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The most followed people in South Africa

The biggest social audiences in South Africa, ranked by total following — not fame.

  1. 1Elon Musk
    Elon Musk213.0M
  2. 2Caspar Lee
    Caspar Lee6.4M
  3. 3Tyla Laura
    Tyla Laura5.9M
  4. 4Trevor Noah
    Trevor Noah4.6M
  5. 5Kevin Richardson
    Kevin Richardson3.4M
  6. 6TK
    The Kiffness3.3M
  7. 7Nasty C
    Nasty C1.6M
  8. 8Winston Sterzel
    Winston Sterzel1.6M
  9. 9DM
    DJ Maphorisa1.4M
  10. 10Makhadzi
    Makhadzi1.0M
  11. 11Costa Titch
    Costa Titch920K
  12. 12Mike Horn
    Mike Horn857K
  13. 13KM
    Kamo Mphela615K
  14. 14Cassper Nyovest
    Cassper Nyovest565K
  15. 15Zain Bhikha
    Zain Bhikha519K
  16. 16Focalistic
    Focalistic515K
  17. 17AKA
    AKA454K
  18. 18Black Coffee
    Black Coffee390K
  19. 19Stephanie Ndlovu
    Stephanie Ndlovu339K
  20. 20Kelly Khumalo
    Kelly Khumalo297K
  21. 21MK
    Master KG252K
  22. 22Shekhinah
    Shekhinah247K
  23. 23Alice Phoebe Lou
    Alice Phoebe Lou213K
  24. 24JD
    Juanita du Plessis212K
  25. 25Simmy
    Simmy184K

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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