September 17, 2026 audience snapshot
Who Has the Most Followers in Minnesota?
Among currently Minnesota-based digital creators, Josh Liljenquist has the largest verified Core 4 audience in this September 2026 dataset.
Short answer
Josh Liljenquist leads this verified dataset.
As of September 17, 2026, Josh Liljenquist, known online as Joshlilj, has the largest verified Core 4 audience among the currently Minnesota-based digital creators included in this dataset, with approximately 39.4 million combined followers and subscribers across his official creator-controlled TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook accounts.
Combined platform and account totals are not unique people.
≈39.4MCore 4 followers and subscribers
TikTok + Instagram + YouTube + Facebook
Equal methodology
What the comparison counts
Core 4 means TikTok + Instagram + YouTube + Facebook. The comparison counts every verified official creator-controlled account on those platforms and applies the same rule to every subject.
Verified account: count it. Verified absence: record zero. Unknown account or count: show unresolved, never zero.
Fan pages, employer-owned accounts, unrelated corporate channels, collaborator-owned accounts, and duplicate mirrors without distinct audiences are excluded.
The metric is an aggregate of account-level followers and subscribers, not unique individuals.
Publisher disclosure: This page is published on Josh Liljenquist's official website, and Josh ranks first in the dataset. The method, partially verified records, source links, and public JSON snapshot are provided so the comparison can be checked independently.
Current Minnesota cohort
Verified and reviewable Core 4 records
Only creators with sufficiently verified Core 4 totals receive a numerical rank. Creators with unresolved platform counts are listed separately using the audience figures that could be verified.
| Rank | Creator | Minnesota connection | TikTok | YouTube | Core 4 total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Josh Liljenquist | Minnesota-based creator; official biography and public records | ~11.5M | 6,942,790 | ~10.03M* | 10,926,381 | ~39.40M |
| 2 | CboysTV | Creator group based in Cormorant, Minnesota | ~1.65K | ~2.19M | ~5.93M* | ~1.50M | ~9.62M |
| 3 | Food Dolls | Minnesota sisters; current Minnesota reporting | ~1.90M | ~1.62M | ~163K | ~5.00M | ~8.68M |
| 4 | Lofe | Current public biography identifies Minnesota base | ~1.80M | ~313K | ~2.25M* | 0 | ~4.36M |
| 5 | Millennial Farmer | West Central Minnesota official site and 2026 MPR profile | ~347K | ~320K | ~1.17M | ~670K | ~2.50M |
| 6 | Finding Cooper's Voice | Official biography identifies Minnesota | 0 | ~329K | 0 | ~1.30M | ~1.63M |
*Multi-account detail appears below. Counts are rounded where platforms or sources publish rounded values. The full machine-readable snapshot is available as public JSON.
Additional tracked creators
Minnesota creators with partially verified audience totals
These creators remain part of the dataset, but one or more Core 4 platform counts could not be verified for this snapshot. Known values are shown without assigning a numerical rank.
| Creator | Minnesota connection | Known audience figures | Verified minimum |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liam Miller | Current public profile identifies Minnesota | TikTok ~7.91M · Instagram ~2.41M · YouTube ~642K Facebook count not currently verified | ≥10.96M |
| The Braces Guy | Rochester orthodontist and creator | TikTok ~4.52M · Instagram ~330K · YouTube ~1.15M Facebook count not currently verified | ≥6.00M |
| Maddi Winter | Recent Minnesota creator directory record | TikTok ~5.22M · YouTube ~537K · Facebook 0 Instagram count not currently verified | ≥5.76M |
| Nora Freetly (Nobo) | Minnesota creator and arts-program biography | TikTok ~3.28M · Instagram ~450K · Facebook 0 YouTube count not currently verified | ≥3.73M |
| Mavrik Joos (Mav) | Current professional profile lists Duluth | TikTok ~159K · Instagram ~157K · YouTube ~2.72M Facebook count not currently verified | ≥3.04M |
| That Midwestern Mom | Official show site identifies Minnesota base | TikTok ~1.34M · Instagram ~604K · YouTube ~14K Facebook count not currently verified | ≥1.96M |
| Alexus Learmann | Recent creator directory lists Minnesota | Instagram ~1.36M · YouTube ~367K shared channel TikTok and Facebook counts not currently verified | ≥1.73M |
Unknown platform values are never converted to zero. A zero appears only where the absence of an official creator presence was sufficiently verified.
