15 Most Popular Jamaicans
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Jamaica is best known around the world mostly for music, sports, films, tourism, food and Pan-Africanism with most of the groundwork being done by individuals such as Marcus Garvey, Harry Belafonte, Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff, Donald O’Riley Quarrie CD, Louise Bennett-Coverley (Miss Lou), Shabba Ranks and others.
In recent times, famous Jamaicans such as Usain Bolt, Shaggy, Sean Paul, Spice, Shenseea, Jada Kingdom, Koffee, Vybz Kartel, Buju Banton, Raheem Sterling and others have been at the forefront of promoting the brand Jamaica.
This list was curated by Yardhype on September 12, 2024, and it’s based on the total social media followers of each individual. The social media pages checked are Facebook, Instagram, X(formerly Twitter), TikTok and YouTube. Spotify and a few others were not added to the numbers.
Honourable mention, Buju Banton: The Gargamel has over 1.5 million followers on Instagram, over 1.4 million followers on Facebook, 91 thousand followers on X(formerly Twitter), over 563 thousand followers on YouTube and over 509 thousand followers on TikTok, the Reggae/Dancehall artiste has around 4 Million followers in total across all her major social media pages, with exception to Spotify and a few others.
15. Koffee: The ‘Lockdown‘ artiste has over 1.4 million followers on Instagram, over 1.8 million followers on Facebook, 212 thousand followers on X(formerly Twitter), over 1.7 million followers on YouTube and she’s not on TikTok, the Spanish Town native has around 5.1 Million followers in total across all her major social media pages.
14. Stephen Marley: Bob Marley’s son has over 1 million followers on Instagram, over 3.2 million followers on Facebook, 362 thousand followers on X(formerly Twitter), over 100 thousand followers on TikTok and over 641 thousand followers on YouTube, Stephen has around 5.3 Million followers in total across all her major social media pages.
13. Jada Kingdom: Aka Mumma Heavy has over 2.9 million followers on Instagram, over 208 thousand followers on Facebook, 362 thousand followers on X(formerly Twitter), over 712 million followers on YouTube and over 2 million followers on TikTok, Jada Kingdom has around 6.1 Million followers in total across all her major social media pages, with exception to Spotify and a few others.
12. Shaggy: Mr. Boombastic has over 1.3 million followers on Instagram, over 1.2 million followers on Facebook, 128 thousand followers on X(formerly Twitter), over 2.9 million followers on YouTube and over 787 thousand followers on TikTok, Shaggy has around 6.3 Million followers in total across all his major social media pages, with exception to Spotify and a few others.
11. Vybz Kartel: Arguably Dancehall’s reigning King has over 2.8 million followers on Instagram, over 531 thousand followers on Facebook, 114 thousand followers on X(formerly Twitter), over 3.1 million followers on YouTube and over 1.4 million followers on TikTok, the Gaza deejay has around 7.9 Million followers in total across all his major social media pages, with exception to Spotify and a few others.
10. Popcaan: The Dancehall superstar has over 3.2 million followers on Instagram, over 1.9 million followers on Facebook, 729 thousand followers on X(formerly Twitter), over 2.2 million followers on YouTube and over 349 million followers on TikTok, Popcaan has around 8.3 Million followers in total across all his major social media pages, with exception to Spotify and a few others.
9. Spice: The Queen of Dancehall has over 4.4 million followers on Instagram, over 2.3 million followers on Facebook, 392 thousand followers on X(formerly Twitter), over 2.6 million followers on YouTube and over 779 thousand followers on TikTok, Spice has around 10.4 Million followers in total across all her major social media pages, with exception to Spotify and a few others.
8. Damian Marley: Damian has over 1.5 million followers on Instagram, over 5.9 million followers on Facebook, 521 thousand followers on X(formerly Twitter), he’s not on TikTok and over 2.7 million followers on YouTube, Jr. Gong who is the second youngest child of Bob Marley has around 10.6 Million followers in total across all her major social media pages, with exception to Spotify and a few others.
7. DJ Akademiks: A Jamaican-American social media influencer has over 5.3 million followers on Instagram, over 493 thousand followers on Facebook, 1.6 million followers on X(formerly Twitter), over 2.8 million followers on YouTube and over 1 million followers on TikTok, DJ Akademiks has around 11.1 Million followers in total across all his major social media pages, with exception to Spotify and a few others.
6. Shenseea: Dancehall’s princess has over 7.6 million followers on Instagram, over 1.2 million followers on Facebook, 323 thousand followers on X(formerly Twitter), over 3.2 million followers on YouTube and over 6 million followers on TikTok, Shenyeng has around 18.2 Million followers in total across all her major social media pages, with exception to Spotify and a few others.
5. Rajeem Sterling: The Jamaican-born English footballer has over 10.8 million followers on Instagram, over 6.5 million followers on Facebook, over 3.5 million followers on X(formerly Twitter), over 343 thousand followers on YouTube and over 2 million followers on TikTok, Sterling has around 23.1 Million followers in total across all his major social media pages.
4. Sean Paul: The Dancehall heavyweight has over 2 million followers on Instagram, over 13 million followers on Facebook, over 1.3 million followers on X(formerly Twitter), over 4.8 million followers on YouTube and over 2.3 million followers on TikTok, Dutty Paul has around 23.4 Million followers in total across all his major social media pages, with exception to Spotify and a few others.
3. Chris Gayle: The most famous Jamaican cricketer in history has over 5.9 million followers on Instagram, over 13 million followers on Facebook, over 4.9 million followers on X(formerly Twitter), over 158 thousand followers on YouTube and over 1.5 million followers on TikTok, Gayle has around 25.5 Million followers in total across all his major social media pages.
2. Usain Bolt: The Jamaican sprinting legend has over 14.1 million followers on Instagram, over 21 million followers on Facebook, 4.7 million on X(formerly Twitter), Bolt doesn’t have a YouTube Channel and over 366 thousand followers on TikTok, Bold has around 40.1 Million followers in total across all his major social media pages.
1. Bob Marley: The Reggae legend has over 9.8 million followers on Instagram, over 66 million followers on Facebook, 1.4 million followers on X(formerly Twitter), over 4.8 million followers on YouTube and over 1.7 million followers on TikTok, Bob Marley has around 83.7 Million followers in total across all his major online/social media pages, with exception to Spotify and a few others.
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