<P> This list contains the top 50 accounts with the largest number of followers on the social media platform Twitter . As of April 9, 2018, the most followed person is American singer Katy Perry, with over 108 million followers . Her account was the first to exceed 100 million followers, in June 2017 . </P> <P> 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 . </P>

First person to have 1 million followers on twitter