http://twitter.com/HHShkMohd 7 President Sebastián Piñera Chile 10 DEM 2 2/18/2008 227,009 43,977 sebastianpinera http://twitter.com/sebastianpinera 8 President Felipe Calderón Mexico 8 DEM 3 4/23/2009 223,980 New FelipeCalderon http://twitter.com/FelipeCalderon 9 Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva Thailand 4 ANO 7 6/6/2009 137,130 New PM_Abhisit http://twitter.com/PM_Abhisit 10 President Abdullah Gul Turkey 7 DEM 10 12/9/2009 103,609 New cbabdullahgul http://twitter.com/cbabdullahgul 11 Gabinete SEC (Ministerio de la Presidencia) Spain 10 DEM 1 7/20/2009 97,249 New desdelamoncloa http://twitter.com/desdelamoncloa 12 President Dmitry Medvedev Russia 4 ANO 8 6/23/2010 92,712 New KremlinRussia http://twitter.com/KremlinRussia/ 13 Prime Minister Stephen Harper Canada 10 DEM 0 7/11/2007 68,574 45,371 pmharper http://twitter.com/pmharper 14 Prime Minister Julia Gillard Australia 10 DEM 2 7/4/2010 59,604 New JuliaGillard http://twitter.com/JuliaGillard www.digitaldaya.com WorldLeadersOnTwitter2010