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YouTube

People whose online presence is anchored to YouTube, ranked by Fame.am score.

100 profiles indexed·320.9M total followers

Ranked

Top YouTube Profiles

Argentine footballer, eight-time Ballon d'Or

Portuguese footballer, most-followed person on Instagram

American singer, songwriter, businesswoman

United StatesMusicians

American YouTuber, most-subscribed channel

United StatesYouTubers

Fame

88.6

Stable

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

United StatesMusicians

United StatesPoliticians

#15

Fame

82.3

All profiles

Full Ranking

#	Δ	Person	Country	Category	Fame	Momentum
#1	new	Lionel Messi Argentine footballer, eight-time Ballon d'Or	Argentina	Footballers	99.0	12.4
#2	new	Cristiano Ronaldo Portuguese footballer, most-followed person on Instagram	Portugal	Footballers	99.0	13.7
#3	new	Beyoncé American singer, songwriter, businesswoman	United States	Musicians	95.5	10.3
#4	new	MrBeast American YouTuber, most-subscribed channel	United States	YouTubers	92.8	6.9
#5	new	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sound	—	Musicians	88.6	11.9
#6	new	Ludwig van Beethoven Sound	—	Musicians	86.8	10.2
#7	new	Antonio Vivaldi Sound	—	Musicians	84.9	16.4
#8	new	Michael Jackson	United States	Musicians	82.9	15.1
#9	new	Donald Trump	United States	Politicians	82.3	12.7
#10	new	Paul McCartney	United Kingdom	Musicians	81.9	18.8
#11	new	Elizabeth II	United Kingdom	Business Professionals	81.2	10.0
#12	new	Shakira	Spain	Musicians	81.1	10.9
#13	new	Meryl Streep	United States	Actors	80.8	4.2
#14	new	Johann Sebastian Bach Sound	—	Musicians	80.5	0.0
#15	new	Frédéric Chopin Sound	France	Musicians	80.3	0.0
#16	new	Elvis Presley	United States	Musicians	78.2	11.5
#17	new	Keir Starmer	United Kingdom	Politicians	77.7	9.2
#18	new	Giorgia Meloni	Italy	Politicians	76.7	13.7
#19	new	Bob Marley	—	Musicians	74.5	10.0
#20	new	Tom Cruise	United States	Actors	74.3	10.0
#21	new	Cher	United States	Musicians	73.3	13.9
#22	new	Dwayne Johnson	Canada	Actors	73.0	12.7
#23	new	Nigel Farage	United Kingdom	Politicians	72.4	10.0
#24	new	Benjamin Netanyahu Prime Minister of Israel	Israel	Politicians	71.9	12.4
#25	new	Eminem	United States	Musicians	71.5	13.4
#26	new	Rod Stewart	United Kingdom	Musicians	71.3	10.0
#27	new	Bob Dylan	United States	Musicians	70.2	17.0
#28	new	Madonna	United States	Musicians	69.9	1.7
#29	new	Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Writing	—	Writers	69.6	0.3
#30	new	Prince	United States	Musicians	69.3	0.0
#31	new	Barack Obama	United States	Politicians	67.2	0.0
#32	new	Jennifer Lopez	United States	Musicians	66.8	17.3
#33	new	Sylvester Stallone	United States	Actors	66.7	10.5
#34	new	Shaquille O'Neal	United States	Basketball Players	66.3	2.9
#35	new	Joe Biden	United States	Politicians	66.0	8.2
#36	new	Bonnie Tyler	United Kingdom	Musicians	65.9	10.0
#37	new	Narendra Modi	India	Politicians	64.8	4.7
#38	new	Michael Schumacher	Germany	Athletes	64.8	7.9
#39	new	George Harrison	United Kingdom	Musicians	64.3	11.2
#40	new	Miles Davis	United States	Musicians	64.3	35.0
#41	new	Robert F. Kennedy Jr.	United States	Politicians	64.2	14.8
#42	new	Tupac Shakur	United States	Musicians	64.2	10.0
#43	new	Barbra Streisand	United States	Musicians	64.0	4.7
