The most followed crypto projects on X, measured by the follower count NAUT stores on each company row and read on 10 November 2026, are led by Official Trump at 111,628,348, FC Barcelona at 46,795,144 and Binance at 16,026,837. NAUT tracks 143 live company rows with 1,000,000 or more stored X followers, and this article ranks the top 20 of the crypto projects, exchanges and tokens among them, from 111,628,348 down to 3,873,731 at rank 20.
How this list was built, all of it from NAUT's own database on 10 November 2026: 143 live rows store an X follower count of 1,000,000 or more. 67 of those are investor rows and 1 is a service row, which leaves 75 rows typed as a project, platform or launchpad. NAUT read the top 30 of those 75 by stored followers and dropped 5 that are not crypto projects: 4 mainstream brands whose rows carry no crypto sector tag and no crypto product in their own NAUT description (NBA, Google, OpenAI and The White House, and the NBA and Google rows carry no description at all), plus CoinDesk, which its own NAUT description and Intelligence sector tag put in crypto media. That leaves 25 crypto rows, and the 20 below are the largest of them. The other 45 of the 75 all store fewer followers than the 30 that were read, so none of them reaches the rank 20 cut-off of 3,873,731. All 20 rows in the table were then put through a source check against the account's own X profile plus a second page: 18 came back confirmed and 2, Ethereum and Solana, came back contradicted, so treat those 2 stored counts as due a re-read. KuCoin's X account sits under 3 separate NAUT rows with near-identical stored counts, and all 3 fall below the rank 20 cut-off, so this ranking is unaffected by them. Written by NAUT Research. Anyone listed can ask NAUT to remove their page at https://naut.so/legal/data-deletion.
Most followed crypto projects on X: the top 20 by stored followers
This ranks crypto projects by X followers, using the count stored on each company's NAUT row and read 10 November 2026. The Category column uses NAUT's own sector tags where the row carries them. The Token column is whether NAUT records a launched token.
| Rank | Project | X followers | Category | Token |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Official Trump |
111,628,348 | Meme | Yes |
| 2 |  FC Barcelona |
46,795,144 | Fan token, no sector tag | Yes |
| 3 |  Binance |
16,026,837 | CEX | Yes |
| 4 |  Hamster Kombat |
12,144,249 | Gaming | Yes |
| 5 |  Bitcoin |
8,626,729 | L1/2/3, Mining, Store of Value | Yes |
| 6 |  AC Milan Fan Token |
7,930,092 | Fan token, no sector tag | Yes |
| 7 |  CMC Launchpad |
7,129,156 | Launchpad | No |
| 8 |  Coinbase |
6,928,698 | CEX | No |
| 9 |  OKX |
5,686,325 | CEX | Yes |
| 10 |  Bybit |
4,931,597 | CEX | No |
| 11 |  Blum |
4,818,422 | DEX, CEX, DeFi | Yes |
| 12 |  Bitget Wrapped BTC |
4,435,085 | CEX | Yes |
| 13 |  Dogecoin |
4,399,792 | L1/2/3, Meme, Mining | Yes |
| 14 |  Pi Network |
4,274,348 | L1/2/3, Mining | Yes |
| 15 |  Trust Wallet |
4,261,430 | Wallet, DeFi | Yes |
| 16 |  Ethereum |
4,245,894 | L1/2/3 | Yes |
| 17 |  Melania Trump Crypto Coin |
3,981,006 | Memecoin, no sector tag | No |
| 18 |  BNB |
3,931,043 | L1/2/3, CEX, DeFi, Infrastructure | Yes |
| 19 |  Shiba Inu |
3,892,741 | Meme, DeFi | Yes |
| 20 |  Solana |
3,873,731 | L1/2/3, DeFi | Yes |
3 rows carry no NAUT sector tag, so their category comes from their own NAUT description: the FC Barcelona and AC Milan Fan Token rows are club fan tokens that give holders a tokenized say in club decisions, and the Melania Trump Crypto Coin row describes a Solana-based memecoin launched on 19 January 2025.
