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The most followed footballers

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

Lionel Messi

Footballers

2nd507.1M · Followers

Cristiano Ronaldo

Footballers

1st716.5M · Followers

Neymar

Footballers

3rd9.3M · Followers
Cristiano Ronaldo tops this list.

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

Next on the board
  1. 4thErling HaalandFootballers4.5M
  2. 5thSergio AgüeroFootballers4.3M
  3. 6thVinícius JúniorFootballers2.5M
  4. 7thRio FerdinandFootballers1.8M
  5. 8thSoufiane TouzaniFootballers1.8M
  6. 9thKylian MbappéFootballers1.6M
The rest of the list16
PlaceNameCountryCategoryFollowers
10thBen FosterFootballersUnited KingdomFootballers1.4M11thMarcelo VieiraFootballersBrazilFootballers1.2M12thLuis García PostigoFootballersMexicoFootballers1.1M13thYevgeny SavinFootballersRussiaFootballers1.0M14thDavid IckeFootballersUnited KingdomFootballers1.0M15thMidoFootballersEgyptFootballers920K16thReda Abdel AalFootballersEgyptFootballers913K17thLee Chun-sooFootballersSouth KoreaFootballers788K18thPark Joo-hoFootballersSouth KoreaFootballers748K19thThomas MüllerFootballersGermanyFootballers742K20thNicolás TagliaficoFootballersArgentinaFootballers740K21stRomárioFootballersBrazilFootballers724K22ndSergio RamosFootballersSpainFootballers668K23rdAhn Jung-hwanFootballersSouth KoreaFootballers647K24thMohamed AboutrikaFootballersEgyptFootballers621K25thKarim BenzemaFootballersFranceFootballers588K
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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