ISLAMABAD: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques in Saudi Arabia, King Salman has become a widely followed world leader on Twitter, while his popularity is progressively growing on other social media networks.
The new king has overtaken many leaders on the popular microblogging site, and he is currently being followed on all social sites by Saudi citizens, scholars and world leaders.
"Following the death of King Abdullah, the newly crowned King Salman gained thousands of Twitter followers," said a social media monitoring site called Topsy.
It disclosed that the new king's twitter followers increased to 1.61 million until Sunday, Arab news reported.
King Salman changed his Twitter name from @HRHPSalman to @KingSalman and hours later, his new handle received more than 130,000 mentions on the network, it said.
"The growth in terms of the number of followers is mainly because of King Salman's reputation as a visionary and hard-working leader," said an IT expert.
PR specialist Saleh Al-Johani said that the Saudi king is being widely mentioned on social media. There is an atmosphere of excitement and activity with the curiosity to know about Saudi Arabia and its leadership following the demise of King Abduallah as people around the world.
King Salman of Saudi Arabia is an avid reader of history, sociology, politics and economy, and his personal library, which he has amassed over several decades, testifies to his love of culture.
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