Twitter Chief Executive Officer, Elon Musk, has surpassed former United States, President, Barack Obama as the most followed account on Twitter, five months after he bought the platform in a tumultuous take over.

The Founder of Tesla and SpaceX on Thursday had 133,084,560 Twitter followers, a nose ahead of Obama, who had 133,041,813.

The feat comes as the role of Twitter in a key platform for the exchange of news, ideas and PR messaging seems increasingly troubled.

Musk last week told employees that the company was worth half the $44 billion he shelled out for it and the the business tycoon is still struggling to find a way to take the brakes off content moderation without spooking government regulations and advertisers.

Credit: AFP