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The most followed developers

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

Robert Topala

Developers

2nd19.7M · Followers

Elon Musk

Founders

1st213.0M · Followers

Nasser Yassin

Creators

3rd14.0M · Followers
Elon Musk tops this list.

Followers: 213.0M, ahead of Robert Topala at 19.7M.

Next on the board
  1. 4thTom ScottComedians6.7M
  2. 5thJawed KarimFounders6.7M
  3. 6thJim BrowningYouTubers4.4M
  4. 7thBill GatesFounders4.2M
  5. 8thSam AltmanFounders3.2M
  6. 9thScott CawthonDevelopers3.2M
The rest of the list16
PlaceNameCountryCategoryFollowers
10thDougDougYouTubersUnited StatesYouTubers3.2M11thWolfe GlickGamersUnited StatesGamers2.4M12thScott ManleyYouTubersUnited KingdomYouTubers1.9M13thNaomi WuDevelopersChinaDevelopers1.6M14thDavid PlummerDevelopersCanadaDevelopers1.2M15thKarlie KlossModelsUnited StatesModels699K16thPaul WheatonDevelopersUnited StatesDevelopers416K17thBrian KiblerYouTubersUnited StatesYouTubers380K18thLinus TorvaldsDevelopersUnited StatesDevelopers330K19thTim CainDevelopersUnited StatesDevelopers221K20thSamy KamkarDevelopersUnited StatesDevelopers214K21stScott AdamsWritersUnited StatesWriters206K22ndTom Murphy VIIDevelopersUnited StatesDevelopers202K23rdMatt HardingDevelopersUnited StatesDevelopers145K24thJixian WangDevelopersChinaDevelopers138K25thDan AbramovDevelopersDevelopers120K
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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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