Study
The most followed athletes
The athletes with the biggest social audiences — ranked by total following, not fame.
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Cristiano Ronaldo712.5M - 2
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Lionel Messi506.7M - 3
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Dwayne Johnson7.1M - 4ACAakash Chopra5.2M
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Mike Tyson3.9M - 6
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Nikki Garcia3.4M - 7
Wim Hof3.1M - 8
Tony Jeffries3.1M - 9
Xavier Woods2.4M - 10
Buakaw Banchamek1.9M - 11
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Ronda Rousey1.8M - 12
Ryan Garcia1.8M - 13
Nick Symmonds1.7M - 14
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Kylian Mbappé1.5M - 15
Shahid Afridi1.3M - 16
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Jean-Claude Van Damme937K - 17
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Maven Huffman901K - 18
Jorge Masvidal867K - 19
Anthony Joshua842K - 20
Shinji Takehara703K - 21
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Ilia Topuria703K - 22
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Asuka636K - 23
Danny MacAskill553K - 24THTakanori Hatakeyama450K
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Noah Lyles406K
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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