Most-Followed X (Twitter) Accounts 2026
Key Findings
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Most-Followed X (Twitter) Accounts 2026Elon Musk leads by an extraordinary margin at 240.8 million followers, roughly double second-placed Barack Obama on 119.2 million and more than the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth accounts combined. Wikipedia notes his lead partly followed changes to the platform's code that promoted his own posts more favourably, so the gap reflects platform mechanics as well as popularity. Below Musk the field is tightly packed: Obama, Donald Trump and Cristiano Ronaldo sit within eight million of each other, and ranks two through ten span only 38.5 million. Politicians take three of the top five places, a pattern unique to X among major social platforms. NASA at 92.1 million is the only non-human, non-political entity in the top ten.
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Methodology & source
- Data source
- Wikipedia: List of most-followed X accounts
- Coverage
- 10 entities · 2026 · 10 observations
- Measure
- Followers on X (millions)
- Last updated
- 15 July 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
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- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2026.
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