2014 - the year that was saw a host of individuals ranging from the common man to high profile celebrities and political figures taking to twitter. In a roundup of the same, Bollywood Hungama takes a look at the Year on Twitter, with big names and even bigger fan followings on the increase, analyzing the voices that managed to break the clutter and stand out from the 500 million other tweets a day.
Rajinikanth fan club:
The fan club of Rajinikanth (@superstarrajini) definitely made itself heard with his arrival on Twitter, making it the second largest peak in Twitter conversation of the year. With over 200,000 followers in the first 24 hours and now over 1.1 million in total, it's clear that he has many loyal fans both off and on Twitter.
Top 20 Most Retweeted Tweets
While politics dominates the top moments on Twitter in 2014, it is PM Modi (@NarendraModi) that sits right atop the list of most Re-Tweeted Tweets of the year. The Golden Tweet of 2014 was his declaration of victory on the 16th of May 2014 gaining over 70,000 retweets celebrating his win. While Salman Khan (@beingsalmankhan) is number two on the list, Rajinikanth's (@superstarrajini) first ever Tweet actually makes it to sixth on the list for the year.
RANK Twitter Handle Retweets Tweet 1 @narendramodi 70,515 https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/467192528878329856 2 @beingsalmankhan 51,981 https://twitter.com/BeingSalmanKhan/status/478131192273719296 3 @VEERIAN 30,853 https://twitter.com/VEERIAN/status/485442656156127232 4 @taran_adarsh 24,657 https://twitter.com/taran_adarsh/statuses/444166921882062848 5 @beingsalmankhan 18,374 https://twitter.com/BeingSalmanKhan/statuses/444806659467005952 6 @superstarrajini 14,979 https://twitter.com/superstarrajini/status/463263835227684864 7 @atulreellife 13,161 https://twitter.com/atulreellife/status/442721711343939584 8 @VEERIAN 12,789 https://twitter.com/VEERIAN/status/485453501565136896 9 @MarsOrbiter 12,495 https://twitter.com/MarsOrbiter/status/514618412417302528 10 @MarsOrbiter 12,488 https://twitter.com/MarsOrbiter/status/514603320137097216 11 @superstarrajini 12,391 https://twitter.com/superstarrajini/status/467231560899362816 12 @narendramodi 12,370 https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/467213500767404032 13 @SonyMusicIn 11,440 https://twitter.com/SonyMusicIn/status/463932527137157121 14 @deepikapadukone 11,323 https://twitter.com/deepikapadukone/status/533575410705911809 15 @sonakshisinha 10,020 https://twitter.com/sonakshisinha/status/532760682945466368 16 @deepikapadukone 9,363 https://twitter.com/deepikapadukone/status/511070655442219008 17 @deepikapadukone 9,334 https://twitter.com/deepikapadukone/status/511070915170271233 18 @iamsrk 8,967 https://twitter.com/iamsrk/status/519170517366886400 19 @sachin_rt 8,510 https://twitter.com/sachin_rt/status/538299716203601920 20 @narendramodi 7,995 https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/535794981332459521
Top 20 Most-Followed Indian Twitter accounts
India's list of power Tweeters is unsurprisingly dominated by Bollywood stars, which apart from PM Narendra Modi, only features film stars in the top 10 spots. Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) is on the 15th spot and the current Indian star batsman Virat Kohli (@imvkohli) is right behind at number 16. Author Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) adds more variety to the list, rounding off the top 20 for India.
Rank Twitter Handle Name No. of Followers 1 @srbachchan Amitabh Bachchan 11,818,056 2 @iamsrk Shah Rukh Khan 10,246,755 3 @aamir_khan Aamir Khan 9,866,492 4 @beingsalmankhan Salman Khan 9,426,989 5 @narendramodi Narendra Modi 8,424,709 6 @deepikapadukone Deepika Padukone 8,349,273 7 @priyankachopra Priyanka Chopra 7,914,122 8 @ihrithik Hrithik Roshan 7,574,967 9 @akshaykumar Akshay Kumar 6,685,653 10 @arrahman A.R. Rahman 5,607,203 11 @sonamakapoor Sonam Kapoor 5,361,947 12 @juniorbachchan Abhishek Bachchan 5,334,509 13 @shahidkapoor Shahid Kapoor 5,061,589 14 @karanjohar Karan Johar 5,037,354 15 @sachin_rt Sachin Tendulkar 4,814,118 16 @imvkohli Virat Kohli 4,674,709 17 @faroutakhtar Farhan Akhtar 4,101,438 18 @PMOIndia Office of the Prime Minister of India 3,865,610 19 @anushkasharma Anushka Sharma 3,778,403 20 @chetan_bhagat Chetan Bhagat 3,698,422
Top 10 Twitter accounts with the most follower growth
Among the fastest growing Indian accounts this year, we have seen a phenomenal increase in PM Narendra Modi's (@NarendraModi) followers with nearly 5 million followers added this year alone, more than double of what he had at the start of the year. He is followed by actor and Satyamev Jayate host Aamir Khan (@aamir_khan). Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) and Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) also added significant followers in the year 2014. Interestingly, the Prime Minister's Office's (@PMOIndia) account grew by 60 per cent over the year, too.
