List of most-followed Twitter accounts
The list below contains the top 50 accounts with the largest number of followers on the social media platform Twitter.[1] Former U.S. president Barack Obama tops the list with over 120 million followers.
Top 50 accounts
The following table lists the top 50 most followed accounts on Twitter, with each total rounded to the nearest million followers, as well as the profession or activity of each user, and their country of origin.[1] Account totals and monthly changes in ranking were last updated on June 20, 2020.
Rank | Change (monthly) |
Account name | Owner | Followers (millions) |
Activity | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | @BarackObama | Barack Obama | 120 | Former U.S. president | United States | |
2 | @justinbieber | Justin Bieber | 112 | Musician | Canada | |
3 | @katyperry | Katy Perry | 108 | Musician | United States | |
4 | @rihanna | Rihanna | 97 | Musician and businesswoman | Barbados | |
5 | @taylorswift13 | Taylor Swift | 87 | Musician | United States | |
6 | @Cristiano | Cristiano Ronaldo | 86 | Footballer | Portugal | |
7 | @realDonaldTrump | Donald Trump | 82 | Current U.S. president | United States | |
8 | @ladygaga | Lady Gaga | 82 | Musician and actress | United States | |
9 | @TheEllenShow | Ellen DeGeneres | 80 | Comedian and television hostess | United States | |
10 | @ArianaGrande | Ariana Grande | 75 | Musician and actress | United States | |
11 | @YouTube | YouTube | 72 | Online video platform | United States | |
12 | @KimKardashian | Kim Kardashian | 66 | Television personality and businesswoman | United States | |
13 | @jtimberlake | Justin Timberlake | 64 | Musician and actor | United States | |
14 | @selenagomez | Selena Gomez | 61 | Musician and actress | United States | |
15 | @narendramodi | Narendra Modi | 59 | Current Prime Minister of India | India | |
16 | @cnnbrk | CNN Breaking News | 58 | News channel | United States | |
17 | 58 | Social media platform | United States | |||
18 | @britneyspears | Britney Spears | 56 | Musician | United States | |
19 | @ddlovato | Demi Lovato | 56 | Musician | United States | |
20 | @shakira | Shakira | 52 | Musician | Colombia | |
21 | @jimmyfallon | Jimmy Fallon | 52 | Comedian | United States | |
22 | @BillGates | Bill Gates | 51 | Businessman and philanthropist | United States | |
23 | @CNN | CNN | 49 | News channel | United States | |
24 | @neymarjr | Neymar | 48 | Footballer | Brazil | |
25 | @nytimes | The New York Times | 47 | Newspaper | United States | |
26 | @KingJames | LeBron James | 47 | Basketball player | United States | |
27 | @JLo | Jennifer Lopez | 45 | Musician and actress | United States | |
28 | @MileyCyrus | Miley Cyrus | 45 | Musician and actress | United States | |
29 | @BBCBreaking | BBC Breaking News | 44 | News channel | United Kingdom | |
30 | @BrunoMars | Bruno Mars | 43 | Musician | United States | |
31 | @Oprah | Oprah Winfrey | 43 | Television personality and businesswoman | United States | |
32 | @SrBachchan | Amitabh Bachchan | 43 | Actor | India | |
33 | @BeingSalmanKhan | Salman Khan | 41 | Actor and film producer | India | |
34 | @iamsrk | Shah Rukh Khan | 41 | Actor and film producer | India | |
35 | @NiallOfficial | Niall Horan | 40 | Musician | Ireland | |
36 | @Drake | Drake | 39 | Rapper | Canada | |
37 | @NASA | NASA | 38 | Space agency | United States | |
38 | @akshaykumar | Akshay Kumar | 37 | Actor | India | |
39 | @PMOIndia | PMO India | 37 | Office of the Prime Minister of India | India | |
40 | @SportsCenter | SportsCenter | 37 | Sports channel | United States | |
41 | @wizkhalifa | Wiz Khalifa | 36 | Rapper | United States | |
42 | @KevinHart4real | Kevin Hart | 36 | Comedian and actor | United States | |
43 | @imVkohli | Virat Kohli | 36 | Cricketer | India | |
44 | @elonmusk | Elon Musk | 36 | Industrial designer and tech entrepreneur | South Africa | |
45 | 35 | Social media platform | United States | |||
46 | @espn | ESPN | 35 | Sports channel | United States | |
47 | @LilTunechi | Lil Wayne | 35 | Rapper | United States | |
48 | @Harry_Styles | Harry Styles | 34 | Musician | United Kingdom | |
49 | @KylieJenner | Kylie Jenner | 34 | Television personality and businesswoman | United States | |
50 | @realmadrid | Real Madrid CF | 34 | Football club | Spain |
See also
- 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-viewed YouTube videos
- List of most-streamed artists on Spotify
- List of most-streamed songs on Spotify
- List of most-followed Twitch channels
Notes
- On June 16, 2017, American singer Katy Perry became the first to exceed 100 million followers.[2]
- On July 12, 2018, Twitter purged locked accounts—those disabled due to suspicious activity—from follower-count tallies.[3] 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.[4]
- On February 3, 2019, American singer Demi Lovato deleted her Twitter account after being involved in a controversy. At the time, she was ranked 14th and had over 57 million followers.[5] On January 14, 2020, she had reactivated her account and started tweeting again under the new name, "Team Demi."
References
- "Twitter: Most Followers". Friend or Follow. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
- Cirisano, Tatiana (June 16, 2017). "Katy Perry Becomes First to Hit 100 Million Twitter Followers". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 30, 2017.
- Spangler, Todd (July 11, 2018). "Twitter to Purge Locked Accounts From Follower Counts, Warns of Potential 'Significant Drop' in Followers". Variety. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
- Simani, Ellis; Schleuss, Jon (July 13, 2018). "Here are the biggest losers from Twitter's purge". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
- Miller, Hayley (February 4, 2019). "Demi Lovato Deletes Twitter Account After Hateful Backlash Over 21 Savage Meme". HuffPost. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
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