Due to high penetration of Internet in English speaking developed countries like United States, UK and Canada, we have many American celebs in the list of Top 100 most followed celebrities on Twitter. With internet getting more accessible to common Indian with every passing day and India's huge number of educated youngsters on Twitter, we expect the list to change drastically in the next 5 years. As of April 6, 2017, American Singer Katy Perry is the most followed celebrity on Twitter with over 96 million Followers. Justin Bieber comes distant second with over 92 million followers. He is followed by Barack Obama, Taylor Swift and Rihanna in Top 5.

Here is the list of Top 100 most followed Celebrities/Accounts on Twitter as of April 6, 2017:

1. Katy Perry - 96,827,472
2. Justin Bieber - 92,900,180
3. Barack Obama - 86,550,300
4. Taylor Swift - 84,128,613
5. Rihanna - 70,797,475
6. YouTube - 67,602,598
7. Ellen DeGeneres - 66,620,688
8. Lady Gaga - 65,828,104
9. Twitter - 60,555,241
10. Justin Timberlake - 58,626,290
11. Britney Spears - 51,881,727
12. Cristiano Ronaldo - 51,059,779
13. Kim Kardashian West - 50,791,868
14. CNN Breaking News - 47,399,198
15. Selena Gomez  - 46,791,462
16. Jimmy Fallon - 45,363,929
17. Ariana Grande - 44,753,540
18. Shakira Shakira - 44,041,275
19. Demi Lovato - 42,084,706
20. Jennifer Lopez  - 40,694,395
21. Instagram - 39,917,336
22. Oprah Winfrey - 36,201,072
23. The New York Times - 35,015,000
24. Drizzy Drizzy - 34,703,868
25. LeBron James - 34,653,764
26. Bill Gates - 34,182,001
27. CNN - 33,234,958
28. Kevin Hart - 32,380,113
29. Miley Ray Cyrus - 32,122,510
30. One Direction - 31,700,285
31. SportsCenter - 31,623,866
32. BBC Breaking - 31,006,821
33. ESPN - 30,986,856
34. Harry Styles - 29,864,592
35. Lil Wayne - 29,554,028
36. P!nk - 29,322,235
37. Wiz Khalifa - 29,109,571
38. Niall Horan - 29,023,020
39. Bruno Mars - 28,805,304
40. Narendra Modi - 28,730,866
41. Neymar Jr - 28,032,696
42. Adele - 27,939,242
43. Donald J. Trump - 27,424,467
44. Kanye West - 27,306,426
45. Kaka - 26,527,561
46. Neil Patrick Harris - 26,356,179
47. Amitabh Bachchan - 25,972,741
48. Daniel Tosh - 25,843,820
49. Alicia Keys - 25,532,935
50. NBA - 24,707,465
51. Louis Tomlinson - 24,391,218
52. Emma Watson - 24,338,209
53. Shah Rukh Khan - 24,192,802
54. Liam Liam - 23,973,368
55. Pitbull - 23,904,953
56. Khloé - 23,477,342
57. Conan O'Brien - 22,834,905
58. Real Madrid - 22,807,565
59. NASA - 22,694,737
60. Salman Khan - 22,097,879
61. Kourtney Kardashian - 22,081,696
62. NFL - 21,557,229
63. Zayn - 21,547,376
64. Kendall Kendall - 21,432,004
65. David Guetta - 21,296,341
66. Marshall Mathers - 20,801,536
67. Nicki Minaj -  20,774,224
68. Avril Lavigne - 20,763,357
69. FC Barcelona - 20,636,592
70. Aamir Khan - 20,379,319
71. Kylie Jenner - 20,114,586
72. Chris Brown - 19,807,888
73. The Economist - 19,790,139
74. Coldplay - 19,690,682
75. Blake Shelton - 19,043,220
76. BBC News (World) - 18,935,298
77. Ed Sheeran - 18,151,942
78. Ashton Kutcher - 17,993,767
79. Deepika Padukone - 17,907,829
80. Mariah Carey - 17,697,521
81. Google - 17,522,285
82. Leonardo DiCaprio - 17,319,047
83. Muhammad Al-Arefe - 17,234,175
84. Reuters Top News - 17,217,259
85. PMO India - 17,110,107
86. Ricky Martin - 17,077,800
87. Priyanka - 16,928,813
88. Akshay Kumar - 16,861,835
89. Vine Creators - 16,791,487
90. Hrithik Roshan - 16,775,186
91. Ahmad Al Shugairi - 16,764,494
92. National Geographic - 16,588,378
93. Snoop Dogg - 16,479,335
94. President Trump - 16,455,649
95. Agnez Mo - 16,322,017
96. Christina Aguilera - 16,294,315
97. Ryan Seacrest - 15,902,459
98. Alejandro Sanz - 15,820,097
99. TwitterLatAm - 15,684,261
100. AlArabiya - 15,566,021