List of most-followed Twitter accounts

This list contains the top 50 accounts with the most followers on the social media platform Twitter.[1] Former U.S. president Barack Obama tops the list with over 121 million followers.

Barack Obama is currently the most followed account on Twitter with over 121 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 August 1, 2020.

Rank Change
(monthly)		 Account name Owner Followers
(millions)		 Activity Country
1 @BarackObama Barack Obama 121 Former U.S. president  USA
2 @justinbieber Justin Bieber 112 Musician  CAN
3 @katyperry Katy Perry 108 Musician  USA
4 @rihanna Rihanna 98 Musician and businesswoman  BAR
5 @Cristiano Cristiano Ronaldo 87 Footballer  POR
6 @taylorswift13 Taylor Swift 86 Musician  USA
7 @realDonaldTrump Donald Trump 85 Current U.S. president  USA
8 @ladygaga Lady Gaga 82 Musician and actress  USA
9 @TheEllenShow Ellen DeGeneres 80 Comedian and television hostess  USA
10 @ArianaGrande Ariana Grande 76 Musician and actress  USA
11 @YouTube YouTube 72 Online video platform  USA
12 @KimKardashian Kim Kardashian 66 Television personality and businesswoman  USA
13 @jtimberlake Justin Timberlake 64 Musician and actor  USA
14 @selenagomez Selena Gomez 62 Musician and actress  USA
15 @narendramodi Narendra Modi 61 Current Prime Minister of India  IND
16 @cnnbrk CNN Breaking News 58 News channel  USA
17 @twitter Twitter 58 Social media platform  USA
18 @britneyspears Britney Spears 56 Musician  USA
19 @ddlovato Demi Lovato 55 Musician  USA
20 @shakira Shakira 52 Musician  COL
21 @jimmyfallon Jimmy Fallon 52 Comedian  USA
22 @BillGates Bill Gates 51 Businessman and philanthropist  USA
23 @CNN CNN 49 News channel  USA
24 @neymarjr Neymar 48 Footballer  BRA
25 @nytimes The New York Times 47 Newspaper  USA
26 @KingJames LeBron James 47 Basketball player  USA
27 @JLo Jennifer Lopez 45 Musician and actress  USA
28 @MileyCyrus Miley Cyrus 45 Musician and actress  USA
29 @BBCBreaking BBC Breaking News 45 News channel  GBR
30 @SrBachchan Amitabh Bachchan 44 Actor  IND
31 @Oprah Oprah Winfrey 43 Television personality and businesswoman  USA
32 @BrunoMars Bruno Mars 43 Musician  USA
33 @BeingSalmanKhan Salman Khan 41 Actor and film producer  IND
34 @iamsrk Shah Rukh Khan 41 Actor and film producer  IND
35 @NiallOfficial Niall Horan 40 Musician  IRE
36 @NASA NASA 39 Space agency  USA
37 @Drake Drake 39 Rapper  CAN
38 @akshaykumar Akshay Kumar 38 Actor  IND
39 @PMOIndia PMO India 38 Office of the Prime Minister of India  IND
40 @elonmusk Elon Musk 37 Industrial designer and tech entrepreneur  CAN
41 @imVkohli Virat Kohli 37 Cricketer  IND
42 @SportsCenter SportsCenter 37 Sports channel  USA
43 @wizkhalifa Wiz Khalifa 36 Rapper  USA
44 @KevinHart4real Kevin Hart 36 Comedian and actor  USA
45 @espn ESPN 36 Sports channel  USA
46 @instagram Instagram 35 Social media platform  USA
47 @Harry_Styles Harry Styles 35 Musician  GBR
48 @KylieJenner Kylie Jenner 35 Television personality and businesswoman  USA
49 @LilTunechi Lil Wayne 35 Rapper  USA
50 @realmadrid Real Madrid CF 34 Football club  ESP

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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