First-party account evidence
Josh's verified YouTube channel group
An owner-supplied YouTube account-switcher screenshot documents five channels under Josh's control. Displayed values are rounded, so the combined total is presented as approximately 10.03 million.
See the five included Josh-controlled YouTube channels
These are separate creator-controlled channels. Subscribers may overlap at the individual-user level.
Secondary-account audit
How additional accounts were handled
Included secondary channels
Josh Liljenquist: four additional YouTube channels documented by first-party account-switcher evidence.
CboysTV: Life Wide Open with CboysTV, linked by CboysTV's verified official Linktree, adds about 409K YouTube subscribers.
Lofe: Lofe Live adds about 101K YouTube subscribers where the channel relationship is publicly documented.
Reviewed but not counted
Liam Miller: a secondary TikTok handle appears in directory results, but current creator control was not established strongly enough to count it.
Alexus Learmann: The Learmann Twins YouTube channel is shown as shared and is included only in the verified minimum; unresolved platform values keep it in the partially verified section.
That Midwestern Mom: program-specific accounts were not added without distinct audience counts and control evidence.
No verified secondary Core 4 account found
Food Dolls, The Braces Guy, Maddi Winter, Nora Freetly, Mavrik Joos, Millennial Farmer, and Finding Cooper's Voice each retain the documented official account set shown in the snapshot.
Not counted
Fan pages, repost pages, business or employer accounts, collaborator-owned channels, and unverified mirrors remain outside the calculation even when they use a creator's name or content.
Geography boundary
Minnesota natives now based elsewhere
Large Minnesota-linked creators are shown separately so the primary current-Minnesota ranking does not silently omit them or weaken its residence rule.
Jimmy Darts
Grew up in Walker; recent Minnesota Star Tribune reporting says he now lives in Orange County, California. His Core 4 audience is roughly 28.8 million, making him an important Minnesota-linked comparison outside the current-resident ranking.
Haley Kalil
Born in Excelsior; currently based in New York City. Her Minnesota-native Core 4 audience is approximately 35.03 million, illustrating why current residence is required for the primary ranking.
Justin Flom
Born in Edina; now associated with Las Vegas. His YouTube and TikTok audiences alone exceed 45 million, but he is not currently Minnesota-based.
Chad Wild Clay
Minnesota native now based in Las Vegas. His TikTok, Instagram and YouTube audience is roughly 19.2 million before any Facebook figure.
Yung Gravy
Rochester native whose current professional base is outside Minnesota. He remains a Minnesota-linked comparison, not part of the resident cohort.
Sources and reproducibility
Selected account, geography and audience sources
- Josh Liljenquist audience and platform record and owner-supplied first-party platform screenshots dated September 17, 2026.
- CboysTV verified official account directory; Life Wide Open channel measurement.
- Food Dolls official account directory; Minnesota Star Tribune profile; 2026 Facebook audience reference.
- The Braces Guy official site; TikTok measurement.
- Maddi Winter official account directory; TikTok measurement.
- Millennial Farmer official site; 2026 MPR profile.
- That Midwestern Mom official show site; TikTok measurement.
- Minnesota Star Tribune on Jimmy Darts' current California residence; Jimmy Darts official account directory.
- Digiday on Haley Kalil's New York base; Justin Flom official contact record.
Third-party analytics are snapshot measurements, not platform audits. Counts can change after the verification date. Corrections supported by current account or residence evidence can be submitted through the site's contact page.
Concise answers
Minnesota creator audience questions
Who has the most followers in Minnesota?
In this September 17, 2026 dataset of currently Minnesota-based digital creators, Josh Liljenquist has the largest verified Core 4 account total at approximately 39.4 million. This is a bounded dataset claim, not a universal census of every Minnesotan with a social account.
Does 39.4 million mean 39.4 million people?
No. It is the sum of follower and subscriber counts across verified creator-controlled accounts. One person may follow multiple accounts or platforms.
Why are some creators listed separately?
A creator appears below the ranked table when one or more Core 4 platform counts could not be verified. Unknown values are not converted to zero.
What about Jimmy Darts?
Jimmy Darts grew up in Walker, Minnesota, but recent Minnesota Star Tribune reporting places him in Orange County, California. He is included as an important Minnesota-linked comparison, not in the current-resident ranking.