This list contains the top 50 accounts with the most followers on the social media platform Twitter. Barack Obama, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry and Rihanna top the list, with over 100 million followers each.
Most followed accounts on Twitter[edit]
The following table lists the top 50 most-followed accounts on Twitter, with each total rounded to the nearest hundred thousand, as well as the profession or activity of each user.[1] Account totals and monthly changes in ranking were last updated on April 1, 2022[update].
The list includes, without ranking them, accounts that were suspended or deleted while they had enough followers to be part of the top 50, such as (with the 7th most followers in all of Twitter) Donald Trump[2] and Ariana Grande.[3]
Former U.S. President Barack Obama is the most-followed account holder on Twitter, with around 131 million followers.
Canadian singer Justin Bieber is the most-followed musician on Twitter, with around 114 million followers.
American singer Katy Perry is the most-followed woman on Twitter, with around 108 million followers.
Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo is the most-followed sports personality and European on Twitter, with around 99 million followers.
Elon Musk is the most followed CEO on Twitter, with more than 87 million followers.
American singer and actress Lady Gaga is the most followed movie star on Twitter, with around 84 million followers.
Prime minister of India Narendra Modi is the most followed Asian/Indian on Twitter, with around 78 million followers
Notes[edit]
- ^ On July 12, 2018, Twitter purged locked accounts—those disabled due to suspicious activity—from follower-count tallies.[4] Consequently, Twitter's own account took the fastest and greatest plunge out of all the top 50 accounts, from 63 million to 55 million followers, and in ranking, from 11th to 16th place.[5]
See also[edit]
- List of most-retweeted tweets
- List of most-liked tweets
- List of most-followed Instagram accounts
- List of most-followed TikTok accounts
- List of most-followed Facebook pages
- List of most-subscribed YouTube channels
- List of most-subscribed YouTube Music artists
- List of most-viewed YouTube videos
- List of most-followed artists on Spotify
- List of most-streamed artists on Spotify
- List of most-streamed songs on Spotify
- List of most-followed Twitch channels
References[edit]
- ^ "Top 100 most followed Twitter accounts". Social Blade. Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
- ^ a b "Twitter 'permanently suspends' Trump's account". BBC News. 9 January 2021. Archived from the original on 8 June 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ a b Roberts, Kayleigh (26 December 2021). "Ariana Grande Deleted Her Twitter Account for Christmas and PPL Are *Very* Concerned". Cosmopolitan. Archived from the original on 27 December 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ Spangler, Todd (July 11, 2018). "Twitter to Purge Locked Accounts From Follower Counts, Warns of Potential 'Significant Drop' in Followers". Variety. Archived from the original on August 27, 2018. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
- ^ Simani, Ellis; Schleuss, Jon (July 13, 2018). "Here are the biggest losers from Twitter's purge". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on August 23, 2018. Retrieved August 27, 2018.