List of most-followed TikTok accounts

This list contains the top 50 accounts by number of followers on the Chinese social media platform TikTok, which merged with musical.ly in 2018.[1] As of 17 March 2026, the most-followed person on the platform is Khaby Lame, with 160.3 million followers. He surpassed Charli D'Amelio, the first user to reach 100 million followers,[2] on 22 June 2022.[3]

Most-followed accounts

The following table lists the 50 most-followed accounts on TikTok, with follower totals rounded down to the nearest hundred thousand, describes each account, and gives its country of origin.[4]

Most followed as of 17 March 2026
Rank Username Owner Brand
account
Followers
(millions)
Likes
(billions)
Description Country
1 @khaby.lame Khaby Lame 160.3 2.6 Social media personality
2 @charlidamelio Charli D'Amelio 156.4 12 Dancer and social media personality United States[6]
3 @mrbeast MrBeast 124.7 1.3 Social media personality United States[7]
4 @tiktok TikTok 93.3 0.45 Social media platform China[8]
5 @bellapoarch Bella Poarch 92.6 2.4 Singer and social media personality Philippines
United States[9]
6 @addisonre Addison Rae 88.2 5.3 Singer and actress United States[10]
7 @williesalim Willie Salim 85.3 1.7 Social media personality Indonesia[11]
8 @zachking Zach King 84.4 1.3 Social media personality United States[12]
9 @kimberly.loaiza Kimberly Loaiza 83.7 4.3 Social media personality Mexico
10 @therock Dwayne Johnson 79.6 0.65 Actor and professional wrestler United States[13]
11 @willsmith Will Smith 78.7 0.66 Actor and rapper United States[14]
12 @domelipa Dominik Lipa 75.9 5.2 Social media personality Mexico[15]
13 @billieeilish Billie Eilish 74.4 0.53 Singer United States[16]
14 @bts_official_bighit BTS 74.4 1.7 Band South Korea[17]
15 @cznburak CZN Burak 73.9 1.5 Social media personality Turkey[18]
16 @realmadrid Real Madrid CF 71.3 2 Professional football club Spain[19]
17 @jasonderulo Jason Derulo 65.7 1.3 Singer United States[20]
18 @fcbarcelona FC Barcelona 64.7 2.5 Professional football club Spain
19 @kyliejenner Kylie Jenner 59.7 1.8 Media personality, socialite, and businesswoman United States
20 @selenagomez Selena Gomez 59 0.70 Singer and actress United States[21]
21 @youneszarou Younes Zarou 57.4 1.3 Social media personality Morocco
Germany[22][23]
22 @espn ESPN 56.8 9.4 Basic cable sports channel United States[24]
23 @karolg Karol G 55.3 0.50 Singer Colombia[25]
24 @omari.to Aliev Omar 55.1 0.68 Social media personality Kazakhstan
25 @championsleague Champions League 54.9 2.4 Annual club association football competition Europe
26 @bayashi.tiktok Hiroaki Nakabayashi 54.8 1.8 Social media personality Japan[26]
27 @dixiedamelio Dixie D'Amelio 54.2 3.3 Singer and social media personality United States[27]
28 @homm9k HOMA 54.1 1.4 Social media personality Kazakhstan
29 @spencerx Spencer Polanco Knight 53.9 1.3 Beatboxer and social media personality United States[28]
30 @riaricis Ria Ricis 53.4 1.7 Social media personality Indonesia[29]
31 @lorengray Loren Gray 52.9 3.1 Singer, dancer, actress, and social media personality United States[30]
32 @roses_are_rosie Rosé 52.3 0.70 Singer
33 @bp_tiktok Blackpink 52 0.67 Band South Korea[32]
34 @psg Paris Saint-Germain 51.3 1.1 Football club France[33]
35 @netflix Netflix 50.8 1.6 Subscription video on-demand streaming service United States
36 @brentrivera Brent Rivera 50.5 1.8 Social media personality United States
37 @kallmekris Kristina Collins 50.5 2.5 Social media personality and hairdresser Canada[34]
38 @justmaiko Michael Le 50.1 1.5 Dancer and social media personality United States
39 @barstoolsports Barstool Sports 48.6 9.4 Blog website and digital media company United States[35]
40 @ishowspeed Darren Jason Watkins Jr. 47.6 0.37 Social media personality, rapper, and streamer United States[36]
41 @carlosferiag Carlos Feria 47.2 2.7 Singer and social media personality Colombia[37]
42 @nianaguerrero Niana Guerrero 46.3 1.2 Social media personality and dancer Philippines[38]
43 @pongamoslo_a_prueba Pongámoslo a Prueba 46.2 1.7 Social media personality Mexico[39]
44 @itsjojosiwa JoJo Siwa 46 2 Singer, dancer, actress, and social media personality United States[40]
45 @brookemonk_ Brooke Monk 45.4 4.2 Social media personality United States
46 @katteyes Fernanda Villalobos 45.4 3.8 Social media personality
47 @noelgoescrazy Noel Robinson 44.8 0.82 Dancer, social media personality Germany
48 @joealbanese Joe Albanese 44.1 1.8 Social media personality United States
49 @junya1gou Junya Gou 43.9 0.71 Social media personality Japan[26]
50 @spursofficial Spurs 43.7 0.38 Professional football team England

