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Follow along
Where to follow Radiohead and the fans, platform by platform: the band’s own accounts first, then the people who keep the rest going.
- instagramofficial@radiohead4.8m followersThe band’s account, where tours are announced and the odd unannounced clip turns up.follow
- instagramofficial@thomyorke1.2m followersThom, posting rarely and obliquely, which is the correct amount.follow
- instagramofficial@thesmiletheband385k followersThe Smile’s own account, and the fastest place to hear about their dates.follow
- instagramofficial@stanleydonwood160k followersNew prints, and paintings while they are still being painted.follow
- instagramofficial@eobofficial140k followersEd O’Brien, under the name he records his own music with.follow
- instagramofficial@colingreenwood80k followersThe bassist and the band’s in-house photographer, here since the book in 2024.follow
- instagramofficial@philipselway52k followersSolo records, scores, and the odd photograph from the road.follow
- instagramrun by fans@radioheadcommunity289k followersThe biggest fan account by a distance: news, clips from every night of a tour, birthdays and artwork, most days.follow
- instagramrun by fans@radiohead.latinamerica26k followersRadiohead news in Spanish, for Mexico, Argentina, Chile and the rest of the continent.follow
- instagramrun by fans@heady.radio7k followersOne lyric at a time over a picture. Send it a favourite line.follow
- instagramrun by fans@radioheadnews2k followersAt Ease on Instagram, the account of the oldest news desk still running.follow
- facebookofficialRadiohead10m followersThe band’s page, the biggest audience they have anywhere.follow
- facebookrun by fansThe Radiohead Fans Page254k membersThe biggest Radiohead group on Facebook, a public one going since 2014, with a few dozen new posts a day. No politics, no selling and no AI pictures.follow
- facebookrun by fansRadiohead Club54k followersFans in their Radiohead shirts, their tattoos and their covers, sent in and shared.follow
- facebookrun by fansThom Yorke Fan Group17k membersThom first, and Radiohead, Atoms for Peace and the solo records with him. A private group since 2014: ask to join.follow
- facebookrun by fansThe Smile Band Fans14k membersThe biggest Smile group, started days after the band first played, on the Glastonbury stream in May 2021. Private: ask to join.follow
- facebookrun by fansThe Smile Band United6k membersSmaller than the one above and busier, with something new most days. Private: ask to join.follow
- facebookrun by fansCodexCollectors of Radiohead posters, prints and memorabilia, showing what they have and finding what they lack.follow
- facebookrun by fansRadiohead GifsOne rule: every post is a Radiohead gif.follow
- facebookrun by fansRadiohead en EspañolThe band in Spanish, for fans from Spain to Argentina.follow
- redditrun by fansr/radioheadThe biggest crowd in the fandom now, for better and for worse: a thread for every show and every record.follow
- redditrun by fansr/TheSmileThe quieter room, for the band Thom and Jonny made with Tom Skinner.follow
- redditrun by fansr/thomyorkeThom’s solo records, scores and side roads.follow
Sizes are rough, as of October 2026. An account or a group missing? Tell me.
The websites, the archives and the forums are on the links page.