Data · November 2026
The 50 most followed X (Twitter) accounts
The most followed account on X is @elonmusk, with 241,459,347 followers. Below are the top 50, ranked by the follower counts we read through Weir's profile lookup on 6 November 2026. 5 accounts have more than 100 million followers, and it takes 38.2 million to make the list.
Counts move every minute, so read them as of the date above. CC BY 4.0, with the CSV below.
Top 50 by followers
| # | Account | Followers | Posts | Joined X |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elon Musk @elonmusk | 241,459,347 | 111,644 | 2009 |
| 2 | Barack Obama @BarackObama | 118,794,267 | 17,590 | 2007 |
| 3 | Cristiano Ronaldo @Cristiano | 114,479,034 | 4,537 | 2010 |
| 4 | Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump | 111,860,756 | 60,118 | 2009 |
| 5 | Narendra Modi @narendramodi | 107,076,717 | 52,923 | 2009 |
| 6 | Rihanna @rihanna | 98,695,406 | 10,914 | 2009 |
| 7 | NASA @NASA | 92,277,960 | 74,504 | 2007 |
| 8 | Justin Bieber @justinbieber | 91,786,201 | 31,318 | 2009 |
| 9 | KATY PERRY @katyperry | 90,008,640 | 12,358 | 2009 |
| 10 | Taylor Swift @taylorswift13 | 83,980,081 | 892 | 2008 |
| 11 | Lady Gaga @ladygaga | 75,473,537 | 10,092 | 2008 |
| 12 | Virat Kohli @imVkohli | 73,413,436 | 2,952 | 2009 |
| 13 | Kim Kardashian @KimKardashian | 70,835,349 | 36,804 | 2009 |
| 14 | YouTube @YouTube | 68,732,312 | 61,657 | 2007 |
| 15 | Neymar Jr @neymarjr | 66,410,167 | 42,673 | 2010 |
| 16 | Bill Gates @BillGates | 65,227,564 | 4,532 | 2009 |
| 17 | Selena Gomez @selenagomez | 63,081,698 | 5,622 | 2009 |
| 18 | The Ellen Show @TheEllenShow | 62,167,179 | 24,618 | 2008 |
| 19 | CNN @CNN | 61,732,527 | 430,019 | 2007 |
| 20 | X @X | 60,654,104 | 15,738 | 2007 |
| 21 | CNN Breaking News @cnnbrk | 60,037,345 | 86,276 | 2007 |
| 22 | ESPN @espn | 58,624,091 | 164,351 | 2007 |
| 23 | PMO India @PMOIndia | 58,345,699 | 42,545 | 2012 |
| 24 | LeBron James @KingJames | 55,321,227 | 9,770 | 2009 |
| 25 | The New York Times @nytimes | 53,856,883 | 566,787 | 2007 |
| 26 | UEFA Champions League @ChampionsLeague | 53,155,710 | 103,566 | 2012 |
| 27 | BBC Breaking News @BBCBreaking | 50,196,073 | 44,367 | 2007 |
| 28 | Real Madrid C.F. @realmadrid | 49,556,561 | 112,416 | 2008 |
| 29 | Justin Timberlake @jtimberlake | 47,643,543 | 4,490 | 2009 |
| 30 | 방탄소년단 @BTS_twt | 47,500,163 | 12,939 | 2011 |
| 31 | NBA @NBA | 47,067,478 | 424,036 | 2009 |
| 32 | FC Barcelona @FCBarcelona | 46,867,832 | 164,207 | 2009 |
| 33 | Premier League @premierleague | 46,262,499 | 178,793 | 2011 |
| 34 | Demi Lovato @ddlovato | 46,060,802 | 17,760 | 2009 |
| 35 | Shakira @shakira | 45,419,915 | 8,815 | 2009 |
| 36 | BTS_official @bts_bighit | 45,350,301 | 14,334 | 2013 |
| 37 | Amitabh Bachchan @SrBachchan | 44,718,815 | 72,750 | 2010 |
| 38 | PlayStation @PlayStation | 44,460,261 | 49,862 | 2007 |
| 39 | Akshay Kumar @akshaykumar | 44,213,596 | 42,290 | 2009 |
| 40 | MILEY @miley | 43,859,027 | 12,612 | 2011 |
| 41 | Britney Spears 🌹🚀 @britneyspears | 42,956,545 | 5,369 | 2008 |
| 42 | Jimmy Fallon @jimmyfallon | 42,886,334 | 15,343 | 2008 |
| 43 | BBC News (World) @BBCWorld | 42,352,499 | 412,788 | 2007 |
| 44 | Salman Khan @BeingSalmanKhan | 42,158,877 | 43,575 | 2010 |
| 45 | SportsCenter @SportsCenter | 42,134,653 | 159,199 | 2009 |
| 46 | SpaceX @SpaceX | 41,928,760 | 11,915 | 2009 |
| 47 | Shah Rukh Khan @iamsrk | 40,094,238 | 60,597 | 2010 |
| 48 | Kylie Jenner @KylieJenner | 39,737,963 | 14,548 | 2011 |
| 49 | Sachin Tendulkar @sachin_rt | 38,973,273 | 5,817 | 2010 |
| 50 | Manchester United @ManUtd | 38,215,786 | 103,306 | 2012 |
Findings you can quote
- The most followed account on X (Twitter) is @elonmusk, with 241,459,347 followers on 6 November 2026.
- 5 accounts on X have more than 100 million followers.
- It takes 84.0 million followers to make the top 10 (@taylorswift13 is 10th).
- The 50th most followed account, @ManUtd, has 38.2 million followers.
How we counted
X publishes no ranking, and Social Blade, which kept the best-known one, stopped covering X in March 2025 (what happened). So we ranked a candidate list of 106 accounts: everyone in Wikipedia's list of the most-followed X accounts, everyone in Social Blade's last X top 100 from 13 March 2025, and a few added by hand. Each was looked up through Weir's profile lookup on 6 November 2026; 4 no longer resolve (suspended, deactivated or renamed) and are left out.
An account that grew fast and is in none of those lists could be missing, and Weir serves a profile it read up to 30 minutes earlier, so a count can trail x.com by that much. Corrections: support@weirapp.io.
Download the list as CSV. To keep a daily count of any account, see our follower count history guide.
Questions
Who has the most followers on X (Twitter)?
@elonmusk (Elon Musk), with 241,459,347 followers when we counted on 6 November 2026. @BarackObama is second with 118.8 million, and @Cristiano third with 114.5 million.
How many followers does Elon Musk have on X?
241,459,347 on 6 November 2026, which ranks @elonmusk number 1 on this list.
How was this list made?
X does not publish a ranking, so we ranked a candidate list: every account in Wikipedia's list of the most-followed X accounts, every account in Social Blade's last X top 100 (13 March 2025, before it stopped covering X), and a few added by hand, 106 in all. Each was looked up through Weir's profile lookup on 6 November 2026. An account in none of those lists could be missing.
How often is it updated?
Monthly. Each refresh is a new dated edition at the same address, so a link keeps pointing at the current list, and the date on the page says which count you are reading.
Can I check the followers of an account that is not listed?
Yes. The free account age checker shows any public account's followers, posts and age, and the profile analyzer adds its posting rhythm and engagement. Both run on a free Weir account.
Can I use this data?
Yes. The page and the CSV are CC BY 4.0: cite "Weir, most followed X accounts, November 2026" with a link.
Cite this page
Weir (2026). Most followed X accounts, November 2026 edition. https://weirapp.io/most-followed-x-accounts (counted 6 November 2026). CC BY 4.0.
More: account age checker, profile analyzer, X engagement benchmarks.