Michael Jackson✓

Follower count as of 2 October 2026, the last reading (this account is read every five days) · tracked since 30 September 2026

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

Instagram followers17,131,163as of 2 October 2026

Rank#502

24 hours−92

7 days–

30 daysfrom 25 Oct

Follower history

17.131M17.131M17.131M17.131M17.131M30 Sep2 Oct

3 daily readings from 30 September 2026 to 2 October 2026: +390 followers, +195 a day on average.

Daily numbers

Date	Followers	Change
2 October 2026	17,131,163	-92
1 October 2026	17,131,255	+482
30 September 2026	17,130,773

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Rankings

All accounts of 2,000#502
Most-followed people on Instagram of 1556#402
Most-followed musicians on Instagram of 533#150
Most-followed American Instagram accounts of 578#190

Milestones

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

Next milestone: 20.0M, 2.9M to go.

Account

TypePerson

Among people#402 of 1556

Posts2,118

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#502Michael Jackson17.1M
#503Joey King17.1M13K behind
#504Star Wars17.1M32K behind
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Quotes 17,131,163 followers on 2 October 2026, with a fixed link to that reading.

Michael Jackson (@michaeljackson) had 17,131,163 Instagram followers on 2 October 2026, according to <a href="https://fastsocial.co/most-followed-instagram-accounts/@michaeljackson?date=2026-10-02">FastSocial's Instagram Top Charts</a>.

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