Barack Obama✓

Follower count as of 3 October 2026 (chart updated 3 October 2026, 11:49 UTC) · tracked since 30 September 2026

Snapshot of 3 October 2026: @barackobama had 42,742,493 Instagram followers in that day's reading. This link always shows that number.

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Source: the public follower count on @barackobama's Instagram profile, read by FastSocial every day and stored with the date. No estimates or adjustments. Full method · Data CC BY 4.0

Instagram followers42,742,493as of 3 October 2026

Rank#177

24 hours+445

7 days–

30 daysfrom 25 Oct

Follower history

42.740M42.741M42.742M42.742M42.742M30 Sep3 Oct

4 daily readings from 30 September 2026 to 3 October 2026: +1,901 followers, +634 a day on average.

Daily numbers

Date	Followers	Change
3 October 2026	42,742,493	+445
2 October 2026	42,742,048	+233
1 October 2026	42,741,815	+1,223
30 September 2026	42,740,592

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Rankings

All accounts of 2,000#177
Most-followed people on Instagram of 1556#145
Most-followed American Instagram accounts of 578#62
Most-followed politicians and public figures on Instagram of 130#5

Milestones

No round-number milestone passed since tracking began on 30 September 2026.

Next milestone: 50.0M, 7.3M to go.

Account

TypePerson

Among people#145 of 1556

Posts1,273

Engagement rate (3 Oct)0.87%

Engagement rate = average likes and comments on the latest ~12 posts ÷ followers. Method

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Quotes 42,742,493 followers on 3 October 2026, with a fixed link to that reading.

Barack Obama (@barackobama) had 42,742,493 Instagram followers on 3 October 2026, according to <a href="https://fastsocial.co/most-followed-instagram-accounts/@barackobama?date=2026-10-03">FastSocial's Instagram Top Charts</a>.

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