List of most - followed Twitter accounts - wikipedia List of most - followed Twitter accounts Katy Perry is currently the most followed account on Twitter with close to 107 million followers. This list contains the top 50 accounts with the largest number of followers on the social media platform Twitter. As of 2 August 2018, the most followed person is American singer Katy Perry, with close to 107 million followers. Her account was the first to exceed 100 million followers, in June 2017. On July 9, 2018, news media reported that Twitter had announced an extensive purge of fake / bot followers. Consequently, a few days later, Twitter 's own account had taken the fastest and greatest plunge out of all the top 50 accounts, from 63 million to 55 million followers, and in ranking, from 11th to 16th place. Top 50 accounts The following table lists the top 50 most followed accounts on Twitter, with each total rounded to the nearest million followers, as well as the profession or activity of each user, and their country of origin. It was last updated on August 2, 2018. Rank Change ( monthly ) Account name Owner Followers ( millions ) Activity Country 1. @ katyperry Katy Perry 107 Musician USA 2. @ justinbieber Justin Bieber 104 Musician CAN 3. @ BarackObama Barack Obama 102 Former U.S. President USA 4. @ rihanna Rihanna 87 Musician BAR 5. @ taylorswift13 Taylor Swift 83 Musician USA 6. @ ladygaga Lady Gaga 77 Musician USA 7. @ TheEllenShow Ellen DeGeneres 76 Comedian USA 8. @ Cristiano Cristiano Ronaldo 74 Footballer POR 9. @ YouTube YouTube 70 Online video platform USA 10. @ jtimberlake Justin Timberlake 64 Musician and actor USA 11. @ KimKardashian Kim Kardashian West 59 Television personality USA 12. @ ArianaGrande Ariana Grande 57 Musician USA 13. @ ddlovato Demi Lovato 56 Musician USA 14. @ britneyspears Britney Spears 56 Musician USA 15. @ selenagomez Selena Gomez 56 Musician and actress USA 16. @ twitter Twitter 55 Social media platform USA 17. @ cnnbrk CNN Breaking News 54 News channel USA 18. @ realDonaldTrump Donald Trump 53 Current U.S. President USA 19. @ shakira Shakira 51 Musician COL 20. @ jimmyfallon Jimmy Fallon 50 Comedian USA 21. @ BillGates Bill Gates 45 Businessman and philanthropist USA 22. @ JLo Jennifer Lopez 44 Musician and actress USA 23. @ narendramodi Narendra Modi 43 Current Prime Minister of India IND 24. @ BrunoMars Bruno Mars 42 Musician USA 25. @ nytimes The New York Times 42 Newspaper USA 26. @ Oprah Oprah Winfrey 41 Television personality and businesswoman USA 27. @ KingJames LeBron James 41 Basketball player USA 28. @ neymarjr Neymar 41 Footballer BRA 29. @ MileyCyrus Miley Cyrus 40 Musician and actress USA 30. @ CNN CNN 40 News channel USA 31. @ NiallOfficial Niall Horan 39 Musician IRL 32. @ BBCBreaking BBC Breaking News 38 News channel GBR 33. @ instagram Instagram 37 Social media platform USA 34. @ Drake Drake 37 Rapper CAN 35. @ iamsrk Shah Rukh Khan 36 Actor and producer IND 36. @ SportsCenter SportsCenter 35 Sports news USA 37. @ SrBachchan Amitabh Bachchan 35 Actor IND 38. @ KevinHart4real Kevin Hart 34 Comedian and actor USA 39. @ BeingSalmanKhan Salman Khan 34 Actor and producer IND 40. @ espn ESPN 34 Sports channel USA 41. @ LilTunechi Lil Wayne 33 Rapper USA 42. @ wizkhalifa Wiz Khalifa 33 Rapper USA 43. @ Louis_Tomlinson Louis Tomlinson 33 Musician GBR 44. @ LiamPayne Liam Payne 32 Musician GBR 45. @ Harry_Styles Harry Styles 32 Musician GBR 46. @ Pink Pink 32 Musician USA 47. @ onedirection One Direction 31 Band GBR IRL 48. @ realmadrid Real Madrid C.F. 31 Football club ESP 49. @ aliciakeys Alicia Keys 30 Musician USA 50. @ KAKA Kaká 30 Footballer BRA See also List of most - retweeted tweets List of most - liked tweets List of most - followed Instagram accounts List of most - subscribed YouTube channels List of most - viewed YouTube videos List of most streamed artists on Spotify List of most streamed songs on Spotify References ^ Jump up to : `` Twitter : Most Followers ''. Friend or Follow. Retrieved February 15, 2018. Jump up ^ Cirisano, Tatiana ( June 16, 2017 ). `` Katy Perry Becomes First to Hit 100 Million Twitter Followers ''. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 30, 2017. Jump up ^ Newcomb, Alyssa ( July 9, 2018 ). `` Twitter is purging millions of fake accounts -- and investors are spooked ''. NBC News. Retrieved July 13, 2018. 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Question: who is the most followed on twitter 2018
Answer: Katy Perry