#44	new	Stephen Hawking	United Kingdom	Scientists	63.6	10.8
#45	new	David Bowie	United Kingdom	Musicians	63.6	3.4
#46	new	Arnold Schwarzenegger	Austria	Actors	63.1	0.0
#47	new	Eric Clapton	United Kingdom	Musicians	62.5	11.0
#48	new	Charlie Chaplin	—	Actors	62.4	0.7
#49	new	Mick Jagger	United Kingdom	Musicians	62.0	5.2
#50	new	Phil Collins	United Kingdom	Musicians	61.7	1.7
#51	new	Pope Francis	Argentina	Religious Figures	61.5	6.5
#52	new	John Lennon	United Kingdom	Musicians	61.5	1.0
#53	new	David Lynch	United States	Actors	61.1	11.6
#54	new	Avicii	Sweden	Musicians	61.0	10.5
#55	new	Nicole Kidman	Australia	Actors	60.5	0.1
#56	new	Emmanuel Macron President of France	France	Politicians	60.3	0.0
#57	new	Kanye West	United States	Musicians	60.1	2.6
#58	new	Gwen Stefani	United States	Musicians	59.8	5.5
#59	new	Franz Kafka	—	Writers	59.5	5.4
#60	new	Frank Sinatra	United States	Musicians	59.4	3.1
#61	new	Stevie Wonder	United States	Musicians	59.3	3.7
#62	new	Tony Blair	United Kingdom	Politicians	59.2	29.9
#63	new	Tina Turner	United States	Musicians	59.0	5.1
#64	new	Francis Ford Coppola	United States	Actors	58.9	16.2
#65	new	Rihanna	—	Musicians	58.8	0.0
#66	new	George Michael	United Kingdom	Musicians	58.5	3.9
#67	new	Jay-Z	United States	Musicians	58.4	11.0
#68	new	Christopher Lee	United Kingdom	Actors	58.2	4.1
#69	new	Sting	United Kingdom	Musicians	58.0	3.4
#70	new	Brian Jones	United Kingdom	Musicians	57.9	6.4
#71	new	Val Kilmer	United States	Actors	57.8	0.0
#72	new	Whitney Houston	United States	Musicians	57.5	1.0
#73	new	Nicolás Maduro	—	Politicians	57.4	10.0
#74	new	Yoko Ono	Japan	Artists	57.3	4.0
#75	new	Aishwarya Rai	India	Actors	57.1	11.7
#76	new	Olivia Newton-John	United Kingdom	Actors	57.1	3.6
#77	new	Woody Allen	United States	Actors	57.0	4.2
#78	new	Elton John	United Kingdom	Musicians	56.7	1.7
#79	new	John McCain	United States	Politicians	56.6	26.8
#80	new	Bernie Sanders	United States	Politicians	56.3	19.8
#81	new	Johnny Cash	United States	Musicians	56.3	2.0
#82	new	Charles Aznavour	France	Musicians	56.2	4.6
#83	new	Amitabh Bachchan	India	Actors	56.1	5.3
#84	new	Sia	Australia	Musicians	56.0	10.0
#85	new	Brian Wilson	United States	Musicians	55.9	17.1
#86	new	Hans Zimmer	Germany	Musicians	55.9	4.1
#87	new	Orson Welles	United States	Actors	55.6	3.4
#88	new	John Williams	United States	Musicians	55.5	4.3
#89	new	Ice Cube	United States	Musicians	55.0	10.1
#90	new	Jared Leto	United States	Actors	54.9	2.2
#91	new	Isaac Asimov	—	Writers	54.9	10.0
#92	new	Dave Grohl	United States	Musicians	54.8	3.0
#93	new	Morrissey	United Kingdom	Musicians	54.6	10.7
#94	new	Jeff Beck	United Kingdom	Musicians	54.5	12.3
#95	new	Carl Sagan	United States	Scientists	54.3	10.0
#96	new	Liz Truss	United Kingdom	Politicians	54.1	3.8
#97	new	Ringo Starr	United Kingdom	Musicians	54.1	0.0
#98	new	Tom Jones	United Kingdom	Musicians	54.1	5.9
#99	new	Eddie Murphy	United States	Comedians	53.9	2.1
#100	new	Friedrich Merz	Germany	Politicians	53.9	1.3

About YouTube rankings

Fame.am tracks the most prominent people on YouTube by overall fame score — not just follower count. Scores blend momentum, historical significance, current attention, and source confidence.

Platform: YouTube
Profiles indexed: 100
Total followers: 320.9M
#1 ranked: Lionel Messi