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Most-followed people on X (Twitter)

Elon Musk has 241.4 million followers on X, more than double Barack Obama's 118.8 million, as of November 2026.

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  • Elon Musk ranks #1 with 241.4M, ahead of Barack Obama (118.8M) and Cristiano Ronaldo (114.4M).

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Elon Musk has 241.4 million followers on X as of November 2026, more than double second-placed Barack Obama at 118.8 million. Obama, Cristiano Ronaldo (114.4 million), Donald Trump (111.8 million) and Narendra Modi (107.0 million) are the only other people above 100 million. Below them the field thins quickly: Rihanna is sixth at 98.7 million.

The chart ranks people only, so organization accounts such as NASA (92.2 million) and YouTube (68.7 million) are left out. Rihanna is the most-followed woman, ahead of Katy Perry (90.0 million) and Taylor Swift (83.9 million). Virat Kohli (73.4 million) is the most-followed cricketer, and Neymar (66.4 million) is the next footballer after Ronaldo. Counts are rounded down to 0.1 million and shown as of November 2026. Flags show nationality, and Musk is shown as American.

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Source: Wikipedia, List of most-followed X accounts (counts rounded down to 0.1 million, from X profiles and Social Blade); organisation accounts (NASA, YouTube, etc.) excluded to keep people only. Retrieved November 4, 2026. Static ranking of people (not brands) as of November 2026 per Wikipedia (retrieved 2026-11-04); brand accounts such as NASA (92.2M) and YouTube (68.7M) are left out. Flags show nationality/citizenship (Elon Musk shown as the United States, where he is a citizen). No follower history was used; X no longer exposes archived counts reliably. Counts were not independently re-fetched from x.com.

Most-followed people on X (Twitter), Followers in millions, as of November 2026, Followers (M)
Date🇺🇸 Elon Musk🇺🇸 Barack Obama🇵🇹 Cristiano Ronaldo🇺🇸 Donald Trump🇮🇳 Narendra Modi🇧🇧 Rihanna🇨🇦 Justin Bieber🇺🇸 Katy Perry🇺🇸 Taylor Swift🇺🇸 Lady Gaga🇮🇳 Virat Kohli🇺🇸 Kim Kardashian🇧🇷 Neymar🇺🇸 Bill Gates🇺🇸 Selena Gomez
Followers (M)241.4M118.8M114.4M111.8M107.0M98.7M91.7M90.0M83.9M75.4M73.4M70.8M66.4M65.2M63.0M

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Who has the most followers on X (Twitter)?

Elon Musk has the most followers of any person on X, with 241.4 million as of November 2026. Barack Obama is second with 118.8 million and Cristiano Ronaldo third with 114.4 million.

Who is the most-followed woman on X?

Rihanna is the most-followed woman on X with 98.7 million followers as of November 2026. Katy Perry is next with 90.0 million, followed by Taylor Swift with 83.9 million.

Who is the most-followed athlete on X?

Cristiano Ronaldo is the most-followed athlete on this chart, with 114.4 million followers as of November 2026. Virat Kohli follows at 73.4 million and Neymar at 66.4 million.

Where does this data come from?

Wikipedia, List of most-followed X accounts (counts rounded down to 0.1 million, from X profiles and Social Blade); organisation accounts (NASA, YouTube, etc.) excluded to keep people only. Retrieved November 4, 2026. Static ranking of people (not brands) as of November 2026 per Wikipedia (retrieved 2026-11-04); brand accounts such as NASA (92.2M) and YouTube (68.7M) are left out. Flags show nationality/citizenship (Elon Musk shown as the United States, where he is a citizen). No follower history was used; X no longer exposes archived counts reliably. Counts were not independently re-fetched from x.com. You can download the full table as a CSV from this page.

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