As we step into the new year it is hard to ignore 2020 for the crazy year it has been. Its also hard to ignore the people who made this a crazy year so we are trying to look at the list of most followed Twitter accounts worldwide
This list is sourced by SocialBakers
First lets look at some of the most interesting insights from the list:
- The most followed twitter account is of Barack Obama @BarackObama with almost 127 million followers. He is an American politician and attorney who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017
- The world loves American music as we see that 5 out of 10 of the most followed Twitter accounts worldwide are of American singers (Did you know Justin Bieber is Canadian, not American)
- On June 16, 2017, American singer Katy Perry became the first to exceed 100 million followers.
- 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.
- Indian celebrities have quite the following including Narendra Modi (Prime Minister of India), Bollywood actors Amitabh Bachan, Shahrukh Khan, Salman Khan, Aamir Khan and Indian cricket stars Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli.
- Joe Biden, 46th President elect of the United States of America ranks at #97 with just around 21 million followers.
- Twitter has announced that twitter accounts of the President @POTUS (currently ranked at #54) and The White House @WhiteHouse (currently ranked at #79) will be wiped clean of followers before being handed over to Biden administration.
- The Twitter account of twitter @Twitter itself is ranked at #17 with almost 58 million followers.
Most Followed Twitter accounts worldwide
| 1 | Barack Obama (@BarackObama) | 127 453 525 |
| 2 | Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) | 113 510 995 |
| 3 | KATY PERRY (@katyperry) | 109 106 081 |
| 4 | Rihanna (@rihanna) | 100 165 397 |
| 5 | Cristiano Ronaldo (@Cristiano) | 90 099 927 |
| 6 | Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) | 88 582 202 |
| 7 | Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) | 87 872 285 |
| 8 | Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) | 83 133 829 |
| 9 | Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) | 80 354 111 |
| 10 | Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) | 79 412 497 |
| 11 | YouTube (@YouTube) | 72 685 829 |
| 12 | Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) | 68 228 273 |
| 13 | Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) | 64 447 383 |
| 14 | Justin Timberlake (@jtimberlake) | 64 212 832 |
| 15 | Selena Gomez (@selenagomez) | 63 993 579 |
| 16 | CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) | 59 993 313 |
| 17 | Twitter (@Twitter) | 58 768 850 |
| 18 | Britney Spears (@britneyspears) | 55 901 084 |
| 19 | Bill Gates (@BillGates) | 52 976 745 |
| 20 | Shakira (@shakira) | 52 624 008 |
| 21 | jimmy fallon (@jimmyfallon) | 51 923 703 |
| 22 | CNN (@CNN) | 51 613 991 |
| 23 | Neymar Jr (@neymarjr) | 50 971 062 |
| 24 | LeBron James (@KingJames) | 48 607 976 |
| 25 | The New York Times (@nytimes) | 48 525 082 |
| 26 | BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) | 46 992 485 |
| 27 | Miley Ray Cyrus (@MileyCyrus) | 45 792 773 |
| 28 | jlo (@JLo) | 45 261 267 |
| 29 | Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) | 44 931 583 |
| 30 | Oprah Winfrey (@Oprah) | 43 454 715 |
| 31 | Bruno Mars (@BrunoMars) | 43 194 280 |
| 32 | NASA (@NASA) | 42 672 023 |
| 33 | Salman Khan (@BeingSalmanKhan) | 41 964 931 |
| 34 | Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) | 41 506 559 |