How far ahead is the top of this list?
The 20 rows hold 269,940,667 stored crypto X followers between them, and Official Trump alone accounts for 41.4% of that. The 2 Trump-family rows, Official Trump at 111,628,348 and Melania Trump Crypto Coin at 3,981,006, add up to 115,609,354, which is more than ranks 2 to 6 combined at 91,523,051.
The chart rounds to millions for width; the table above carries each row's exact stored count. The drop from rank 1 to rank 3 is steeper than the whole stretch from rank 3 to rank 20, where 18 rows sit inside a band from 16,026,837 down to 3,873,731.
The 2 football fan tokens are the surprise in that band. FC Barcelona's 46,795,144 stored followers are about 11 times Ethereum's 4,245,894, and AC Milan Fan Token's 7,930,092 clears both Ethereum and Solana's 3,873,731. Both counts belong to the clubs' own X accounts, which is covered below.
Which of the most followed crypto projects on X have a live token?
16 of the 20 have a launched token on NAUT's record. The 4 without one are CMC Launchpad, Coinbase, Bybit and Melania Trump Crypto Coin, so 3 of the 4 are a launchpad or an exchange with reach and no token of its own.
By NAUT's sector tags, the 20 break down like this:
- 7 carry the CEX tag, the biggest single category: Binance, Coinbase, OKX, Bybit, Blum, Bitget Wrapped BTC and BNB.
- 6 carry the L1/2/3 tag: Bitcoin, Dogecoin, Pi Network, Ethereum, BNB and Solana. 5 of those are protocol rows; Dogecoin also carries the Meme tag.
- 4 are memecoins: Official Trump, Dogecoin and Shiba Inu carry the Meme tag, and the Melania Trump Crypto Coin row calls itself a memecoin in its own NAUT description.
- 2 are football club fan tokens: FC Barcelona and AC Milan Fan Token.
- 1 is a Telegram game, Hamster Kombat, and 1 is a wallet, Trust Wallet.
Who owns the X account behind each row?
This matters for anyone about to send a DM. In 6 of the 20 rows the stored handle belongs to a parent brand or to a person, so the audience sits with the brand and the deal sits with the company.
| Project | Stored handle and owner |
|---|---|
| Official Trump |
@realDonaldTrump, Donald Trump's personal account, which the NAUT row says promotes the coin |
| FC Barcelona |
@FCBarcelona, the football club's verified account, which links fcbarcelona.com |
| AC Milan Fan Token |
@acmilan, the football club's account, with no separate fan-token handle found |
| CMC Launchpad |
@CoinMarketCap, CoinMarketCap's main account, the handle its own site lists |
| Bitget Wrapped BTC |
@bitget, the Bitget exchange account, whose profile site is bitget.com |
| Melania Trump Crypto Coin |
@MELANIATRUMP, Melania Trump's personal profile; a separate coin handle also exists |
The other 14 rows store a handle that the project or its operator lists as its own, each checked against the project's own site or an official links page on 10 November 2026.
What this tells a BD team
- Reach and reachability are separate problems. 7 of the 20 rows carry NAUT's CEX tag, and an exchange with 16,026,837 or 6,928,698 followers is a listing conversation with a BD desk, not a reply to a post.
- The 6 parent-brand handles above are a routing instruction: a pitch to FC Barcelona or AC Milan Fan Token goes through the club's commercial side, and a pitch to CMC Launchpad goes to CoinMarketCap.
- 4 of the 20 have no live token on NAUT's record (CMC Launchpad, Coinbase, Bybit and Melania Trump Crypto Coin), which makes 3 of them distribution partners rather than listing targets.
- Rank 20 sits at 3,873,731, so any project you are pitching with 4,000,000 followers is already inside the 20 most followed crypto rows NAUT stores.
- Open the rowEach of the 20 names links to its NAUT page with the team, the sectors and the funding record.
