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Follower count as of (chart updated ) · tracked since 2 October 2026

Snapshot of 3 October 2026: @bbcnews had 30,921,291 Instagram followers in that day's reading. This link always shows that number.

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Source: the public follower count on @bbcnews'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 followers30,921,291as of 3 October 2026
Rank#249
24 hours+2K
7 days–
30 daysfrom 25 Oct

Follower history

30.919M30.919M30.920M30.921M30.921M30.922M2 Oct3 Oct

2 daily readings from 2 October 2026 to 3 October 2026: +1,987 followers, +2K a day on average.

Daily numbers
DateFollowersChange
3 October 202630,921,291+1,987
2 October 202630,919,304

Each date opens a fixed link to that day's reading. Full history as JSON

Rankings

  • All accounts of 2,000#249
  • Accounts from the United Kingdom of 127#22
  • Media of 56#5

Milestones

No round-number milestone passed since tracking began on 2 October 2026.

Next milestone: 40.0M, 9.1M to go.

Account

TypeBrand or organisation
Among brands and organisations#54 of 444
Posts32,031

Nearby on the chart

  1. #246Sidharth Malhotra31.3M330K ahead
  2. #247AGNEZ MO31.1M206K ahead
  3. #248DANNA30.9M8K ahead
  4. #249BBC News30.9M
  5. #250Mark Wahlberg30.4M474K behind
  6. #251YouTube30.4M479K behind
  7. #252Reese Witherspoon30.3M668K behind

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Quotes 30,921,291 followers on 3 October 2026, with a fixed link to that reading.

BBC News (@bbcnews) had 30,921,291 Instagram followers on 3 October 2026, according to <a href="https://fastsocial.co/most-followed-instagram-accounts/@bbcnews?date=2026-10-03">FastSocial's Instagram Top Charts</a>.

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