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India's 2014 Year on Twitter Charts Topped by Prime Minister Narendra Modi

India's 2014 Year on Twitter Charts Topped by Prime Minister Narendra Modi

By NDTV Correspondent | Updated: 10 December 2014 22:12 IST

Twitter on Wednesday rolled out a list of the most popular tweets and personalities in the year 2014, as a part of its 2014 #YearOnTwitter.

While the global 'Golden Tweet' was the selfie image posted by Ellen Degeneres during the Oscar awards this year, the Indian 'Golden Tweet' came from the #LokSabha election where Prime Minister Narendra Modi's tweet on winning the elections.

India has won! भारत की विजय। अच्छे दिन आने वाले हैं।
-- Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 16, 2014

In addition, the firm in its 2014 #YearOnTwitter in India mentioned the top 10 Indian moments when the number of tweets had peaked on the micro-blogging website. The top spot has been taken by the moment when cricketer Rohit Sharma scored a record ODI score of 264 runs against Sri Lanka on 13 November.

The moment when actor Rajinikanth joined Twitter, was ranked second, followed by April 22 when Prime Minister Narendra Modi told his supporters to refrain from making irresponsible statements during the election campaign. The 2014 Pepsi IPL season returning to India was the moment in May that has been ranked at fourth place, followed by the moment when Narendra Modi gave an interview in a Hindi News channel that led to a widespread debate regarding Freedom of Press.

Other moments which made it to 2014 #YearOnTwitter's top 10 Indian moments list include Arvind Kejriwal filing nomination papers from Varanasi, India celebrating Diwali, Arvind Kejriwal being arrested for pretesting on streets of Delhi, outrage over Maria Sharapova claiming she didn't know who Sachin Tendulkar was, and Abu Azmi's claiming there should be punishment involving women in rape cases.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Golden Tweet' also topped the 20 most retweeted tweets from Indian Twitter accounts list. While actor Salman Khan's Kick movie trailer link tweet is ranked second, Rajinikanth's first ever tweet, tweets from Mars Orbiter and Sachin Tendulkar's tribute to Phil Hughes also made it to the top 20.

Twitter also revealed the top hashtags for India, with #WorldCup2014, #MH370, #MufflerMan, #MUFC, and #KashmirFloods topping the charts.

Other lists published by Twitter included top 20 most-followed Indian Twitter accounts, which featured Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, and Aamir Khan as the top three; apart from top 10 Indian Twitter accounts with the most follower growth, which featured Narendra Modi, Aamir Khan, and Amitabh Bachchan.

Finally, the micro-blogging network listed some of the most famous Indian personalities and organisations that joined Twitter in 2014, which apart from Rajnikanth included Arjun Kapoor, the President of India, and Isro's Mars Orbiter.

Top 10 peaks in Twitter conversations among Indians

13-Nov-14 Rohit Sharma scores 264 runs vs Sri Lanka. He claimed the record for the world's highest ever ODI score by an individual
4-May-14 Rajinikanth joins Twitter with a message of thanks to his legion of fans and has over 200,000 followers within the first two days
22-Apr-14 PM candidate Narendra Modi refrains his supporters from making irresponsible statements during the election campaign
2-May-14 The 2014 season of the Pepsi IPL returns to India
3-May-14 Narendra Modi gives an interview for a Hindi News channel leading to a big debate on Freedom of Press
23-Apr-14 Kejriwal files nomination papers from Varanasi as Shazia Ilmi stokes controversy over communal comment
23-Oct-14 India celebrates Diwali
21-May-14 Arvind Kejriwal arrested for protesting on the streets of Delhi
2-Jul-14 Outrage over tennis star Maria Sharapova claiming she does not know who cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar is
11-Apr-14 SP leader Abu Azmi's rakes up controversy by claiming there should be punishment involved women in rape cases

