Top 10 Rankings 2015

Research Note: World Leader Rankings on Twitter December 2015 8 #6 Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev slipped two spots in 2015, despite garnering over 0.5M followers since last year. His tweets are mostly diplomatic in nature. In a bid to strengthen ties with China, he sent out a series of tweets in Dec 2015, commenting on a positive diplomatic relationship with China and his government’s plans to increase mutual trade by $200 bn by 2020. On the other hand, he took a stern stance with Turkey and tweeted that “No country, especially Russia, can sacrifice security. By 2020, 70 percent of Russian military equipment will have been upgraded.” He also criticized Turkey for the downing of a Russian war plane and warned that Turkey’s act of aggression “will not go without a response”. Interestingly, Barack Obama (@BarackObama) mutually follows only three other world leaders, namely Russia’s Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (@MedvedevRussiae), Norway’s Prime Minister @Erna_Solberg and Estonia’s former Foreign Minister Keit Pentus- Rosimannus @KeitPentus. #7 Queen of Jordan Rania Al Abdullah,one of the two females in the top ten list this year, also slipped two spots. In her capacity as Eminent Advocate for UNICEF and Honorary Chairperson for UNGEI, she continues to spearhead projects geared towards quality education, women’s rights and youth employment and community empowerment. A passionate advocate of peace in the region, she condemned the Paris attacks with the tweet: “From Beirut to Paris, terrorism knows no borders & no religion.Humanity must unite against enemies of humanity #ParisAttacks #ThisIsNotIslam” Overall, her Twitter feed is a wholesome representation of a deeply compassionate Queen Consort going about her day attending events, promoting entrepreneurship and tourism in Jordan, and returning home to her kids and “homework”.

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