The Most Followed Pastors on Facebook
The 80 pastors of the Pastor Influence 100 with a personal Facebook page, ranked by followers. Updated August 2026.
As of August 2026, Joel Osteen of Lakewood Church has the most Facebook followers of any pastor, with 30.29M on a personal page. Victoria Osteen (10.44M) and Steven Furtick (8.22M) rank second and third. 80 of the 101 pastors in the index run a personal Facebook page, and they hold 128M followers between them. 30 are past one million. The list comes from the Pastor Influence 100 and counts personal pages only. Church pages are measured in the Church Influence 100.
Top 25 Pastors on Facebook
By personal page followers, August 2026. The last column names the platform where that pastor's single largest audience sits.
| Rank | Pastor | Followers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joel Osteen Lakewood Church | 30.29M |
| 2 | Victoria Osteen Lakewood Church | 10.44M |
| 3 | Steven Furtick Elevation Church | 8.22M |
| 4 | Cash Luna Casa de Dios | 7.5M |
| 5 | Dag Heward-Mills First Love Church (Lighthouse) | 5M |
| 6 | Alph Lukau Alleluia Ministries International | 4M |
| 7 | David Jeremiah Shadow Mountain Community Church | 3.4M |
| 8 | Silas Malafaia Assembleia de Deus Vitória em Cristo | 3.4M |
| 9 | R.R. Soares Igreja Internacional da Graça de Deus | 3M |
| 10 | Jerry Eze Streams of Joy International | 2.75M |
| 11 | Otoniel Font Fuente de Agua Viva | 2.7M |
| 12 | Sarah Jakes Roberts The Potter's House | 2.3M |
| 13 | David Uche The Righteous and Faithful City (aka City of Truth) | 2.29M |
| 14 | Ron Carpenter Redemption Church | 2.26M |
| 15 | Greg Locke Global Vision Bible Church | 2.22M |
| 16 | Andry Carías Iglesia Bíblica de Guatemala | 2.1M |
| 17 | Bruno Souza Igreja Nascidos para Vencer | 2.01M |
| 18 | John Anosike Spirit Revelation Ecclesia | 2M |
| 19 | Miz Mzwakhe Tancredi New Life Global Church | 1.8M |
| 20 | D.K. Olukoya Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries | 1.67M |
| 21 | Rod Parsley World Harvest Church | 1.67M |
| 22 | Samuel Rodriguez New Season Christian Worship Center | 1.54M |
| 23 | Luis & Blanca Morales Vida Real / Luis Morales Ministries | 1.5M |
| 24 | Hezekiah Walker Love Fellowship Tabernacle | 1.36M |
| 25 | Max Lucado Oak Hills Church | 1.3M |
See the full Pastor Influence 100
Personal pages only. Figures are public page follower counts, which is what Facebook shows on a page, not a profile friend count. Some pages publish a rounded number, so a count like 5M is the platform’s own rounding rather than an estimate of ours.
What the Facebook Numbers Show
Measured across all 80 personal pages in the index.
128M
followers on personal pages
80 of 101
pastors with a page
585K
median page size
35
pastors whose biggest account is here
The top is steep, but not as steep as YouTube. Joel Osteen holds 30.29M followers, 24 percent of every follower counted here and 2.9 times the page in second place. On YouTube that same first-to-second gap is 19.9 times. It is 2.1 times on Instagram and 1.3 times on TikTok. The top 5 hold 48 percent of Facebook followers and the top 25 hold 83 percent, which leaves the other 55 pages sharing the rest.
Read the median, not the mean. The mean page reads 1.6M. Take out the largest page and the remaining 79 average 1.24M. The median, 585K, is the honest description of a pastor's page in this index. 30 pages are past one million and 64 are past one hundred thousand.
Facebook is home base more often than any other platform. For 35 of the 101 pastors in the index, this page is their single largest audience, ahead of Instagram at 32. Inside this top 25 alone, 19 pastors count Facebook as their biggest account. The rest rank high here while their center of gravity sits somewhere else, which the last column makes visible.
Adoption is wide. 80 pastors run a page, against 93 on Instagram, 78 on YouTube, and 64 on TikTok. Instagram has the most accounts in the index. Facebook has the most accounts a pastor would call their primary one.
United States holds most of the followers. 36 pages based in United States carry 74.11M, 58 percent of the total. Brazil follows with 10 pages and 12.29M, then South Africa with 4 and 10.09M. The 80 pages span 21 countries.
The takeaway
Facebook is where the most pastors keep their biggest account. For 35 of the 101 pastors in the index, the personal Facebook page outdraws their YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok accounts. Instagram is next at 32. The platform gets written off as the old one, and the numbers say otherwise. 128M followers sit here, within a rounding error of the 129M on YouTube and ahead of Instagram at 84.08M.
How to Read This List
- What the number measures
- Public followers on the pastor's personal Facebook page in August 2026. Followers, not page likes, and not friends on a personal profile.
- Why some counts look round
- Facebook displays large follower counts rounded. 18 of the 80 pages here land on an exact hundred thousand for that reason. We report what the platform shows and do not sharpen it.
- What it does not measure
- Reach, video views, or engagement. A follower count is cumulative and it never resets, so an account built over fifteen years can outrank one growing far faster today.
- What is excluded
- Church pages, ministry pages, and broadcast pages. Those are measured in the Church Influence 100. 21 of the 101 pastors in the index have no personal page and are left off this ranking.
Questions, Answered
Who is the most followed pastor on Facebook?
Joel Osteen of Lakewood Church, with 30.29M followers on a personal page in August 2026. Victoria Osteen (10.44M) and Steven Furtick (8.22M) rank second and third in the Pastor Influence 100.
How many pastors in the index are on Facebook?
80 of the 101. 21 have no personal page and are left out of this ranking rather than placed last. Instagram has wider adoption at 93 accounts, YouTube 78, and TikTok 64.
How many Facebook followers does the typical pastor have?
The median personal page holds 585K followers. The mean reads 1.6M, pulled up by the top of the list. Remove the largest page and the other 79 average 1.24M. 30 pages are past one million and 64 are past one hundred thousand.
Is Facebook still the biggest platform for pastors?
By total audience it is close to the top. The 80 personal pages counted here hold 128M followers, against 129M on YouTube, 84.08M on Instagram, and 26.03M on TikTok. It also holds the most number-one accounts. For 35 pastors, Facebook is their largest single audience.
Are these page followers or friends?
Page followers. Every figure is the public follower count on the pastor's personal Facebook page, not a personal profile friend count and not a church page. Some pages publish a rounded number, which is why 18 of the 80 counts land on an exact hundred thousand. Those are the platform's own figures, reported as shown.
Which country holds the most pastor Facebook followers?
United States. Its 36 pages hold 74.11M followers, 58 percent of the total. Brazil follows with 10 pages and 12.29M, then South Africa with 4 and 10.09M. The 80 pages come from 21 countries.
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