Maulana Tariq Jamil is a Pakistani Islamic scholar affiliated with the Tablighi Jamaat movement whose decades of grassroots sermonizing translated into one of the largest religious digital followings in South Asia.
Total Followers +0.0%
14.4M
Across Instagram, YouTube
Primary Platform
5.5M followers · 39% of audience
Engagement
0.4%
vs. 1.5% category median
Sponsorship Tier
Mega
Est. $67K–$155K / IG post
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| Last 7 days | +3K +0.1% | +0 +0.0% | +0 +0.0% | +3K |
| Last 30 days | +6K +0.1% | +0 +0.0% | +0 +0.0% | +6K |
| Last 90 days | -15517 -0.3% | +0 +0.0% | +0 +0.0% | -15517 |
| Last 365 days | -15517 -0.3% | +0 +0.0% | +0 +0.0% | -15517 |
Daily follower snapshots from CreatorDB's longitudinal index.
| Brand | Type | Platform | Date | Performance vs. baseline |
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| MTJ (clothing brand) Fashion / Apparel | Founder / owned brand | 2019–Long-term | — | |
| MTJF Pakistan (Molana Tariq Jameel Foundation) Nonprofit / Charity | Founder / owned brand | Long-term | — | |
| MTJ Online Education / E-learning | Founder / owned brand | YouTube | Long-term | — |
Maulana Tariq Jamil is a Pakistani Islamic scholar affiliated with the Tablighi Jamaat movement whose decades of grassroots sermonizing translated into one of the largest religious digital followings in South Asia. Born in Tulamba, Punjab, he studied at Jamia Arabia Raiwind and built a reputation for emotionally accessible Urdu-language bayaans — sermons centered on repentance, compassion, and Muslim unity. A crossover quality distinguishes him from conventional clerics: his sustained outreach to Pakistani celebrities, cricketers, and media figures brought him mainstream cultural visibility well before social media amplified his reach. He has appeared in The Muslim 500 — the annual ranking of the world's most influential Muslims — continuously since 2012.
His content concentrates around Islamic calendar occasions — Rabi ul Awwal, Muharram, Eid — with YouTube serving as his stronger engagement platform, where bayaan-format videos draw an invested audience despite the more passive consumption patterns typical of mega-scale religious figures on Instagram. His following spans Pakistan, India, and diaspora communities in the United States and United Kingdom, skewing notably toward younger adults within South Asian Muslim communities. He has institutionalized his mission through the Maulana Tariq Jamil Foundation (MTJF) and MTJ Online. As Islamic content continues to scale across digital platforms, his scholarly credibility and foundation infrastructure position him as a durable anchor for brands and causes targeting observant Muslim audiences across South Asia and its global diaspora.
Tariqjamilofficial reaches an audience concentrated in PAK primarily through Instagram, and is best activated via long-form YouTube integrations, Instagram Reels and Stories. Their sponsorship history skews toward Fashion / Apparel, Nonprofit / Charity, Education / E-learning, a clear signal of fit for brands in those categories. Demonstrated partners include MTJ (clothing brand) and MTJF Pakistan (Molana Tariq Jameel Foundation). Engagement on Instagram runs around 0.4%, which points to an audience better suited to category-relevant, mid-funnel campaigns than to pure-reach buys. The channel's mix of long-form YouTube integrations and Instagram Reels and Stories lets a sponsor choose between short awareness placements and longer, more detailed integrations. Because the audience follows education content rather than arriving through untargeted reach, sponsorships that match the channel's subject matter tend to convert more efficiently than broad placements. A consistent, on-topic posting focus gives sponsors a predictable, brand-safe environment, lowering placement risk compared with broad, general-interest channels. Campaigns here are best measured on qualified engagement and consideration within the niche rather than on raw impression volume. For PAK-focused brands in Fashion / Apparel and related categories, Tariqjamilofficial offers a defined, creative-fit audience rather than broad, low-intent impressions.
Benchmark estimates for a creator at Tariqjamilofficial's tier (Mega, 14.4M combined followers, PAK). Pulled from CreatorDB's category benchmarks.
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MTJ is the widely used abbreviation for Maulana Tariq Jameel, the full title and name of the Islamic scholar behind the @tariqjamilofficial account. Fans, media, and affiliated institutions across Pakistan regularly shorten his name to MTJ when referencing his lectures, international tours, and events — such as the MTJ in Canada series.
Jamia Al-Hasanain (جامعة الحسنین) is the Islamic seminary founded by Maulana Tariq Jameel in Pakistan, where students pursue traditional Islamic sciences. He uses his official social accounts to announce admissions windows and share highlights from annual graduation ceremonies, making it one of the recurring real-world institutions his online audience actively follows.
Yousaf Jamil is Maulana Tariq Jameel's son and has developed his own public presence in Pakistan. The hashtag #yousafjamil appears regularly on the official account, reflecting that father and son share overlapping audiences and sometimes appear together in content or public events.
Maulana Tariq Jameel spoke out against Sweden in response to the widely condemned Quran-burning incidents that occurred there in 2022–2023, which provoked outrage across the global Muslim community. His use of the hashtag #bycottsweedan on his official account is consistent with his broader role as a voice on issues that touch on the dignity of Islamic sanctities.
Yes — the hashtag #mtjincanada on his official account confirms he has toured Canada and delivered lectures there, reaching Pakistani diaspora communities and broader Muslim audiences abroad. International visits are a regular extension of his preaching mission beyond Pakistan.
Maulana Tariq Jameel is one of the most prominent public figures associated with the Tablighi Jamaat, a global Islamic revival movement rooted in South Asia. His preaching style — centered on personal spiritual reform, love for the Prophet, and staying clear of political partisanship — closely mirrors the movement's core methodology.
Yes — he is widely known in Pakistan for holding one-on-one conversations with leading entertainers, cricketers, and public figures, moments that often go viral because of their emotional intensity. These exchanges have been a major reason for his crossover appeal well beyond traditional religious audiences, drawing younger viewers who might not otherwise engage with an Islamic scholar.
His bayaans (Islamic sermons or lectures) span both spiritual and practical social themes — including marriage ethics, the emotional damage of taunting children, controlling desires during Eid, repentance, and youth guidance. This blend of classical Islamic teaching with relatable, everyday life advice is a defining feature of his content style and a key driver of his engagement rates well above the category norm.
His YouTube channel holds the larger audience — approaching 9 million subscribers — compared to over 5.5 million followers on Instagram, making it his primary platform by reach. YouTube engagement on his content runs exceptionally high, driven by long-form bayaans that viewers watch through to completion, a strong signal of deep audience loyalty.
India is his largest international audience by a significant margin, reflecting the shared Urdu-language heritage and large Muslim population across the subcontinent. He also draws consistent viewership from Pakistani diaspora communities in the United States, France, and Canada — countries where his international tour activity further reinforces that following.
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