PM Narendra Modi named among 30 most influential people on internet list of Time Magazine

Time Magazine has named Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi among the 2016 edition list of 30 most influential people on the internet. He was placed at 15th position.
The list has been topped by the American hip hop artist and entrepreneur Kanye West. 2016 was the second annual edition of list and was compiled based on two primary criteria viz. global impact through social media and overall ability to drive news
As per Time magazine

• PM Narendra Modi has more than 18 million Twitter followers and over 32 million Facebook likes to his official page.
• He is as an Internet star who often uses social media to conduct diplomacy.

Time Magazines 30 Most Influential People on the Internet list

• Kanye West (US).
• Joy Cho (South Korea).
• James Corden (UK).
• Laci Green (US).
• Josh Holz and Daniel Lara (US).
• DJ Khaled (US)
• Johnetta Elzie (US) and DeRay Mckesson (US).
• J.K. Rowling (UK)
• Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg (Sweden)
• Donald Trump (US)
• Lele Pons (US).
• Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
• Caitlyn Jenner (US)
• Essena O’Neill (US)
• Narendra Modi (India)
• Elise Andrew (UK)
• Ken M (US)
• Lilly Singh (Canada)
• Matt Drudge (US)
• Angie Nwandu (US)
• Andrew Bachelor (Canada)
• Kayla Itsines (US)
• Peter Bouckaert
• Kim Kardashian West (US)
• Josh Ostrovsky (US)
• Drake (US)
• Tess Holliday (US)
• Helen Van Winkle (US)

Month: Current Affairs - March, 2016