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.

Barack Obama is currently the most followed account on Twitter with over 119 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 @twitter Twitter 58 Social media platform United States
18 @britneyspears Britney Spears 56 Musician United States
19 ✖32 @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 @instagram Instagram 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

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
  1. "Twitter: Most Followers". Friend or Follow. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
  2. Cirisano, Tatiana (June 16, 2017). "Katy Perry Becomes First to Hit 100 Million Twitter Followers". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 30, 2017.
  3. 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.
  4. Simani, Ellis; Schleuss, Jon (July 13, 2018). "Here are the biggest losers from Twitter's purge". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
  5. 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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