Elon Musk surpasses Barack Obama to become the most followed user on Twitter

Elon Musk is now officially the most followed Twitter user after he could dethrone former president Barack Obama, The Verge reports.

The billionaire has been at the top of the news after he took over the platform last year. According to the latest calculations, Elon Musk now has 133,531,099 followers, making him the most followed person on the platform.

Prior to this, US former president Barack Obama had the most follower base, with over 133 million followers. To be precise, Obama now has 133,007,786 followers on Twitter, making him the second most-followed user after the owner Elon Musk.

Elon Musk is now the most followed user on Twitter

After a lot of back and forth, Elon Musk completed the Twitter deal for $44 billion in late October 2022. Since then, the billionaire has been making the headlines for laying off employees, changing the company’s direction, and launching innovative programs like paid verifications.

Back in June, Musk had 100 million followers on Twitter, and his follower base has grown exponentially since then. Musk’s handling of his Twitter account is different from most of his counterparts. Unlike billionaires who post lazy and boring stuff, Musk posts funny and offensive memes to tease a specific group or individual.

The billionaire sometimes also surveys Twitter users about required changes to the platform and policies. He recently polled followers about whether former president Donald Trump can return to the platform or he should step down as Twitter CEO.

After Elon Musk and Barack Obama, the pop singers Justin Bieber and Katy Perry are the most followed users on Twitter, with 113 and 108 million people following them.

Many experts say Musk could turn Twitter into a trillion-dollar company as TikTok is at the edge of getting banned in the United States. The Chinese video-sharing app is known to be a threat to US national security following its suspicious ties with the Chinese Communist government. If TikTok gets banned in the US, Twitter can hope to attract millions of new users.