The Most Followed Person on Instagram (2011–2026)

The most followed person on Instagram has more followers than most countries have citizens. This bar chart race ranks the most followed accounts on Instagram by follower count, 2012–2026. Instagram finishes on top with 685M. ⏱ Chapters 0:00 2012 — Instagram leads 1:12 2016 — Instagram still leads 2:25 2019 — Instagram still leads 3:37 2023 — Instagram still leads 🏁 Final top 5 — Instagram 685M · Cristiano Ronaldo 665M · Lionel Messi 515M · Selena Gomez 420M · Kylie Jenner 400M 📊 Followers · millions 🔔 New rankings every week →    / @cat-alytics   #instagram #ronaldo #socialmedia #creators #influencer #internet #barchartrace #datavisualization #dataviz #ranking #top10 #statistics #comparison #infographic #geographs