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The most followed business professionals

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

Shakira

Musicians

2nd108.3M · Followers

Elon Musk

Founders

1st213.0M · Followers

AboFlah

Creators

3rd50.6M · Followers
Elon Musk tops this list.

Followers: 213.0M, ahead of Shakira at 108.3M.

Next on the board
  1. 4thMichael JacksonMusicians41.6M
  2. 5thHikakinYouTubers19.9M
  3. 6thKhaby LameInfluencers13.0M
  4. 7thJaggi VasudevWriters12.7M
  5. 8thRamdevBusiness Professionals11.7M
  6. 9thDean SchneiderInfluencers11.2M
The rest of the list16
PlaceNameCountryCategoryFollowers
10thWill SmithActorsUnited StatesActors10.7M11thLudmillaMusiciansBrazilMusicians9.5M12thNancy AjramMusiciansLebanonMusicians9.3M13thMadonnaMusiciansUnited StatesMusicians8.4M14thKenia OsInfluencersMexicoInfluencers7.1M15thPhilip DeFrancoYouTubersUnited StatesYouTubers6.7M16thResidenteMusiciansUnited StatesMusicians6.5M17thPaik Jong-wonChefsSouth KoreaChefs5.8M18thHikaruBusiness ProfessionalsJapanBusiness Professionals5.0M19thTrevor NoahComediansSouth AfricaComedians4.8M20thAnastasiya IvleyevaActorsRussiaActors4.5M21st2 ChainzMusiciansUnited StatesMusicians4.3M22ndAkonMusiciansUnited StatesMusicians3.5M23rdFadel ChakerMusiciansLebanonMusicians3.3M24thNellyMusiciansUnited StatesMusicians3.0M25thTakafumi HorieBusiness ProfessionalsJapanBusiness Professionals2.1M
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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