2. About Twitteet
Twitteet is a analytics platform representing ratings, rankings and curated
feeds based on Twitter engagement of journalists, news organizations,
politicians, sportspersons, celebrities and businessmen.
Methodology
The Twitteet is using the following methodology to showcase daily
engagement and ranking based on engagement in different respective
categories. Before we explain the methodology, it needs to be understood
that data and analytics are resultant of the methodology. The methodology
defines the data, running analytics on the same data, creates engagement
and ranking information on the front end shown to you.
Click here for Methodology Details
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3. November 2020
Report Summary
Here are the category leaders for key categories:
Prime Minster Narendra Modi topped the overall Indian Twitter
engagement rankings for Nov 2020 with over 7.6 million engagements
1. Politicians – Narendra Modi - 7665669 Twitter Engagements
2. Bollywood Stars – Sonu Sood - 1384353 Twitter Engagements
3. Business Heads – Anand Mahindra - 400105 Twitter Engagements
4. Cricketer – Virat Kohli - 1776838 Twitter Engagements
5. Sports Star (non-cricket) – Vijender Singh- 353231 Twitter
Engagements
6. TV Star – Sidharth Shukla - 340036 Twitter Engagements
7. Journalists – Deepak Chaurasia - 2508471 Twitter Engagements
8. Founders – Kunal Shah - 72355 Twitter Engagements
9. Comedians – Kunal Kamra - 1853563 Twitter Engagements
10. Regional Cinema Stars – Mahesh Babu - 914669 Twitter Engagements
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4. TWITTER ENGAGEMENT INDIA
AMONG ALL CATEGORIES
# 1 NARENDRA MODI
7665669 TWITTER ENGAGEMENTS
# 3 YOGI ADITYANATH
2669604 TWITTER ENGAGEMENTS
# 4 DEEPAK CHAURASIA
2508571 TWITTER ENGAGEMENTS
# 2 AMIT SHAH
2737798 TWITTER ENGAGEMENTS
5. Politicians
Among Indian Politicians BJP dominated with PM Modi, Amit Shah and Yogi Adityanath
taking the top 3 positions and 7 of the top 10 positions on engagement on Twitter.
Spokesperson Sambit Patra, Party President JP Nadda, Jyotiraditya Scindia and Shivraj
Chouhan were at 6,7,9 and 10 respectively. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi dropped to
#4 from #2 in October. RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav and Samajwadi Party’s Akhilesh Yadav
were the only other politicians in the top 10.
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6. Journalists
In the intensively competitive Journalists category, News Nation’s Deepak Chaurasia yet
again topped Twitter engagement with a whopping 2.5 million engagements. Sushant
Sinha was at #2 with 1.5 million engagements followed by Shefali Vaidya with 1.05 million
engagements. ABP News’s Rubika Liyaquat was at #4 with 6.5 lakh engagements
followed by Swarajya’s Swati Goel Sharma with 5.9 lakh engagements, ZEE News’s
Sudhir Chaudhary and Rana Ayyub. Veteran journalist and India Today’s Consulting
Editor Rajdeep Sardesai was at # 9 with 5.1 lakh engagements and India TV’s Rajat
Sharma was at #10 with 5 lakh engagements.
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7. Bollywood Stars
Sonu Sood’s humanitarian work during the pandemic continues to see huge resonance on
Twitter where even at a Twitter following of a tenth of super star Shah Rukh Khan (Sonu
Sood’s 5 million followers to SRK’s 41.4 million followers) he topped Twitter engagement
among Bollywood Stars with a whopping 13.84 lakh engagements. Anupam Kher was at
#2 with 7.6 lakh engagements and Akshay Kumar with 4.8 lakh engagements was at #3.
Disha Patani with 2.55 lakh engagements, Sunny Leone with 2 lakh engagements and
Preity Zinta with her active tweeting during the IPL that got her 1.8 lakh engagements
were the 3 lady stars on the Bollywood Top 10.
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8. Business Heads
In the Business Leaders category, Anand Mahindra towers over others with over 4 lakh
engagements. RPG Groups chief Harsh Goenka is at #2 with 2.5 lakh engagements.
Ratan Tata was at #3 with 1.33 lakh engagements. Chinese mobile phone brands India
CEO’s Madhav Sheth of RealMe and Manu Kumar Jain of XioMi and are at #4 and #5
respectively with 72K and 62K engagements respectively. Universal Music’s India Head
Devraj Sanyal with 22K engagements was the surprise new entry.
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9. Cricketers
The IPL was the flavour of the season for cricketers where expectedly India captain and
expectant father Virat Kohli topped Twitter engagement with 1.77 million engagements.
Suresh Raina was at #2 with 1.56 million engagements. Former stars Sachin Tendulkar at
#3, Harbhajan Singh at #5, and Virendra Sehwag at #6, actively engage with fans and
followers on Twitter with 7.22 lakh; 6 lakh and 4.2 lakh engagements. Perennial favourite
Mahendra Singh Dhoni was completely inactive on Twitter in October despite more than
8.1 million followers.
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10. Sports Stars non-cricket
Among Indian sports persons, outside of cricket, Olympic medallist, pro-boxer and
Congress politician Vijendra Singh tops with 3.53 lakh engagements. His support to the
farmers protest did help boost his twitter engagement. Badminton star Saina Nehwal
was at #2 with 3.46 lakh engagements way ahead of compatriot PV Sindhu who was #7
with 52K engagements. Perhaps the India’s best kept secret in sports is veteran pistol
shooter, coach and sports enthusiast 88-year old Dadi Chandro Tomar, better known as
‘Shooter Dadi’ from Baghpat, UP. She was at #3 in the non-cricket sports category with
a phenomenal 1.88 lakh engagements leaving superstars like Babita Phogat, Bajrang
Punia and Manu Bhaker behind!
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11. Comedians
Among comedians, Kunal Kamra topped impressively with 18 lakh engagements with the
net highest Vir Das with 6.5 lakh engagements, Ashish Chanchlani was at #3 with 6.15
lakh engagements.
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12. Founders
Cred Founder Kunal Shah towered over the Business Founders category with 72K
engagements.
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