Most Followed Athletes on Threads

As of June 2026, Neymar Jr (@neymarjr) tops this board with 25,071,688 followers — 3.9× ahead of Wardell Curry (@stephencurry30) at 6,417,893.

Together, the 11 accounts ranked here reach a combined 56.2M followers. Follower count isn't the whole story: the strongest engagement on the board belongs to @mahi7781, whose recent posts draw 1.1% of followers per thread.

Unlike a static listicle, this ranking is pulled live from public Threads data and refreshed roughly every 30 minutes — the counts are exact, not the rounded figures the app shows. Tap any account for its full profile, recent posts, and engagement rate.