List of most-followed Twitter accounts

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.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Most followed accounts on Twitter

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 May 1, 2022.

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 President on Twitter, with over 131 million followers.
  • Canadian singer Justin Bieber is the most-followed musician on Twitter, with over 114 million followers.
  • American singer Katy Perry is the most-followed woman on Twitter, with over 108 million followers.
  • Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo is the most-followed sports personality and European on Twitter, with over 99 million followers.
  • Elon Musk is the most followed CEO on Twitter, with over 90 million followers.
  • American singer and actress Lady Gaga is the most followed movie star on Twitter, with over 84 million followers.
  • Prime minister of India Narendra Modi is the most followed Asian/Indian on Twitter, with over 78 million followers
Rank Change Account name Owner Followers
(millions)		 Occupation Country Brand
1 @BarackObama Barack Obama 131.8 44th President of the United States of America  United States
2 @justinbieber Justin Bieber 114.3 Musician  Canada
3 @katyperry Katy Perry 108.8 Musician  United States
4 @rihanna Rihanna 106.3 Musician  Barbados
5 @cristiano Cristiano Ronaldo 99.8 Football player  Portugal
6 @elonmusk Elon Musk 90.8 Business magnate  United States
7 @taylorswift13 Taylor Swift 90.3 Musician  United States
— @realDonaldTrump[2] Donald Trump 88.8 45th President of the United States of America  United States
— @ArianaGrande[3] Ariana Grande 85.3 Musician and actress  United States
8 @ladygaga Lady Gaga 84.6 Musician and actress  United States
9 @narendramodi Narendra Modi 78.5 Prime Minister of India  India
10 @TheEllenShow Ellen DeGeneres 77.5 Comedian and television host  United States
11 @YouTube YouTube 74.9 Online video sharing platform  United States
12 @KimKardashian Kim Kardashian 72.2 Television personality  United States
13 @selenagomez Selena Gomez 65.8 Musician and actress  United States
14 @jtimberlake Justin Timberlake 63.2 Musician and actor  United States
15 @cnnbrk CNN Breaking News 62.9 News channel  United States
16 @Twitter[lower-alpha 1] Twitter 61.6 Social media platform  United States
17 @BillGates Bill Gates 58.5 Businessman and philanthropist  United States
18 @cnn CNN 57.9 News channel  United States
19 @neymarjr Neymar 56.6 Football player  Brazil
20 @nasa NASA 56.2 American space agency  United States
21 @britneyspears Britney Spears 55.8 Musician  United States
22 @ddlovato Demi Lovato 54.2 Musician and actress  United States
23 @shakira Shakira 52.8 Musician  Colombia
24 @nytimes The New York Times 52.8 Newspaper  United States
25 @jimmyfallon Jimmy Fallon 51.4 Comedian and television host  United States
26 @kingjames LeBron James 51.2 Basketball player  United States
27 @bbcbreaking BBC Breaking News 49.9 News channel  United Kingdom
28 @pmoindia PMO India 48.1 Office of the Prime Minister of India  India
29 @imvkohli Virat Kohli 47.8 Cricket player  India
30 @srbachchan Amitabh Bachchan 47.4 Actor  India
31 @MileyCyrus Miley Cyrus 46.7 Musician  United States
32 @bts_twt BTS 45.6 Musicians  South Korea
33 @JLo Jennifer Lopez 45.2 Musician and actress  United States
34 @akshaykumar Akshay Kumar 44.5 Actor  India
35 @beingsalmankhan Salman Khan 44.0 Actor  India
36 @oprah Oprah Winfrey 43.2 Television personality  United States
37 @brunomars Bruno Mars 43.2 Musician  United States
38 @iamsrk Shah Rukh Khan 42.5 Actor  India
39 @realmadrid Real Madrid CF 41.3 Football club  Spain
40 @niallofficial Niall Horan 41.3 Musician  Republic of Ireland
41 @fcbarcelona FC Barcelona 41.3 Football club  Spain
42 @championsleague UEFA Champions League 40.7 Football tournament  Europe
43 @espn ESPN 40 Sports channel  United States
44 @sportscenter SportsCenter 39.9 Sports channel  United States
45 @KylieJenner Kylie Jenner 39.8 Television personality  United States
46 @drake Drake 39.4 Rapper  Canada
47 @bts_bighit BTS 38.8 Musicians  South Korea
48 @Harry_Styles Harry Styles 37.6 Musician  United Kingdom
49 @sachin_rt Sachin Tendulkar 37.2 Cricket player  India
50 @kevinhart4real Kevin Hart 37.2 Comedian and actor  United States
as of 1 May 2022

Notes
  1. 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

References
  1. "Top 100 most followed Twitter accounts". Social Blade. Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  2. "Twitter 'permanently suspends' Trump's account". BBC News. 9 January 2021. Archived from the original on 8 June 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
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