Most-followed accounts on X?
Glad you asked:
1. Elon Musk: 200 million
2. Barack Obama: 131.9 million
3. Cristiano Ronaldo: 113.2 million
4. Justin Bieber: 110.3 million
5. Rihanna: 108.4 million
6. Katy Perry: 106.1 million
7. Narendra Modi: 102.5 million
8. Taylor Swift: 95.2 million
9. Donald Trump: 91.3 million
10. Lady Gaga: 83 million
Ranking outside of the top 10 are NASA (82.9 million) and YouTube (79.7 million) at 11th and 12th respectively.
Back in June 2009, someone set up an account with the handle elonmusk, but Musk claims it wasn’t him.
On June 4, 2010, he posted, "Please ignore prior tweets, as that was someone pretending to be me. This is actually me."
At the beginning of 2022, Musk had 72.1 million followers.
In June 2022, he passed 100 million followers.
According to SocialBlade, Musk averages 119,295 new followers per day.
He averages 86 posts per day.
And in case you're curious...
The top 10 most-followed accounts on Instagram are:
Cristiano Ronaldo: 639 million
Lionel Messi: 504 million
Selena Gomez: 424 million
Kylie Jenner: 397 million
The Rock (Dwayne Johnson): 395 million
Ariana Grande: 376 million
Kim Kardashian: 360 million
Beyonce: 310 million
Khloe Kardashian: 306 million
Justin Bieber: 294 million