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Top 10 Rankings 2015

Research Note: World Leader Rankings on Twitter December 2015 4 Noteworthy Changes in the Top 10 The heads of state in the Top 10 list shift since 2014 and one new entrant, the Indonesian President, Joko Widodo, takes the #10 spot. #1 U.S. President Obama continues to reign supreme amongst all world leaders, with over 67 million followers, having added a whopping 16 million followers in the last year alone. In May 2015, after six years of being elected as President, Obama finally got his own Twitter handle @POTUS. Alex Wall, Deputy Director of Online Engagement at the White House explained, "President Obama is committed to making his Administration the most open and participatory in history, and @POTUS will give Americans a new venue to engage on the issues that matter most to them." However, the official twitter handle, @BarackObama remains his primary account and serves as a powerful mouthpiece for his administration - from promoting policy updates and campaigns to engaging directly with the people of America. The recurrent themes in his tweets in 2015 included: stricter Gun Control regulations, Marriage Equality, Climate Change and Health Care Reforms.

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