| 35 | Elon Musk (@elonmusk) | 41 131 976 |
| 36 | Niall Horan (@NiallOfficial) | 40 871 275 |
| 37 | Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) | 40 176 980 |
| 38 | PMO India (@PMOIndia) | 40 139 599 |
| 39 | Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) | 39 690 427 |
| 40 | Drizzy (@Drake) | 39 261 580 |
| 41 | SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) | 37 311 575 |
| 42 | Kylie Jenner (@KylieJenner) | 36 671 648 |
| 43 | Kevin Hart (@KevinHart4real) | 36 664 456 |
| 44 | Wiz Khalifa (@wizkhalifa) | 36 518 299 |
| 45 | ESPN (@espn) | 36 250 119 |
| 46 | Harry Styles. (@Harry_Styles) | 36 090 282 |
| 47 | Real Madrid C.F. (@realmadrid) | 35 672 017 |
| 48 | Louis Tomlinson (@Louis_Tomlinson) | 35 154 179 |
| 49 | Lil Wayne WEEZY F (@LilTunechi) | 34 980 268 |
| 50 | FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) | 34 932 292 |
| 51 | Instagram (@instagram) | 34 900 093 |
| 52 | Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) | 34 740 908 |
| 53 | Liam (@LiamPayne) | 34 334 569 |
| 54 | President Trump (@POTUS) | 33 258 092 |
| 55 | Chris Brown (@chrisbrown) | 32 596 693 |
| 56 | P!nk (@Pink) | 32 055 489 |
| 57 | UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) | 31 857 063 |
| 58 | NBA (@NBA) | 31 839 593 |
| 59 | 방탄소년단 (@BTS_twt) | 31 627 061 |
| 60 | One Direction (@onedirection) | 31 514 204 |
| 61 | ye (@kanyewest) | 30 885 486 |
| 62 | Kendall (@KendallJenner) | 30 533 261 |
| 63 | BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) | 30 310 901 |
| 64 | Alicia Keys (@aliciakeys) | 30 283 617 |
| 65 | zayn (@zaynmalik) | 30 112 929 |
| 66 | Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) | 30 104 387 |
| 67 | Hrithik Roshan (@iHrithik) | 30 103 813 |
| 68 | Kaka (@KAKA) | 29 531 564 |
| 69 | Emma Watson (@EmmaWatson) | 29 282 921 |
| 70 | Khloé (@khloekardashian) | 28 869 098 |
| 71 | Conan O’Brien (@ConanOBrien) | 28 632 007 |
| 72 | Deepika Padukone (@deepikapadukone) | 27 713 301 |
| 73 | PRIYANKA (@priyankachopra) | 26 897 760 |
| 74 | Adele (@Adele) | 26 877 489 |
| 75 | Aamir Khan (@aamir_khan) | 26 636 364 |
| 76 | Shawn Mendes (@ShawnMendes) | 26 310 096 |
| 77 | Neil Patrick Harris (@ActuallyNPH) | 26 231 934 |
| 78 | BTS_official (@bts_bighit) | 26 163 007 |
| 79 | The White House (@WhiteHouse) | 26 057 488 |
| 80 | NFL (@NFL) | 25 847 700 |
| 81 | Kourtney Kardashian (@kourtneykardash) | 25 744 037 |
| 82 | Pitbull (@pitbull) | 25 558 484 |
| 83 | Mesut Özil (@MesutOzil1088) | 25 392 099 |
| 84 | The Economist (@TheEconomist) | 25 289 828 |
| 85 | Andrés Iniesta (@andresiniesta8) | 25 096 570 |
| 86 | National Geographic (@NatGeo) | 25 078 148 |
| 87 | daniel tosh (@danieltosh) | 24 997 002 |
| 88 | Premier League (@premierleague) | 24 303 528 |
| 89 | Amit Shah (@AmitShah) | 24 093 249 |
| 90 | Manchester United (@ManUtd) | 24 043 201 |
| 91 | A.R.Rahman (@arrahman) | 23 530 710 |
| 92 | Coldplay (@coldplay) | 23 287 734 |
| 93 | Marshall Mathers (@Eminem) | 22 854 503 |
| 94 | Reuters (@Reuters) | 22 829 292 |
| 95 | Google (@Google) | 22 536 622 |
| 96 | Anushka Sharma (@AnushkaSharma) | 22 237 821 |
| 97 | Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) | 21 856 264 |
| 98 | Mariah Carey (@MariahCarey) | 21 713 425 |
| 99 | Mrs. Petty (@NICKIMINAJ) | 21 705 476 |
| 100 | Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) | 21 397 042 |
That’s it. We hope you enjoyed this list.
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