NAME TWITTER HANDLE FOLLOWERS AS OF 09.12 FOLLOWERS ADDED IN 2014 % GROWTH Narendra Modi @narendramodi 8,501,699 4,629,463 54.45% Aamir Khan @aamir_khan 9,925,022 3,952,276 39.82% Amitabh Bachchan @SrBachchan 11,881,345 3,770,921 31.74% Shah Rukh Khan @iamsrk 10,296,567 3,639,211 35.34% Salman Khan @BeingSalmanKhan 9,475,555 3,207,672 33.85% Deepika Padukone @deepikapadukone 8,399,197 3,033,837 36.12% Hrithik Roshan @iHrithik 7,616,018 2,436,798 32.00% Priyanka Chopra @priyankachopra 7,951,533 2,380,180 29.93% Office of the Prime Minister of India @PMOIndia 3,872,917 2,355,778 60.83% Akshay Kumar @akshaykumar 6,721,957 2,306,299 34.31%
Personalities who joined Twitter in 2014
Some of the biggest names and organisations in India came to Twitter in 2014 including superstar Rajinikanth (@superstarrajini), the President of India (@RashtrapatiBhvn), ISRO's Mars Orbiter (@MarsOrbiter), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (@MoHFW_INDIA), Ministry of Railways (@RailMinIndia) and Uday Kotak (@udaykotak) to name a few.
Notably, Rajinikanth joined Twitter on May 4th (or Twitter joined Rajinikanth, as the joke goes) and within 24 hours over 200,000 of his fans flocked to follow him on Twitter. That number more than doubled within a week, and in less than six months, he had reached the 1 million mark.
NAME TWITTER HANDLE FIELD OF WORK FOLLOWERS AS ON 09.12 Rajinikanth @SuperStarRajini Entertainment 1,128,418 Arjun Kapoor @arjunk26 Entertainment 5,37,539 Kajol @KajolAtUN Entertainment 66,166 Twinkle Khanna @mrsfunnybones Entertainment 60,143 Kirron Kher @KirronKherBJP Entertainment / Politics 54,033 Alok Nath @aloknath Entertainment 36,385 Armaan Jain @TheArmaanJain Entertainment 5,355 Amit Trivedi @ItsAmitTrivedi Entertainment 4,876 Prakash Jha @prakashjha27 Entertainment / Politics 1,870
Top hashtags of 2014 for Bollywood
RANK HASHTAGS DESCRIPTION 1. #ManwaLaage Manwa Laage a song from the Movie Happy New Year 2. #HappyBirthdayHrithikRoshan Indians pour birthday wishes to actor Hrithik Roshan 3. #HrithikTheMostHandsomeIndian Hrithik Roshan being ranked as the most Handsome Indian 4. #IStandWithDeepikaPadukone Twitteratis support actor Deepika Padukone for her stance against a national newspaper 5. #JaiHoThunderStormsIn11Days The hashtag refers to fans waiting for Jai Ho movie 11 days prior its release 6. #HNYTrailer #HNYTrailer refers to trailer of Happy New Year movie trailer being release on Twitter 7. #SalmanKiJaiHo #SalmankiJaiHo refers to fans excited about Salman Khan’s starrer movie Jai Ho 8. #Kick #Kick is a hashtag for Salman Khan starrer movie Kick 9. #JaiHo #JaiHo is the hashtag for Salman Khan starrer movie Jai Ho 10. #AskSrk #AskSrk refers to Twitter Q&A by Shah Rukh Khan with his fans
2014 - the year that was saw a host of individuals ranging from the common man to high profile celebrities and political figures taking to twitter. In a roundup of the same, Bollywood Hungama takes a look at the Year on Twitter, with big names and even bigger fan followings on the increase, analyzing the voices that managed to break the clutter and stand out from the 500 million other tweets a day.
Rajinikanth fan club:
The fan club of Rajinikanth (@superstarrajini) definitely made itself heard with his arrival on Twitter, making it the second largest peak in Twitter conversation of the year. With over 200,000 followers in the first 24 hours and now over 1.1 million in total, it's clear that he has many loyal fans both off and on Twitter.
