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The most followed people in Japan

The biggest social audiences in Japan, ranked by total following rather than fame.

Bayashi tops this list. Followers: 37.0M, ahead of Hikakin at 19.9M.

  1. BayashiYouTubersJapan

    37.0MFollowers

  2. HikakinYouTubersJapan

    19.9MFollowers

  3. Spider VAMBIJapan

    18.3MFollowers

The rest of the list

#PersonCountryCategoryFollowers, How we know
4thHajime ShachoYouTubersJapanYouTubers16.3M
5thSushi Ramen RikuYouTubersJapanYouTubers10.0M
6thAdoMusiciansJapanMusicians9.7M
7thKenshi YonezuMusiciansJapanMusicians8.8M
8thFujii KazeMusiciansJapanMusicians5.6M
9thAtsuhiko NakataComediansJapanComedians5.5M
10thEgashira 2:50ComediansJapanComedians5.4M
11thYuka KinoshitaYouTubersJapanYouTubers5.1M
12thKazunari NinomiyaActorsJapanActors5.1M
13thHikaruBusiness ProfessionalsJapanBusiness Professionals5.0M
14thJojiYouTubersJapanYouTubers4.3M
15thn-bunaMusiciansJapanMusicians4.1M
16thMafumafuMusiciansJapanMusicians3.6M
17thDekakinYouTubersJapanYouTubers3.6M
18thMikuru AsakuraYouTubersJapanYouTubers3.5M
19thNobuyuki SakumaDirectorsJapanDirectors3.3M
20thThe Anime ManYouTubersJapanYouTubers3.3M
21stEikō KanoComediansJapanComedians3.0M
22ndLiSAMusiciansJapanMusicians3.0M
23rdDECO*27MusiciansJapanMusicians2.9M
24thHikaru UtadaMusiciansJapanMusicians2.6M
25thVaundyMusiciansJapanMusicians2.5M
About these numbers

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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