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The most followed athletes

The athletes with the biggest social audiences — ranked by total following, not fame.

  1. 1Cristiano Ronaldo
    Cristiano Ronaldo712.5M
  2. 2Lionel Messi
    Lionel Messi506.7M
  3. 3FW
    Fabio Wibmer8.0M
  4. 4Stone Cold Steve Austin
    Stone Cold Steve Austin5.8M
  5. 5AC
    Aakash Chopra5.2M
  6. 6Mike Tyson
    Mike Tyson3.9M
  7. 7Eddie Hall
    Eddie Hall3.5M
  8. 8Nikki Garcia
    Nikki Garcia3.4M
  9. 9Wim Hof
    Wim Hof3.1M
  10. 10Tony Jeffries
    Tony Jeffries3.1M
  11. 11Xavier Woods
    Xavier Woods2.4M
  12. 12Buakaw Banchamek
    Buakaw Banchamek1.9M
  13. 13Cam Newton
    Cam Newton1.8M
  14. 14Ronda Rousey
    Ronda Rousey1.8M
  15. 15Ryan Garcia
    Ryan Garcia1.8M
  16. 16Nick Symmonds
    Nick Symmonds1.7M
  17. 17Charles Leclerc
    Charles Leclerc1.6M
  18. 18Tyreek Hill
    Tyreek Hill1.5M
  19. 19Kylian Mbappé
    Kylian Mbappé1.5M
  20. 20Lando Norris
    Lando Norris1.4M
  21. 21Devon Larratt
    Devon Larratt1.3M
  22. 22Shahid Afridi
    Shahid Afridi1.3M
  23. 23Sean O'Malley
    Sean O'Malley1.1M
  24. 24Dani Clos
    Dani Clos1.1M
  25. 25Max Verstappen
    Max Verstappen993K

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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