- Check whose handle it is6 of the 20 store a parent brand or personal account, so route the pitch to the company.
- Start with the 7 exchange rowsBinance, Coinbase, OKX, Bybit, Blum, Bitget Wrapped BTC and BNB carry NAUT's CEX tag.
- Unlock the channelA paid NAUT plan reveals the verified Telegram, email and LinkedIn on each person's page.
What this tells a founder launching a token
- A follower count sets the bar you are measured against, and on NAUT's stored data the bar for the top 20 is 3,873,731.
- Protocol reach is smaller than brand reach at the top of this list: Ethereum's 4,245,894 and Solana's 3,873,731 sit below both club fan tokens.
- The accounts that can move a launch are the 7 exchange rows and CMC Launchpad at 7,129,156, so build those relationships before a TGE date is set.
- Stored counts age. 2 of the 20 (Ethereum and Solana) failed the source check on 10 November 2026, so quote NAUT's figure with its read date when you use it in a deck.
- Pick your comparison set6 of the 20 carry NAUT's L1/2/3 tag, from Bitcoin at 8,626,729 to Solana at 3,873,731.
- Find the distribution partnerCMC Launchpad at 7,129,156 and the 7 exchange rows reach a crypto-native audience.
- Name the personEach NAUT project page lists the team on file, so the ask goes to a named contact.
Related reading on NAUT: Meme coin projects: 121 on NAUT, 107 with a live token and SocialFi projects: 133 on NAUT, 59 with a live token.
Can you pull this data through the NAUT API?
NAUT's data shows these 20 rows in the same database the API reads, so GET https://api.naut.so/v1/projects/official-trump returns the company record and its team behind rank 1, and GET https://api.naut.so/v1/projects?q=binance searches projects by name. Each data call costs 5 credits, and the Essential plan at $49 a month carries 3,000 credits, which is 600 data calls; the key goes in as Authorization: Bearer $NAUT_KEY, with the full parameter list at naut.so/docs/api and the plans at naut.so/pricing. Verified Telegram, email and LinkedIn unlock on any paid NAUT plan, so start a 7-day trial to open the channels on the people behind these 20 projects.
Most followed crypto projects on X FAQ
Which crypto project has the most followers on X?
On NAUT's stored data, read 10 November 2026, Official Trump leads the most followed crypto projects on X with 111,628,348 followers, ahead of FC Barcelona at 46,795,144 and Binance at 16,026,837. That count belongs to Donald Trump's X account, @realDonaldTrump, which the NAUT row says promotes the coin.
How many of the biggest crypto X accounts are exchanges?
7 of the top 20 crypto rows NAUT stores carry its CEX sector tag: Binance at 16,026,837, Coinbase at 6,928,698, OKX at 5,686,325, Bybit at 4,931,597, Blum at 4,818,422, Bitget Wrapped BTC at 4,435,085 and BNB at 3,931,043, all read on 10 November 2026.
Do football fan tokens out-follow Ethereum and Solana on X?
Yes, on NAUT's stored counts of 10 November 2026. FC Barcelona's row holds 46,795,144 followers and AC Milan Fan Token's holds 7,930,092, against 4,245,894 for Ethereum and 3,873,731 for Solana, and both fan-token counts come from the football clubs' own X accounts.
Where can I find the teams behind these 20 projects and their contact channels?
Every project in this ranking has a NAUT page with its sectors, funding record and the team NAUT holds on file, and the same records come back from the API with GET https://api.naut.so/v1/projects/solana for 5 credits a call. Verified Telegram, email and LinkedIn unlock on any paid NAUT plan, so start a 7-day trial to reach the named people at all 20.
Sources
- NAUT's own database, read 10 November 2026: 143 live company rows with 1,000,000 or more stored X followers, the 75 typed as a project, platform or launchpad, and the top 30 of those by follower count.
- The X profile of each of the 20 accounts, plus a second page from the project's own site or official links page, checked on 10 November 2026: 18 of the 20 confirmed, 2 contradicted.