Harry Styles is the most popular celebrity from the United Kingdom (UK) on Twitter as of November 2020, with approximately 35.73 million followers. Five of the top ten accounts are linked to the band One Direction, including former bandmates Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne, and Zayn Malik.
Most popular Twitter accounts overall
While Styles tops the list of UK celebrities, his account is the second most-followed UK-based Twitter account overall. BBC Breaking News tops the list, with over 46 million followers. That may be enough to top the UK list, but well short of making the list of the ten most followed accounts worldwide.As of May 2020, Barack Obama held the title of most-followed account on Twitter, with an astonishing 118.09 million followers.
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