Who is the most followed person on Instagram?
As of 2026-07-16, the most-followed person on Instagram is Cristiano Ronaldo with 677 million followers, the leader ranked live across 13 of the largest public Instagram accounts via the SocialCrawl API. Only the platform's own @instagram account sits higher.
Last updated July 16, 2026
The numbers, right now
Last updated July 16, 2026
Cristiano Ronaldo
Most followed
676,649,009
Followers
13
Accounts ranked
Live top 10
| Rank | Name | Followers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 676,649,009 |
| 2 | Leo Messi | 513,025,707 |
| 3 | Selena Gomez | 404,823,982 |
| 4 | Dwayne Johnson | 382,242,280 |
| 5 | Kylie | 381,876,514 |
| 6 | Ariana Grande | 363,339,642 |
| 7 | Kim Kardashian | 344,616,488 |
| 8 | Beyoncé | 299,944,603 |
| 9 | Khloé Kardashian | 292,410,102 |
| 10 | Taylor Swift | 273,750,079 |
How we compute this
SocialCrawl reads the public follower count for a curated basket of the world's largest individual Instagram accounts via the API endpoint /v1/instagram/profile, then ranks them by follower count. 13 accounts were ranked on 2026-07-16. Brand and platform accounts (like @instagram itself) are excluded so the answer is the most-followed person, not the most-followed account. Follower counts are read live, never estimated.
- Source endpoints
- /v1/instagram/profile
- Sample size
- 13
- Computed
- 2026-07-16
Run this yourself
One API call returns the same live feed we sampled. Drop in your key and go.
curl "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/instagram/profile?handle=cristiano" \
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