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The most followed journalists

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

Cleo Abram

Journalists

2nd8.9M · Followers

Yury Dud

Journalists

1st10.3M · Followers

Johnny Harris

Journalists

3rd8.0M · Followers
Yury Dud tops this list.

Followers: 10.3M, ahead of Cleo Abram at 8.9M.

Next on the board
  1. 4thBen ShapiroJournalists7.0M
  2. 5thRussell BrandComedians6.6M
  3. 6thBenny JohnsonJournalists6.1M
  4. 7thSteven CrowderJournalists5.9M
  5. 8thTucker CarlsonActors5.8M
  6. 9thPunya Prasun BajpaiJournalists5.6M
The rest of the list16
PlaceNameCountryCategoryFollowers
10thIlya VarlamovJournalistsRussiaJournalists5.5M11thKseniya SobchakActorsRussiaActors4.2M12thMegyn KellyJournalistsUnited StatesJournalists4.2M13thJay LenoActorsUnited StatesActors4.0M14thHugo TraversJournalistsFranceJournalists3.8M15thDmitry GordonJournalistsUkraineJournalists3.6M16thAnatoly ShariyJournalistsUkraineJournalists3.4M17thSalahuddin SumonJournalistsBangladeshJournalists3.4M18thDave RubinPodcastersUnited StatesPodcasters3.2M19thIrina ShikhmanJournalistsRussiaJournalists3.0M20thClayton MorrisJournalistsUnited StatesJournalists2.9M21stKaren DavilaJournalistsPhilippinesJournalists2.7M22ndHoward SternActorsUnited StatesActors2.6M23rdJamy GourmaudJournalistsFranceJournalists2.4M24thMirko DrotschmannJournalistsGermanyJournalists2.4M25thKyle KulinskiJournalistsUnited StatesJournalists2.3M
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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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