most twitter followers uk
The most followed Twitter users from the UK

Rank Name Twitter Name Category Description Followers
1 Coldplay coldplay Music British Band 4,532,527
2 Stephen Fry stephenfry TV English actor and comedian 3,486,045
3 lilyrosecooper lilyroseallen Music Singer 3,180,221
4 Snaptu snaptu Technology Twitter app for your phone 3,077,941
5 Pete Cashmore mashable Technology Mashable CEO 2,622,124
6 BBC Breaking News bbcbreaking News Up to date news from the BBC 2,283,417
7 Eddie Izzard eddieizzard Comedy Actor and voice-over artist 2,147,918
8 BBC Click BBCClick Technology BBC Technology News 1,876,151
9 UK Prime Minister Number10gov Politics Latest news from Number 10 Downing Street 1,872,168
10 Chris Moyles CHRISDJMOYLES Radio Annoying Radio 1 Presenter 1,732,285
11 Simon Pegg simonpegg Movie Actor, comedian, writer, film producer and director. 1,708,417
12 Guardian Tech guardiantech Technology UK Technology News 1,702,568
13 Jamie Oliver jamie_oliver TV The Naked Chef, is a tv chef and restaurateur 1,618,667
14 Emma Watson EmWatson Movie Actress and model 1,581,447
15 Neil Gaiman neilhimself Books Science Fiction Author 1,574,945
16 John Cleese JohnCleese TV Actor, comedian, writer and film producer. 1,574,724
17 Imogen Heap imogenheap Music Grammy Award-winning British singer and songwrite 1,561,896
18 richardbranson richardbranson Business British industrialist and entrepreneur 1,560,824
19 Jimmy Carr jimmycarr Comedy Deadpan Comedian 1,548,000
20 Holly Willoughby hollywills TV TV Presenter 1,453,068
21 Alan Carr AlanCarr Comedy Comedian and tv personality. 1,424,790
22 JESSIE J jessiejofficial 1,393,824
23 richard bacon richardpbacon TV English television and radio presente 1,366,753
24 Peter Andre MrPeterAndre Music English-born Australian singer–songwriter and television personality. 1,362,144
25 BBC News (World) bbcworld News World News 1,193,863
26 Sarah Brown SarahBrownUK Politics Gordon Browns wife 1,168,522
27 Phillip Schofield Schofe TV British TV Presenter 1,126,622
28 Tulisa Contostavlos officialtulisa 1,111,694
29 TweetDeck TweetDeck Technology Adobe AIR desktop application for Twitter 1,104,480
30 Leigh Francis LeighFrancis 1,035,468
31 Arsenal.com ArsenalDotCom Sport Arsenal Football 993,843
32 Jack Wilshere jack_wilshere 972,694
33 Derren Brown DerrenBrown TV Illlusionist, mentalist, painter, writer, and sceptic 969,044
34 Ricky Gervais rickygervais 940,361
35 Joseph Barton Joey7Barton 894,021
36 Olly Murs ollyofficial 878,822
37 Mark Wright MarkWright_ 820,350
38 muse muse Music Alternative Rock Band 769,623
39 Joey Essex JoeyEssex_ 764,414
40 Jay Sean jaysean Music Singer-songwriter, rapper, beatboxer and record producer 747,891
41 OfficialAmandaHolden Amanda_Holden TV TV presenter 745,185
42 Amy Andrea Childs MissAmyChilds 710,434
43 Calvin Harris calvinharris Music Scottish singer-songwriter, record producer and DJ. 708,206
44 times fashion TimesFashion Fashion Fashion from the Times 657,756
45 Burberry Burberry 648,641
46 The X Factor TheXFactor 635,553
47 Taio Cruz (Official) TaioCruz 613,558
48 Niall Horan NiallOfficial 610,235
49 example EXAMPLEyoutwit 609,369
50 Peter Serafinowicz serafinowicz Movie Actor, comedian, writer, composer, voice artist 597,324
51 Robbie Savage RobbieSavage8 590,361
52 Rob Brydon RobBrydon TV Welsh actor, comedian, radio presenter, singer and impressionist 582,062
53 antanddec antanddec 577,155
54 JLS JLSOfficial Music R&B Pop Group 564,411
55 Financial Times FT Business The latest UK and international business, finance, economic and political news 562,039
56 Wallpaper* magazine wallpapermag Design News on design, interiors, fashion, art and lifestyle. 546,924
57 AdmireMyQuote ♔ AdmireMyQuote 538,587
58 tom fletcher tommcfly Music Singer in Mcfly 525,876
59 Liverpool FC LFCTV Sport Liverpool football club 525,463
60 Robbie Williams robbiewilliams Music Singer-songwriter, member of Take That 514,601
61 Lauren_TOWIE♥ LaurenGoodger 514,263
62 Scott Mills scott_mills Radio BBC1 Radio Presentr 512,599
63 David Mitchell RealDMitchell Comedy Actor, comedian and writer 512,113
64 Professor Green professorgreen 507,300
65 Financial Times financialtimes Business FT updates 502,738
66 Creative Review CreativeReview Design Monthly publication covering the communication arts worldwide. 502,235
67 Kirk Norcross kirk_official 496,855
68 Bill Bailey BillBailey Comedy Stand-up comedian, musician and actor 495,993
69 Tate Tate Art Tate is a family of four art galleries housing the UK's collection of British ar 492,950
70 Matthew Lucas RealMattLucas TV Comedian, screenwriter and actor 482,730
71 Brian Cox ProfBrianCox Science Particle physicist 474,495
72 Chris Moyles Show chrismoylesshow Radio Radio 1 Morning Show 462,966
73 Stacey Solomon 5taceySolomon 456,439
74 Design Museum DesignMuseum Design London's museum of international contemporary design. 452,598
75 Vernon Kay OfficialVernonK TV TV presenter, radio DJ and former model 451,767
76 Chelsea FC stamfordthelion 447,791
77 JEDWARD planetjedward 443,159
78 BBC News (UK) bbcnews 443,003
79 Peter Jones dragonjones 439,360
80 Duncan Bannatyne DuncanBannatyne Business Scottish entrepreneur, philanthropist and author 437,996
81 Radiohead radiohead 435,887
82 J K Rowling jk_rowling Books Author of Harry Potter books 434,709
83 Warren Ellis warrenellis Books Writes comics and books and moving pictures 428,731
84 New Scientist newscientist Science Science magazine 423,851
85 Bear Grylls BearGrylls 421,520
86 Sky News Newsdesk SkyNewsBreak 411,491
87 Charlie Brooker charltonbrooker Journalist Guardian columnist 408,277
88 Nick Frost nickjfrost Movie English actor, comedian and screenwriter 407,562
89 Rufus Hound RufusHound 406,132
90 PenguinBooksUK PenguinBooks 403,650
91 Paul McCartney PaulMcCartney Music Lead singer of the beatles 401,410
92 Chipmunk ChipmunkArtist Music English Rapper 394,931
93 Sky Sports News SkySportsLive 393,802
94 Kevin Pietersen kevinpp24 392,563
95 Jake Humphrey jakehumphreyf1 388,159
96 Dougie Poynter dougiemcfly Music Bass guitarist and vocalist from Mcfly 387,771
97 Eye magazine eyemagazine Design the international review of graphic design 385,522
98 Chris Kamara chris_kammy 362,331
99 Soichi Noguchi 野口 聡一 Astro_Soichi 361,565
100 Mollie King MollieTheSats 359,145