The Real X Creator Rankings for 2026 (With Code to Pull Them Yourself)

Most rankings of X accounts use follower count. That tells you almost nothing about who actually drives conversation on the platform. LunarCrush processes 50M+ social posts per hour across X, Reddit, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, and 10K+ news sources. We ranked every X account by actual engagements (likes, reposts, replies, quotes, impressions) for 2026. The results are surprising. GitHub repo: JoeVezzani/x-creator-rankings X post: @joevezz The Top 25 by 2026 Engagements Rank Creator Category Followers Engagements 1 @elonmusk Tech 237.8M 54.4B 2 @PopBase Entertainment 2.9M 7.7B 3 @MarioNawfal News 3.3M 7.3B 4 @narendramodi Politics 106.6M 7.2B 5 @FabrizioRomano Sports 27.2M 5.9B 6 @centralreality Geopolitics 1.3M 5.7B 7 @DiscussingFilm Entertainment 2.8M 5.3B 8 @TheCinesthetic Entertainment 1.6M 5.1B 9 @Rainmaker1973 Science 4.3M 3.8B 10 @PopCrave Entertainment 3.0M 3.5B 11 @EricLDaugh Politics 1.0M 3.5B 12 @Variety Entertainment 3.2M 3.4B 13 @sciencegirl Science 5.8M 3.3B 14 @nypost Ne