Top 10 celebrities with highest Twitter followers in India 2017

We all are interested in getting connected with popular celebrities and wanted to know their updates but this will be difficult for the common man. Twitter is the best place that removes the gap between the celebrities and Common people. You can stay connected with popular celebrities by creating the Twitter account. Do you know how many people are staying connected with most popular celebrities, Let's see the Top 10 celebrities with highest Twitter followers in India 2017 

Narendra Modi

Narendra Modi is the 14th Prime Minister of India and is also most influential people in the world. He is first prime minister to fight against black money. Narendra Modi has the highest number of followers in India and ranks 43rd highest number of followers in India.

Narendra Modi has the highest number of the Twitter followers in India and in the world, he is in the 43rd position

Stats

World Rank: 43

Indian Rank: 1

Followers: 26,416,784

Following: 1641

Amitabh Bachan  

Amitabh Bachan is the Indian actor and he made his Hollywood debut with The Great Gatsby. He has been doing roles as per his age. His popular movies include the Zanjeer, Deewar, Pink, etc,. He had hosted one of the top TV show called Kaun Banega Crorepathi.  He received many Filmfare awards. The Government of India has honored him with Padma Shri, Padma Vibhushan and The Government of France has honored him with Legion of honour 2007. 

Amitabh Bachan has second highest number of the Twitter followers in India with 24 million and in the world, he is in the 48the position

Stats

World Rank: 48

Indian Rank: 2

Followers: 24,482,905 

Following: 1141

Shah rukh Khan

Shah Rukh Khan is popularly known as Baadshah and he received 14 Filmfare awards. The Government of India has honored him with Padma Shri Award in 2005. The Government of France has honored him with Ordre des Arts et des Lettres 2007 and awarded him Legion of honour 2014. His popular movies include Baazigar, Dilwale Dulhania Lay Jayenge, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Devdas, My name is Khan and much more.

Shah Rukh Khan stands in the 3rd position with 22 million Twitter followers and in the world, he is in the 54th position

Stats

World Rank: 54

Indian Rank: 3

Followers: 22, 964, 084

Following: 81

Salman Khan

Salman Khan is one of the top actors in Bollywood and he received many awards such as Filmfare awards, National awards. Apart from the acting, he is a philanthropist, he runs an NGO called Being Human which sells T-shirts and amount accrued by selling will be spent on Underprivileged. He has donated Rs.4 millions to release prisoners who are unable to pay the legal fine.  He donated all the profits from Bajrangi Bhaijaan to poor farmers. His popular movies include Maine Pyar Kiya, Hum Apke Hai Kyon, Dabangg, Bodyguard and much more.

Salman Khan stands in the 4th position with 21 million Twitter followers and in the world, he is in the 59th position

Stats

World Rank: 59
Indian Rank: 4

Followers: 21,125,512

Following: 81

Aamir Khan 

Aamir Khan is an influential Indian actor who always comes with new stories and his popular movies include Taare Zameen Par, Rag de Basanti, Lagaan etc,. Apart from the acting, he has hosted the television show called Satyameva Jayathe which is about the social issues. The show has received huge responses from the India audience. He received many awards film industry and Government of India has honored from Padma Shri Award in 2003 and Padma Bhusan in 2010, 

Aamir Khan stands in the 5th position with 19 million Twitter followers and in the world, he is in the 69th position

Stats

World Rank: 69

Indian Rank: 5

Followers: 19,658,496

Following: 81

Deepika Padukone 

Deepika Padukone is one of the top Indian actresses in Bollywood and she made her debut into the Hollywood with XXX movie starring Vin Diesel. She was listed as one of the top highest actresses in the world. She received many Filmfare awards for the movies such as Om Shanthi Om, Piku etc. She is a National Tennis player and later she got an opportunity to work with Om Shanthi Om movie with Shah Rukh Khan.

Deepika Padukone stands in the 6th position with 17 million Twitter followers and in the world, she is in the 79th position

Stats

World Rank: 79

Indian Rank: 6

Followers: 17,129,443

Following: 72

Priyanka Chopra

Priyanka Chopra is one of the popular Indian actresses in Bollywood and she won the miss world 2000 Pageant. She was also part of the pop songs such as the In my city featuring Will.iam, Exotic featuring Pitbull etc. Apart from acting, she runs a foundation that helps the underprivileged children for health and education.

She received Filmfare for the movies such as Fashion, Barfi, Kaminey etc and also Government of India has honored her with Padma Shri Award in 2016. 

Priyanka Chopra stands in the 7th position with 16 million Twitter followers and in the world, she is in the 90th position

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Stats

World Rank: 90

Indian Rank: 7

Followers: 16,042,956

Following: 512

Hrithik Roshan

Hrithik Roshan is an Indian actor who resembles like a Hollywood hero Bradley Cooper. He is one of the best dancers in the movie and he won many Filmfare awards. His popular includes Kaho Na... Pyar Hai, Koi.. Mil Gaya and Dhoom 2 etc. 

Aamir Khan stands in the 8th position with 15 million Twitter followers and in the world, he is in the 91st position

Stats

World Rank: 91

Indian Rank: 8

Followers: 15, 853, 280

Following: 88

Akshay Kumar 

Akshay Kumar is an Indian-born Canadian actor and he is one of the best actors in Bollywood. His popular movies like Dhadkan, Airlift, Houseful etc,. According to the Forbes 2015, he is top 9th highest paid actor in the world. The Government of India has honored him with Padma Shri award for the year 2009 and received the Doctorate from University of Windsor.

Apart from acting, he donated Rs.50Lakhs to Being Human foundation and he donated Rs.50 Lakhs to aid drought affected people, Rs.90Lakhs to the farmers.

Akshay Kumar stands in the 9th position with 15 million Twitter followers and in the world, he is in the 92th position

Stats

World Rank: 92

Indian Rank: 9

Followers: 15,783,430

Following: 20

Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar is a retired Indian Cricketer and he is treated a living legend of Cricket. He has bagged so records such as highest centuries in test and ODI, highest run-maker in both test and ODI formats, he is the first cricketer to score 200 runs in One Day International Cricketer. Apart from Cricket, every year Sachin donates money for education welfare of the 200 children.The Government of India has honored him with Arjun award, Bharat Ratna, Rajiv Gandi Khel Ratna, Padma Shri, Padma Vibhushan. 

Sachin Tendulkar stands in the 10th position with 14 million Twitter followers and in the world, he is in the 113rd position

Stats

World Rank: 113

Indian Rank: 10

Followers: 14,199,295

Following: 78

Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli is a young Indian Cricket captain and aggressive cricket player. He is well known for his consistency over the past 6 years. He has scored a fastest ODI century of just 52 balls against Australia, he is the fastest batsman in the world to score 5000 ODI runs 127 innings previously, Vivin Richard had this record. He is only batsmen to score fastest 10 ODI hundreds. He is only the second batsman in the world to have scored 1,000 or more ODI runs for four consecutive years. 

Virat Kohli has received the Arjun Award in the year 2013 and he is the future prospect to break records of the Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar stands in the 11th position with 13 million Twitter followers and in the world, he is in the 123rd position

Stats

World Rank: 123

Indian Rank: 11

Followers: 13,643,972

Following: 42