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The most followed artists

The artists with the biggest social audiences, ranked by total following rather than fame.

Bryan Adams

Musicians

2nd7.4M · Followers

Melanie Martinez

Musicians

1st16.3M · Followers

Marzia Kjellberg

YouTubers

3rd7.1M · Followers
Melanie Martinez tops this list.

Followers: 16.3M, ahead of Bryan Adams at 7.4M.

Next on the board
  1. 4thBob RossArtists6.6M
  2. 5thJamie OliverChefs6.2M
  3. 6thNikita MirzaniArtists6.0M
  4. 7thMark CrilleyArtists3.0M
  5. 8thFrank OceanMusicians2.4M
  6. 9thShigure UiArtists2.3M
The rest of the list16
PlaceNameCountryCategoryFollowers
10thSteve CuttsArtistsUnited KingdomArtists2.0M11thLenny KravitzMusiciansUnited StatesMusicians1.8M12thTony NorthrupArtistsUnited StatesArtists1.7M13thMuniba MazariArtistsPakistanArtists1.3M14thMobyMusiciansUnited StatesMusicians1.1M15thSDMArtistsFranceArtists1.0M16thNaoki SaitoArtistsJapanArtists844K17thAlexis AlfordArtistsUnited StatesArtists751K18thSasha GreyActorsUnited StatesActors531K19thKim Jung GiArtistsSouth KoreaArtists343K20thDavid ChoeArtistsUnited StatesArtists333K21stJared LetoActorsUnited StatesActors325K22ndAna DiasArtistsPortugalArtists309K23rdGoran BregovićMusiciansFranceMusicians276K24thYahya HawwaArtistsSyriaArtists258K25thStefano TiozzoArtistsItalyArtists237K
How far this reaches

Ranked by total sourced social following: the largest audience on record per person, drawn mainly from YouTube, where we source reliably.

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