Historical most-followed accounts

The following table lists the accounts that were once the most-followed on TikTok, excluding the official TikTok account.

Before Khaby Lame became the most-followed TikTok user on 22 June 2022, Charli D'Amelio was the most-followed TikTok user. D'Amelio became the most-followed TikTok user on 25 March 2020 at 41.4 million followers, surpassing the previous record-holder, Loren Gray.[41] Later that year, D'Amelio became the first TikTok user to reach 100 million followers.[42]

Before Loren Gray, Lisa and Lena had the most-followed TikTok account, with over 32.7 million followers when they deleted it[43][44] in March 2019, citing privacy concerns and their loss of interest in the platform.[45][46][47][48] They rejoined TikTok on a new account with the same username on 7 May 2020.

Before Lisa and Lena, Baby Ariel was the most-followed TikTok user.[49][50]

  Current record for historical number of days held
Username Owner Followers
(millions)
Date achieved Days held Ref(s)
@khaby.lame Khabane Lame 142.4 22 June 2022 1,371 [51]
@charlidamelio Charli D'Amelio 41.4 25 March 2020 819 [52]
@lorengray Loren Gray 32.8 31 March 2019 360 [53]
@lenamantler Lisa and Lena 18.9 27 April 2017 703 [49][50]
@babyariel Baby Ariel 36.6 [49][50]

Most-followed accounts on Douyin

The following table lists the 20 most-followed accounts on Douyin as of 28 July 2025. Douyin is similar to TikTok, but intended for mainland Chinese users. They are both owned by ByteDance.[54]

Rank Username Owner Followers

(millions)

Region
1 @rmrbxmt People's Daily 190 China
2 @cctvnews China Media Group 170 China
3 @6182390 Xiao Yang 100 China
4 @xinhuashe Xinhua News Agency 79.3 China
5 @cxldb001 Chen Xiang 74.2 China
6 @doujiaxzs DOU+小助手 71.6 China
7 @andylau.9.27 Andy Lau 71.1 China
8 @AresCheng Ares Cheng 69.3 China
9 @renminwang People's Daily Online 68.6 China
10 @191433445 Chen He 67.4 China
11 @cctv.com CCTV+ 63.3 China
12 @71158770 Li Ziqi 59.9 China
13 @895373343 Will Liu 59.2 China
14 @dsmovie2019 DS Movie 59.0 China
15 @189251310 Tu Lei 56.4 China
16 @xiaohan96 Xiaohan Zhu 56.9 China
17 @117908807 Zhang Da Xian 51.8 China
18 @scgcnews Sichuan Radio and Television 49.3 China
19 @274110380 Dilraba Dilmurat 48.8 China
20 @douyin Douyin 48.0 China
As of 28 July 2025

See also

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