New Delhi: Who was the most hated Indian of the year 2015? No prizes for guessing- Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal it was!
As per ‘The Goonj India Index 2015: 7 Deadly Indian Sins’ report, the Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party leader topped the list of most hated Indians in 2015 with a score of 1.99 GPM where 1 GPM is equal to an estimated reach of 100K on digital media.
The Goonj India Index – an annual chronicle of what Indians were most interested in, most searched for and most talked about on digital platforms – found that most number of user generated content with negative mood on the Internet was for Kejriwal in 2015.
Kejriwal was followed by none other than Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi (0.73 GPM) and Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan (0.72 GPM).
Others in the top 10 list were TV journalist Arnab Goswami (0.60), Congress chief Sonia Gandhi (0.43), BJP president Amit Shah (0.40), Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan (0.40), Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray (0.27), Gujarat Patel quota agitation leader Hardik Patel (0.23) and singer Yo Yo Honey Singh (0.15).
The data to compile the list was sourced from Google Search, mentions on Twitter, mentions on popular Facebook pages, mentions in popular news websites and YouTube search.