List of most-followed Twitter accounts

This list contains the top 50 accounts with the most followers on the social media platform X, formerly and commonly known as Twitter. As of March 2026, Elon Musk, the owner of the website, has the most-followed account with over 236 million followers. Musk partially acquired these followers through changing the code of the platform to promote his own posts more favorably.[1][2]

Other notable figures such as Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Narendra Modi and Cristiano Ronaldo each have over 100 million followers. Katy Perry was the first person to surpass the 100 million follower milestone, in June 2017.[3]

List

The following table lists the top 50 most-followed accounts on X, with each total rounded down to the nearest hundred thousand, as well as a profession of each account's holder.[4] Some accounts post infrequently or are abandoned.

Username Owner Followers
(millions) 		Description Brand
account
@elonmusk Elon Musk 236.4 Businessman, owner of X/Twitter
@BarackObama Barack Obama 119.2 President of the United States (2009–2017)
@realDonaldTrump Donald Trump 110.7 President of the United States (2017–2021, 2025–present)
@narendramodi Narendra Modi 106.4 Prime Minister of India (2014–present)
@Cristiano Cristiano Ronaldo 106.0 Football player
@rihanna Rihanna 96.6 Musician and businesswoman
@justinbieber Justin Bieber 89.9 Musician
@NASA NASA 89.7 Space agency
@katyperry Katy Perry 85.4 Musician
@taylorswift13 Taylor Swift 79.2 Musician
@ladygaga Lady Gaga 70.7 Musician and actress
@KimKardashian Kim Kardashian 68.7 Television personality and businesswoman
@YouTube YouTube 68.1 Online video sharing platform
@imVkohli Virat Kohli 66.2 Cricket player
@BillGates Bill Gates 62.7 Businessman and philanthropist
@TheEllenShow Ellen DeGeneres 62.6 Comedian and former television host
@CNN CNN 61.4 News channel
@X X (formerly Twitter) 60.5 Operator of platform
@cnnbrk CNN Breaking News 59.5 News channel
@neymarjr Neymar 58.6 Football player
@selenagomez Selena Gomez 58.5 Musician and actress
@PMOIndia PMO India 58.2 Office of the Prime Minister of India
@espn ESPN 57.7 Sports channel
@nytimes The New York Times 53.0 Newspaper
@ChampionsLeague UEFA Champions League 52.6 Football league
@BBCBreaking BBC Breaking News 49.7 News channel
@realmadrid Real Madrid CF 49.0 Football club
@jtimberlake Justin Timberlake 48.0 Musician and actor
@KingJames LeBron James 48.0 Basketball player
@BTS_twt BTS 46.9 Musicians
@FCBarcelona FC Barcelona 46.4 Football club
@NBA NBA 46.2 Basketball league
@shakira Shakira 45.3 Musician
@premierleague Premier League 45.0 Football league
@SrBachchan Amitabh Bachchan 44.9 Actor
@bts_bighit BTS 44.7 Musicians
@akshaykumar Akshay Kumar 44.4 Actor
@ddlovato Demi Lovato 43.3 Musician and actress
@jimmyfallon Jimmy Fallon 43.2 Comedian and television host
@PlayStation PlayStation 42.6 Video gaming brand
@britneyspears Britney Spears 43.1 Musician
@BeingSalmanKhan Salman Khan 42.2 Actor
@BBCWorld BBC World News 41.7 News channel
@SportsCenter SportsCenter 41.6 Sports channel
@SpaceX SpaceX 41.2 Space agency
@MileyCyrus Miley Cyrus 41.0 Musician and actress
@iamsrk Shah Rukh Khan 40.2 Actor
@sachin_rt Sachin Tendulkar 39.1 Former cricket player
@ManUtd Manchester United F.C. 37.9 Football club
@JoeBiden Joe Biden 37.9 President of the United States (2021–2025)
As of March 2026

Historical most-followed account

This is a historical list of the number-one most-followed account on X/Twitter. It includes the date of when the top spot was reached, the number of followers the account had at the time, and how long the top spot was held.

Username Owner Followers
(millions) 		Date achieved Days held Ref.
@elonmusk Elon Musk 133.0 March 30, 2023 1,086 [5]
@BarackObama Barack Obama 107.8 August 15, 2019 1,323 [6]
@katyperry Katy Perry 46.5 November 4, 2013 2,110 [7]
@justinbieber Justin Bieber 33.3 January 21, 2013 287 [8]
@ladygaga Lady Gaga 5.7 August 23, 2010 882 [9]
@britneyspears Britney Spears 4.9 May 23, 2010 92 [10]
@aplusk Ashton Kutcher 1.0 April 16, 2009 402 [11]
@cnnbrk CNN Breaking News 0.9 April 8, 2009 8 [12][11]

See also

References

  1. ^ Paul, Kari (February 15, 2023). "Elon Musk reportedly forced Twitter algorithm to boost his tweets after Super Bowl flop". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved March 11, 2026.
  2. ^ "Yes, Elon Musk created a special system for showing you all his tweets first". Platformer. February 15, 2023. Retrieved March 11, 2026.
  3. ^ Spangler, Todd (June 16, 2017). "Katy Perry Becomes First Twitter User to Hit 100 Million Followers". Variety. Retrieved February 20, 2025.
  4. ^ "Twitter - Accounts nach Followern weltweit 2024". Statista (in German). Retrieved November 7, 2024.
  5. ^ Spangler, Todd (March 30, 2023). "Elon Musk, After Buying Twitter, Is Now Twitter's Most-Followed User". Variety. Retrieved November 7, 2025.
  6. ^ "Top 100 Twitter users sorted by Followers". Social Blade. August 15, 2019. Archived from the original on August 15, 2019. Retrieved December 1, 2025.
  7. ^ Dredge, Stuart (November 4, 2013). "Katy Perry roars past Justin Bieber to become most popular Twitter user". The Guardian. Retrieved November 7, 2025.
  8. ^ Griggs, Brandon (January 22, 2013). "Justin Bieber dethrones Lady Gaga on Twitter". CNN. Retrieved November 7, 2025.
  9. ^ Whitworth, Dan (August 23, 2010). "Lady Gaga overtakes Britney Spears for Twitter record". BBC News. Retrieved November 7, 2025.
  10. ^ Bosker, Bianca (May 24, 2010). "Britney Spears Is Twitter Queen: Ashton Kutcher Loses His Top Spot". HuffPost. Retrieved November 7, 2025.
  11. ^ a b Terdiman, Daniel (April 16, 2009). "Ashton outmaneuvers CNN to 1 million on Twitter". CNET. Retrieved November 7, 2025.
  12. ^ "The race to a million Twitter followers is on". VentureBeat. April 8, 2009. Retrieved November 7, 2025.
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