Top 20 most retweeted tweets from Indian Twitter accounts

@narendramodi, 70,515 RTs
@beingsalmankhan,51,981 RTs
@VEERIAN, 30,853 RTs
@taran_adarsh, 24,657 RTs
@beingsalmankhan, 18,374 RTs
@superstarrajini, 14,979 RTs
@atulreellife, 13,161 RTs
@VEERIAN, 12,789 RTs
@MarsOrbiter, 12,495 RTs
@MarsOrbiter, 12,488 RTs
@superstarrajini, 12,391 RTs
@narendramodi, 12,370 RTs
@SonyMusicIn, 11,440 RTs
@deepikapadukone, 11,323RTs
@sonakshisinha, 10,020 RTs
@deepikapadukone, 9,363 RTs
@deepikapadukone, 9,334 RTs
@iamsrk, 8,967 RTs
@sachin_rt, 8,510 RTs
@narendramodi, 7,995 RTs

Top 10 fastest-rising Twitter hashtag trends in India

#WorldCup2014 Refers to conversation around Football World Cup 2014 held in Brazil
#MH370 MH370 was a flight that disappeared on 8 March 2014
#MufflerMan #MufflerMan refers to a campaign by Aam Aadmi Party
#MUFC #MUFC refers to Football fans following Manchester United Football Club
#KashmirFloods Update on JK flood relief operation by assisting the Indian army
#QuitAAP Public outrage against Aam Aadmi Party
#IndvsEng #IndvsEng refers to India vs England cricket match played
#Results2014 Information on the Lok Sabha elections results
#IPL7 Conversations around Pepsi Indian Premier League cricket tournament
#AusOpen Conversations around 2014 Australian Open

Top 20 most-followed Indian Twitter accounts

@srbachchan Amitabh Bachchan 11,818,056
@iamsrk Shah Rukh Khan 10,246,755
@aamir_khan Aamir Khan 9,866,492
@beingsalmankhan Salman Khan 9,426,989
@narendramodi Narendra Modi 8,424,709
@deepikapadukone Deepika Padukone 8,349,273
@priyankachopra Priyanka Chopra 7,914,122
@ihrithik Hrithik Roshan 7,574,967
@akshaykumar Akshay Kumar 6,685,653
@arrahman A.R. Rahman 5,607,203
@sonamakapoor Sonam Kapoor 5,361,947
@juniorbachchan Abhishek Bachchan 5,334,509
@shahidkapoor Shahid Kapoor 5,061,589
@karanjohar Karan Johar 5,037,354
@sachin_rt Sachin Tendulkar 4,814,118
@imvkohli Virat Kohli 4,674,709
@faroutakhtar Farhan Akhtar 4,101,438
@PMOIndia Office of the Prime Minister of India 3,865,610
@anushkasharma Anushka Sharma 3,778,403
@chetan_bhagat Chetan Bhagat 3,698,422

Top 10 Indian Twitter accounts with the most follower growth

Narendra Modi @narendramodi 54.45%
Aamir Khan @aamir_khan 39.82%
Amitabh Bachchan @SrBachchan 31.74%
Shah Rukh Khan @iamsrk 35.34%
Salman Khan @BeingSalmanKhan 33.85%
Deepika Padukone @deepikapadukone 36.12%
Hrithik Roshan @iHrithik 32.00%
Priyanka Chopra @priyankachopra 29.93%
Office of the Prime Minister of India 60.83%
Akshay Kumar @akshaykumar 34.31%

Famous Indian personalities and organisations who joined Twitter in 2014

Rajinikanth @SuperStarRajini
Arjun Kapoor @arjunk26
President of India @RashtrapatiBhvn
ISRO's Mars Orbiter @MarsOrbiter
Ministry of Railways @RailMinIndia
VVS Laxman @VVSLaxman281
Kajol @KajolAtUN
Twinkle Khanna @mrsfunnybones
Anil Kumble @anilkumble1074
Kirron Kher @KirronKherBJP
Kailash Satyarthi @k_satyarthi
Alok Nath @aloknath
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare @MoHFW_INDIA
Ministry of Textiles @TexMinIndia
Ministry of Finance @FinMinIndia
Uday Kotak @udaykotak
Armaan Jain @TheArmaanJain
Amit Trivedi @ItsAmitTrivedi
Prakash Jha @prakashjha27

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