Modi has highest retweets, Amitabh largest following

December 10, 2014 06:58 pm | Updated November 16, 2021 05:50 pm IST

Rohit Sharma’s world record for the highest individual ODI score of 264 on November 13 drove the biggest spike in conversations on Twitter in India this year. Superstar Rajinikanth's debut on the micro-blogging site and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's election campaign were ranked at second and third respectively.

Hardly surprising, two of the top 5 peaks in conversations were about Mr.Modi.

Here are the top 10 peaks in Twitter conversation in 2014:

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

A look at the 20 most retweeted tweets in 2014:

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