Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) comes a close second with 4,869,849 fans, followed by Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni at the third spot with 3,327,033 followers.
Nine of the top-ten most-followed sporting personalities in India were cricketers with tennis star Sania Mirza the only exception at number seven.
Others on the list were Indian opening batsman Virender Sehwag (No.4) with 3,180,081 followers, all-rounder Yuvraj Singh (fifth) with 2,723,090 fans, followed by the likes of Suresh Raina, pacer Zaheer Khan, batsmen Gautam Gambhir and Rohit Sharma.
