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The most followed people in South Africa

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

Caspar Lee

YouTubers

2nd6.4M · Followers

Elon Musk

Founders

1st213.0M · Followers

Tyla Laura

Musicians

3rd6.1M · Followers
Elon Musk tops this list.

Followers: 213.0M, ahead of Caspar Lee at 6.4M.

Next on the board
  1. 4thTrevor NoahComedians4.8M
  2. 5thKevin RichardsonDirectors3.4M
  3. 6thThe KiffnessMusicians3.3M
  4. 7thNasty CMusicians1.6M
  5. 8thWinston SterzelYouTubers1.6M
  6. 9thDJ MaphorisaMusicians1.5M
The rest of the list16
PlaceNameCountryCategoryFollowers
10thMakhadziMusiciansSouth AfricaMusicians1.1M11thCosta TitchMusiciansSouth AfricaMusicians954K12thMike HornSouth Africa858K13thKamo MphelaMusiciansSouth AfricaMusicians615K14thCassper NyovestMusiciansSouth AfricaMusicians565K15thZain BhikhaMusiciansSouth AfricaMusicians523K16thFocalisticMusiciansSouth AfricaMusicians515K17thAKAMusiciansSouth AfricaMusicians460K18thBlack CoffeeMusiciansSouth AfricaMusicians400K19thStephanie NdlovuActorsSouth AfricaActors337K20thKelly KhumaloMusiciansSouth AfricaMusicians300K21stMaster KGMusiciansSouth AfricaMusicians257K22ndShekhinahMusiciansSouth AfricaMusicians255K23rdJuanita du PlessisMusiciansSouth AfricaMusicians215K24thAlice Phoebe LouMusiciansSouth AfricaMusicians214K25thWizTheMcMusiciansSouth AfricaMusicians198K
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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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