Bill Gates✓

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 @thisisbillgates'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 followers12,050,631as of 2 October 2026

Rank#749

24 hours−882

7 days–

30 daysfrom 25 Oct

Follower history

12.050M12.051M12.052M12.053M30 Sep2 Oct

3 daily readings from 30 September 2026 to 2 October 2026: -2,034 followers, −1K a day on average.

Daily numbers

Date	Followers	Change
2 October 2026	12,050,631	-882
1 October 2026	12,051,513	-1,152
30 September 2026	12,052,665

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Rankings

All accounts of 2,000#749
Most-followed people on Instagram of 1556#596
Most-followed American Instagram accounts of 578#273
Most-followed politicians and public figures on Instagram of 130#29

Milestones

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

Next milestone: 15.0M, 2.9M to go.

Account

TypePerson

Among people#596 of 1556

Posts630

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#750Anya Taylor-Joy12.0M7K behind
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Quotes 12,050,631 followers on 2 October 2026, with a fixed link to that reading.

Bill Gates (@thisisbillgates) had 12,050,631 Instagram followers on 2 October 2026, according to <a href="https://fastsocial.co/most-followed-instagram-accounts/@thisisbillgates?date=2026-10-02">FastSocial's Instagram Top Charts</a>.

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