World Leaders on Twitter - Top10 Rankings

Appendix A: World Leader Rankings Research Note: World Leader Rankings on Twitter August 2011 A:1 Note: Fragility Score [0="Highly Stable" to 25="Extreme Fragility"]: State Fragility Index measuring the country's Political, Economic, Social, and Security stability (“Stable” are scores 0-11 => Little to Moderate Fragility, “Fragile” are scores 12-25 => Serious to Extreme Fragility) Polity Score [-10 to -6 "Autocracy", -5 to +5 "Anocracy", +6 to +10 "Democracy"]: Measures degree of democracy on 21 point scale (-10 to +10) ranging from monarchy to fully institutionalized democracy 2011 ranking Name Country Polity Score Regime Type Fragility Tweeting Since Followers (Aug 2011) Handle Link Klout 2010 ranking 1 President Barack Obama United States 10 DEM 2 3/5/2007 9,692,253 BarackObama https://twitter.com/BarackObama 89 1 2 President Hugo Chavez Venezuela -3 ANO 9 4/28/2010 1,932,038 chavezcandanga http://twitter.com/chavezcandanga 89 4 3 10 Downing Street (Prime Minister David Cameron) United Kingdom 10 DEM 0 3/26/2008 1,831,143 number10gov http://twitter.com/number10gov 74 2 4 President Felipe Calderón Mexico 8 DEM 3 4/23/2009 873,736 FelipeCalderon http://twitter.com/FelipeCalderon 81 8 5 President Dilma Rousseff Brazil 8 DEM 5 4/10/2010 760,153 Dilmabr http://twitter.com/Dilmabr 71 New 6 President Benigno Aquino III Philippines 8 DEM 12 8/27/2009 591,624 noynoyaquino http://twitter.com/noynoyaquino 57 27 7 President Abdullah Gul Turkey 7 DEM 10 12/9/2009 566,594 cbabdullahgul http://twitter.com/cbabdullahgul 72 10 8 President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Argentina 8 DEM 1 4/30/2010 560,340 CFKArgentina http://twitter.com/CFKArgentina 80 New 9 President Sebastián Piñera Chile 10 DEM 2 2/18/2008 509,283 sebastianpinera http://twitter.com/sebastianpinera 77 7 10 His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum United Arab Emirates -8 AUT 3 6/3/2009 445,725 HHShkMohd http://twitter.com/HHShkMohd 68 6 11 President Dmitry Medvedev Russia 4 ANO 8 6/9/2010 434,161 MedvedevRussia http://twitter.com/medvedevrussia 73 12 12 President Juan Manuel Santos Colombia 7 DEM 11 8/11/2009 339,071 JuanManSantos http://twitter.com/JuanManSantos 77 31 13 Prime Minister Naoto Kan Japan 10 DEM 0 3/13/2011 334,929 Kantei_Saigai http://twitter.com/kantei_saigai 70 5