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., the most-followed person on the platform is Khaby Lame, with 160.4 million followers. He surpassed Charli D'Amelio, the first user to reach 100 million followers, on 22 June 2022.

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.
RankUsernameOwnerBrand
account
Followers
Likes
DescriptionCountry
1Khaby Lame160.42.6Social media personality
  • Senegal

    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. Later that year, D'Amelio became the first TikTok user to reach 100 million followers.
Before Loren Gray, Lisa and Lena had the most-followed TikTok account, with over 32.7 million followers when they deleted it in March 2019, citing privacy concerns and their loss of interest in the platform. 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.
UsernameOwnerDate achievedDays heldRef
Khabane Lame142.422 June 2022
Charli D'Amelio41.425 March 2020
Loren Gray32.831 March 2019
Lisa and Lena18.927 April 2017
Baby Ariel36.6

Most-followed accounts on Douyin

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