Top 20 Most Retweeted Tweets
While politics dominates the top moments on Twitter in 2014, it is PM Modi (@NarendraModi) that sits right atop the list of most Re-Tweeted Tweets of the year. The Golden Tweet of 2014 was his declaration of victory on the 16th of May 2014 gaining over 70,000 retweets celebrating his win. While Salman Khan (@beingsalmankhan) is number two on the list, Rajinikanth's (@superstarrajini) first ever Tweet actually makes it to sixth on the list for the year.
| RANK | Twitter Handle | Retweets | Tweet |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @narendramodi | 70,515 | https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/467192528878329856 |
| 2 | @beingsalmankhan | 51,981 | https://twitter.com/BeingSalmanKhan/status/478131192273719296 |
| 3 | @VEERIAN | 30,853 | https://twitter.com/VEERIAN/status/485442656156127232 |
| 4 | @taran_adarsh | 24,657 | https://twitter.com/taran_adarsh/statuses/444166921882062848 |
| 5 | @beingsalmankhan | 18,374 | https://twitter.com/BeingSalmanKhan/statuses/444806659467005952 |
| 6 | @superstarrajini | 14,979 | https://twitter.com/superstarrajini/status/463263835227684864 |
| 7 | @atulreellife | 13,161 | https://twitter.com/atulreellife/status/442721711343939584 |
| 8 | @VEERIAN | 12,789 | https://twitter.com/VEERIAN/status/485453501565136896 |
| 9 | @MarsOrbiter | 12,495 | https://twitter.com/MarsOrbiter/status/514618412417302528 |
| 10 | @MarsOrbiter | 12,488 | https://twitter.com/MarsOrbiter/status/514603320137097216 |
| 11 | @superstarrajini | 12,391 | https://twitter.com/superstarrajini/status/467231560899362816 |
| 12 | @narendramodi | 12,370 | https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/467213500767404032 |
| 13 | @SonyMusicIn | 11,440 | https://twitter.com/SonyMusicIn/status/463932527137157121 |
| 14 | @deepikapadukone | 11,323 | https://twitter.com/deepikapadukone/status/533575410705911809 |
| 15 | @sonakshisinha | 10,020 | https://twitter.com/sonakshisinha/status/532760682945466368 |
| 16 | @deepikapadukone | 9,363 | https://twitter.com/deepikapadukone/status/511070655442219008 |
| 17 | @deepikapadukone | 9,334 | https://twitter.com/deepikapadukone/status/511070915170271233 |
| 18 | @iamsrk | 8,967 | https://twitter.com/iamsrk/status/519170517366886400 |
| 19 | @sachin_rt | 8,510 | https://twitter.com/sachin_rt/status/538299716203601920 |
| 20 | @narendramodi | 7,995 | https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/535794981332459521 |
Top 20 Most-Followed Indian Twitter accounts
India's list of power Tweeters is unsurprisingly dominated by Bollywood stars, which apart from PM Narendra Modi, only features film stars in the top 10 spots. Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) is on the 15th spot and the current Indian star batsman Virat Kohli (@imvkohli) is right behind at number 16. Author Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) adds more variety to the list, rounding off the top 20 for India.
| Rank | Twitter Handle | Name | No. of Followers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | @srbachchan | Amitabh Bachchan | 11,818,056 |
| 2 | @iamsrk | Shah Rukh Khan | 10,246,755 |
| 3 | @aamir_khan | Aamir Khan | 9,866,492 |
| 4 | @beingsalmankhan | Salman Khan | 9,426,989 |
| 5 | @narendramodi | Narendra Modi | 8,424,709 |
| 6 | @deepikapadukone | Deepika Padukone | 8,349,273 |
| 7 | @priyankachopra | Priyanka Chopra | 7,914,122 |
| 8 | @ihrithik | Hrithik Roshan | 7,574,967 |
| 9 | @akshaykumar | Akshay Kumar | 6,685,653 |
| 10 | @arrahman | A.R. Rahman | 5,607,203 |
| 11 | @sonamakapoor | Sonam Kapoor | 5,361,947 |
| 12 | @juniorbachchan | Abhishek Bachchan | 5,334,509 |
| 13 | @shahidkapoor | Shahid Kapoor | 5,061,589 |
| 14 | @karanjohar | Karan Johar | 5,037,354 |
| 15 | @sachin_rt | Sachin Tendulkar | 4,814,118 |
| 16 | @imvkohli | Virat Kohli | 4,674,709 |
| 17 | @faroutakhtar | Farhan Akhtar | 4,101,438 |
| 18 | @PMOIndia | Office of the Prime Minister of India | 3,865,610 |
| 19 | @anushkasharma | Anushka Sharma | 3,778,403 |
| 20 | @chetan_bhagat | Chetan Bhagat | 3,698,422 |
Top 10 Twitter accounts with the most follower growth
Among the fastest growing Indian accounts this year, we have seen a phenomenal increase in PM Narendra Modi's (@NarendraModi) followers with nearly 5 million followers added this year alone, more than double of what he had at the start of the year. He is followed by actor and Satyamev Jayate host Aamir Khan (@aamir_khan). Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) and Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) also added significant followers in the year 2014. Interestingly, the Prime Minister's Office's (@PMOIndia) account grew by 60 per cent over the year, too.
