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The most followed chess players

The chess players with the biggest social audiences - ranked by total following, not fame.

Rey Enigma

Chess Players

2nd2.2M · Followers

Hikaru Nakamura

Chess Players

1st3.3M · Followers

Anna Cramling

Chess Players

3rd1.7M · Followers
Hikaru Nakamura tops this list.

Followers: 3.3M, ahead of Rey Enigma at 2.2M.

Next on the board
  1. 4thMagnus CarlsenChess Players1.6M
  2. 5thAntonio RadićChess Players1.4M
  3. 6thJulien SongChess Players980K
  4. 7thDina BelenkayaChess Players980K
  5. 8thEric RosenChess Players707K
  6. 9thDaniel NaroditskyChess Players549K
The rest of the list16
PlaceNameCountryCategoryFollowers
10thKrikor MekhitarianChess PlayersBrazilChess Players339K11thVidit GujrathiChess PlayersIndiaChess Players305K12thAnish GiriChess PlayersNetherlandsChess Players232K13thAnna RudolfChess PlayersHungaryChess Players204K14thIrene Kharisma SukandarChess PlayersIndonesiaChess Players177K15thSergei ShipovChess PlayersRussiaChess Players149K16thLuis Paulo SupiChess PlayersBrazilChess Players148K17thSergei ZhigalkoChess PlayersBelarusChess Players83K18thIan NepomniachtchiChess PlayersRussiaChess Players81K19thMoriuchi ToshiyukiChess PlayersJapanChess Players71K20thBassem AminChess PlayersEgyptChess Players66K21stTeimour RadjabovChess PlayersAzerbaijanChess Players58K22ndAlireza FirouzjaChess PlayersFranceChess Players49K23rdJan GustafssonChess PlayersGermanyChess Players48K24thAndrew TangChess PlayersUnited StatesChess Players35K25thAlexandra KosteniukChess PlayersRussiaChess Players26K
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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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