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"Have you ever had a hankering to tweet at UK Prime Minister David Cameron? He tweets as @Number10gov. What about South Africa's President Jacob Zuma? You can find him at @SAPresident. And Russia's President Vladimir Putin? That's @KremlinRussia_E, for the English-language account \u2014 but don't expect a reply there, it's more or less just a news feed.\nSensing a trend? Many world leaders have begun using Twitter \u2014 75% of them, according to Digital Daya, which advises politicians on new media use. \n\"Analyses as of December 2012 reveals that 75 percent, or three out of four heads of state, are at present on the social media site Twitter,\" wrote Digital Daya in a recently released report. \nThat number has more than doubled in the last two years:\n\n\n\"A total of 123 world leaders out of 164 countries have accounts on Twitter set up in their personal name or through an official government office,\" continued Digital Daya. \"In our last report in August of 2011 only 69 out of 164 countries were using Twitter.\"\nPresident Obama \"maintained the top spot\" among world leaders on Twitter per number of followers, having added 15 million followers during an election year. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, in second place, added two million followers. Turkish President Abdullah G\u00FCl also added two millon followers and sits at third.\nThe complete report is embedded below. Which world leaders do you follow on Twitter? Which leaders are the best tweeters? Share in the comments.\nWorld Leaders on Twitter, Digital Daya's Dec. 2012 Report\nGraph courtesy of Digital Daya; Photo Courtesy of Flickr, The White House"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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