| NAME | TWITTER HANDLE | FOLLOWERS AS OF 09.12 | FOLLOWERS ADDED IN 2014 | % GROWTH |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Narendra Modi | @narendramodi | 8,501,699 | 4,629,463 | 54.45% |
| Aamir Khan | @aamir_khan | 9,925,022 | 3,952,276 | 39.82% |
| Amitabh Bachchan | @SrBachchan | 11,881,345 | 3,770,921 | 31.74% |
| Shah Rukh Khan | @iamsrk | 10,296,567 | 3,639,211 | 35.34% |
| Salman Khan | @BeingSalmanKhan | 9,475,555 | 3,207,672 | 33.85% |
| Deepika Padukone | @deepikapadukone | 8,399,197 | 3,033,837 | 36.12% |
| Hrithik Roshan | @iHrithik | 7,616,018 | 2,436,798 | 32.00% |
| Priyanka Chopra | @priyankachopra | 7,951,533 | 2,380,180 | 29.93% |
| Office of the Prime Minister of India | @PMOIndia | 3,872,917 | 2,355,778 | 60.83% |
| Akshay Kumar | @akshaykumar | 6,721,957 | 2,306,299 | 34.31% |
Personalities who joined Twitter in 2014
Some of the biggest names and organisations in India came to Twitter in 2014 including superstar Rajinikanth (@superstarrajini), the President of India (@RashtrapatiBhvn), ISRO's Mars Orbiter (@MarsOrbiter), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (@MoHFW_INDIA), Ministry of Railways (@RailMinIndia) and Uday Kotak (@udaykotak) to name a few.
Notably, Rajinikanth joined Twitter on May 4th (or Twitter joined Rajinikanth, as the joke goes) and within 24 hours over 200,000 of his fans flocked to follow him on Twitter. That number more than doubled within a week, and in less than six months, he had reached the 1 million mark.
| NAME | TWITTER HANDLE | FIELD OF WORK | FOLLOWERS AS ON 09.12 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rajinikanth | @SuperStarRajini | Entertainment | 1,128,418 |
| Arjun Kapoor | @arjunk26 | Entertainment | 5,37,539 |
| Kajol | @KajolAtUN | Entertainment | 66,166 |
| Twinkle Khanna | @mrsfunnybones | Entertainment | 60,143 |
| Kirron Kher | @KirronKherBJP | Entertainment / Politics | 54,033 |
| Alok Nath | @aloknath | Entertainment | 36,385 |
| Armaan Jain | @TheArmaanJain | Entertainment | 5,355 |
| Amit Trivedi | @ItsAmitTrivedi | Entertainment | 4,876 |
| Prakash Jha | @prakashjha27 | Entertainment / Politics | 1,870 |
Top hashtags of 2014 for Bollywood
| RANK | HASHTAGS | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | #ManwaLaage | Manwa Laage a song from the Movie Happy New Year |
| 2. | #HappyBirthdayHrithikRoshan | Indians pour birthday wishes to actor Hrithik Roshan |
| 3. | #HrithikTheMostHandsomeIndian | Hrithik Roshan being ranked as the most Handsome Indian |
| 4. | #IStandWithDeepikaPadukone | Twitteratis support actor Deepika Padukone for her stance against a national newspaper |
| 5. | #JaiHoThunderStormsIn11Days | The hashtag refers to fans waiting for Jai Ho movie 11 days prior its release |
| 6. | #HNYTrailer | #HNYTrailer refers to trailer of Happy New Year movie trailer being release on Twitter |
| 7. | #SalmanKiJaiHo | #SalmankiJaiHo refers to fans excited about Salman Khan’s starrer movie Jai Ho |
| 8. | #Kick | #Kick is a hashtag for Salman Khan starrer movie Kick |
| 9. | #JaiHo | #JaiHo is the hashtag for Salman Khan starrer movie Jai Ho |
| 10. | #AskSrk | #AskSrk refers to Twitter Q&A by Shah Rukh Khan with his fans |
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