The Most Influential Pastors in Brazil
All 13 Brazilian pastors in the Pastor Influence 100, ranked by measured personal audience. Brazil rank first, global rank alongside. Updated August 2026.
As of August 2026, Bruno Leonardo of Igreja Batista Avivamento Mundial in Salvador, BA is the most influential pastor in Brazil, ranking #1 worldwide with 90.99M in total personal reach across YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook. Josué Gonçalves (Brazil #2, #23 worldwide) and Estevam Hernandes (Brazil #3, #25 worldwide) follow. Brazil holds 13 of the 101 seats in the Pastor Influence 100, the second largest country in the index behind United States, and 35 percent of every follower it counts. Scoring covers personal accounts only, under a published methodology.
All 13 Brazilian Pastors, Ranked
Every Brazil-based pastor in the Pastor Influence 100, August 2026. The rank column is position within Brazil. The global rank is the last column.
| BR Rank | Pastor | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bruno Leonardo Igreja Batista Avivamento Mundial | 100 |
| 2 | Josué Gonçalves Igreja Família Debaixo da Graça (also founder/senior pastor of Ministério Amo Família) | 71.4 |
| 3 | Estevam Hernandes Igreja Apostólica Renascer em Cristo | 71 |
| 4 | Osiel Gomes Assembleia de Deus Tirirical | 67.4 |
| 5 | Bruno Souza Igreja Nascidos para Vencer | 67.1 |
| 6 | Gustavo Paiva Igreja Dinamus Alphaville | 65.6 |
| 7 | Samuel Felipe Igreja Evangélica Manancial da Graça | 64.4 |
| 8 | Lamartine Posella YAH Church (formerly Igreja Batista Palavra Viva) | 63.8 |
| 9 | R.R. Soares Igreja Internacional da Graça de Deus | 63.5 |
| 10 | Sônia Hernandes Igreja Renascer em Cristo (Reborn in Christ Church) | 62.5 |
| 11 | Silas Malafaia Assembleia de Deus Vitória em Cristo | 60.8 |
| 12 | Elizeu Viana Assembleia de Deus Central em Piabetá (ADECEP) | 59.9 |
| 13 | Valdemiro Santiago Igreja Mundial do Poder de Deus (World Church of God's Power) | 57 |
See the full Pastor Influence 100
Personal accounts only. Total reach is combined followers across YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook, August 2026. Blank city means none is recorded in the dataset.
Brazil in the Global Index
Seats, audience, and platform mix, measured against all 101 pastors in the index.
#2
country in the index
13
Brazilian pastors ranked
35%
of all audience counted
127M
combined personal reach
Second in seats, close in audience. Brazil holds 13 of the 101 seats, behind United States at 45 and ahead of Nigeria at 8. On audience the gap nearly closes: 35 percent of every follower the index counts sits with a Brazilian pastor, against 40 percent for United States.
The average is the story. The mean Brazilian pastor carries 9.8M, 3.0 times the 3.25M mean of the United States field. The median runs the same direction: 3.21M in Brazil against 1.35M across the index. Bruno Leonardo accounts for 71 percent of the Brazilian total alone, so read the median alongside it.
Placement in the global 100. 1 Brazilian pastor sits in the worldwide top 10, 3 in the top 25, and 6 in the top 50. Brazil is strongest on YouTube, holding 66 percent of every follower the index counts there across 11 accounts, and thinnest on TikTok at 2 percent.
Where they are. São Paulo has 5 of the 13. The rest sit in 6 other cities across the country. 2 entries carry no city in the dataset and are left blank rather than assigned one.
The takeaway
Brazil holds 13 seats to United States's 45, and 35 percent of the audience to its 40 percent. Fewer pastors, nearly the same reach. The average Brazilian pastor in the index carries 9.8M, 3.0 times the 3.25M average of the United States field. The largest personal audience in the world belongs to Bruno Leonardo at 90.99M. Portuguese-language ministry is not a regional story on this list. It is the top of it. Compare the American field and the Nigerian field.
Keep Going
The other country cuts of the same index.
Questions, Answered
Who is the most influential pastor in Brazil?
Bruno Leonardo of Igreja Batista Avivamento Mundial in Salvador, BA. He ranks #1 in Brazil and #1 worldwide in the 2026 Pastor Influence 100, with 90.99M in combined personal followers and an influence score of 100. Josué Gonçalves (Brazil #2) and Estevam Hernandes (Brazil #3) rank behind him.
How many Brazilian pastors are in the Pastor Influence 100?
13 of 101, 13 percent of the index. That makes Brazil the number 2 country by seat count, behind United States at 45 and ahead of Nigeria at 8. The index covers 22 countries in all.
Which Brazilian pastor has the largest online audience?
Bruno Leonardo, at 90.99M across all four platforms, 71 percent of the Brazilian total alone. Most of it sits on one account: 76.3M on YouTube. Silas Malafaia is next at 9.35M. It is also the largest personal audience of any pastor in the index.
Why does Brazil rank so high on this list?
Audience per pastor. Brazil carries 127M in combined personal reach, 35 percent of the index total, from 13 pastors. The median Brazilian pastor holds 3.21M against 1.35M for the index. Brazilian pastors are strongest on YouTube, where they hold 66 percent of every follower the index counts, and weakest on TikTok at 2 percent.
Which Brazilian pastor is growing the fastest?
Samuel Felipe of Igreja Evangélica Manancial da Graça, whose personal YouTube channel grew +111% in one year to 550K subscribers. Growth is the 1-year change in personal YouTube subscribers, and 11 of the 13 Brazilian pastors carry a verified figure.
Where in Brazil are these pastors based?
São Paulo has 5 of the 13, more than any other city. The rest are spread across 6 other cities, from Salvador and Porto Alegre to Rio de Janeiro and São Luís. 2 entries carry no city in the dataset and are left blank rather than assigned one.
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