Prabowo Subianto outspends other presidential candidates on social media ads: Meta

Prabowo (right), along with his running mate, Gibran Rakabuming Raka - eldest son of Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and mayor of Surakarta - gesturing as they arrive to register for next year's presidential election at the election commission headquarters in Jakarta. — The Jakarta Post/ANN

JAKARTA: Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto has outspent all other candidates on social media advertising, spending a total of 8.67 billion rupiahs (RM2.6mil) so far on his campaign.

According to data from Meta Platform's Ad Library, Prabowo, who is also the country's defense minister, spent the social media advertising budget between Aug 2020 and Oct 2023.