List of most-followed Twitter accounts

This list contains the top 50 accounts with the most followers on the social media platform Twitter. Former U.S. president Barack Obama tops the list with 129 million followers; prior to his account's suspension in January 2021, Donald Trump was #6 on the list (with 88 million followers).

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Barack Obama is the most-followed individual on Twitter, with over 129 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.[1] Account totals and monthly changes in ranking were last updated on January 29, 2021.

Rank Change
(monthly)		 Account name Owner Followers
(millions)		 Activity
1 @BarackObama Barack Obama 129 44th President of the United States
2 @justinbieber Justin Bieber 113 Musician
3 @katyperry[lower-alpha 1] Katy Perry 109 Musician
4 @rihanna Rihanna 101 Musician and businesswoman
5 @Cristiano Cristiano Ronaldo 90 Footballer
6 @taylorswift13 Taylor Swift 88 Musician
7 @ladygaga Lady Gaga 83 Musician and actress
8 @ArianaGrande Ariana Grande 81 Musician and actress
9 @TheEllenShow Ellen DeGeneres 79 Comedian and television hostess
10 @YouTube YouTube 72 Online video platform
11 @KimKardashian Kim Kardashian 68 Television personality and businesswoman
12 @narendramodi Narendra Modi 65 Current Prime Minister of India
13 @selenagomez Selena Gomez 64 Musician and actress
14 @jtimberlake Justin Timberlake 64 Musician and actor
15 @cnnbrk CNN Breaking News 60 News channel
16 @twitter[lower-alpha 2] Twitter 58 Social media platform
17 @britneyspears Britney Spears 55 Musician
18 @ddlovato[lower-alpha 3] Demi Lovato 55 Musician
19 @BillGates Bill Gates 53 Businessman and philanthropist
20 @shakira Shakira 52 Musician
21 @CNN CNN 52 News channel
22 @jimmyfallon Jimmy Fallon 51 Comedian and television host
23 @neymarjr Neymar 51 Footballer
24 @nytimes The New York Times 49 Newspaper
25 @KingJames LeBron James 48 Basketball player
26 @BBCBreaking BBC Breaking News 47 News channel
27 @MileyCyrus Miley Cyrus 45 Musician and actress
28 @JLo Jennifer Lopez 45 Musician and actress
29 @SrBachchan Amitabh Bachchan 45 Actor
30 @elonmusk Elon Musk 44 Industrial designer and tech entrepreneur
31 @Oprah Oprah Winfrey 43 Television personality and businesswoman
32 @NASA NASA 43 Space agency
33 @BrunoMars Bruno Mars 43 Musician
34 @BeingSalmanKhan Salman Khan 42 Actor and film producer
35 @iamsrk Shah Rukh Khan 41 Actor and film producer
36 @NiallOfficial Niall Horan 41 Musician
37 @PMOIndia PMO India 40 Office of the Prime Minister of India
38 @akshaykumar Akshay Kumar 40 Actor and film producer
39 @imVkohli Virat Kohli 40 Cricketer
40 @Drake Drake 39 Rapper
41 @SportsCenter SportsCenter 37 Sports channel
42 @KylieJenner Kylie Jenner 37 Television personality and businesswoman
43 @KevinHart4real Kevin Hart 36 Comedian and actor
44 @wizkhalifa Wiz Khalifa 36 Rapper
45 @ESPN ESPN 36 Sports channel
46 @Harry_Styles Harry Styles 36 Musician
47 @realmadrid Real Madrid CF 36 Football club
48 @Louis_Tomlinson Louis Tomlinson 35 Musician
49 @FCBarcelona FC Barcelona 35 Football club
50 @LilTunechi Lil Wayne 35 Rapper

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Notes
  1. On June 16, 2017, American singer Katy Perry became the first account to exceed 100 million followers.[2]
  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]
  3. On February 3, 2019, American singer Demi Lovato deleted her Twitter account after facing backlash on the platform. At the time, she was the 14th most-followed account, with over 57 million followers.[5] On January 14, 2020, she had reactivated her account and started tweeting again under the new name, "Team Demi".[6] In July 2020, her account was changed back to "@ddlovato".
  4. On January 8, 2021, then-U.S. president Donald Trump was permanently suspended by Twitter, following the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol. Twitter cited its violent threats policy in removing Trump's account, claiming his profile showed a "risk of further incitement of violence."[7] At the time, he was the sixth most-followed account, with over 88 million followers.

See also

References
  1. "Twitter: Most Followers". Friend or Follow. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
  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.
  6. Bleznak, Becca (August 6, 2020). "Demi Lovato Returns to Twitter Amid 7th Album Rumors, But She's Only Following 1 Person". Showbiz Cheat Sheet. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
  7. @TwitterSafety (January 8, 2021). "After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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