Study
The most followed developers
The developers with the biggest social audiences — ranked by total following, not fame.
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Elon Musk213.0M - 2
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Nasser Yassin14.0M - 3
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Bill Gates3.9M - 4
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Sam Altman3.2M - 5
Naomi Wu1.6M - 6
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David Plummer1.1M - 7
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Linus Torvalds309K - 8DADan Abramov117K
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Jonathan Blow97K - 10
American McGee64K - 11
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John Romero59K - 12
George Hotz47K - 13DMDaito Manabe29K
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Armin Ronacher25K - 15
David Heinemeier Hansson25K - 16
Chris Wanstrath23K - 17
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Terry A. Davis22K - 18
BY Mister J Sons22K - 19MJMoon Joon Yong20K
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Daniel Stenberg20K - 21
Guillermo Rauch17K - 22
Anders Hejlsberg17K - 23
Rob Pike12K - 24
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Yukihiro Matsumoto10K - 25
Nat Friedman7K
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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