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The most followed athletes

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

Lionel Messi

Footballers

2nd507.1M · Followers

Cristiano Ronaldo

Footballers

1st716.5M · Followers

Ng Ming Wei

Athletes

3rd12.2M · Followers
Cristiano Ronaldo tops this list.

Followers: 716.5M, ahead of Lionel Messi at 507.1M.

Next on the board
  1. 4thFabio WibmerAthletes8.0M
  2. 5thStone Cold Steve AustinAthletes5.8M
  3. 6thAakash ChopraAthletes5.3M
  4. 7thErling HaalandFootballers4.5M
  5. 8thMike TysonAthletes3.9M
  6. 9thEddie HallAthletes3.5M
The rest of the list16
PlaceNameCountryCategoryFollowers
10thNikki GarciaAthletesUnited StatesAthletes3.4M11thWim HofAthletesNetherlandsAthletes3.1M12thTony JeffriesAthletesUnited KingdomAthletes3.1M13thXavier WoodsAthletesUnited StatesAthletes2.4M14thIan GuntherAthletesAthletes2.2M15thEmelia HartfordAthletesUnited StatesAthletes2.1M16thBuakaw BanchamekAthletesThailandAthletes1.9M17thCam NewtonAthletesUnited StatesAthletes1.9M18thDemetrious JohnsonAthletesUnited StatesAthletes1.8M19thRonda RouseyAthletesUnited StatesAthletes1.8M20thRyan GarciaAthletesUnited StatesAthletes1.8M21stNick SymmondsAthletesUnited StatesAthletes1.7M22ndKylian MbappéFootballersFranceFootballers1.6M23rdVasilisa DavankovaAthletesRussiaAthletes1.6M24thCharles LeclercAthletesMonacoAthletes1.6M25thKhabib NurmagomedovAthletesRussiaAthletes1.5M
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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