Darnell Clayton 
So the top spoken languages on Earth are:
🥇 English
🥈 Mandarin (Chinese)
🥉 Hindi
👉🏾 https://www.ethnologue.com/insights/ethnologue200/
I am also surprised that more people speak Portuguese than Russian.
What are the top 200 most spoken languages?
The Ethnologue 200 For over 15 years, we've published a list of the largest languages in the world – often cited by top-tier publications. Chances are, if you've seen a website or blog listing the "largest" or "most spoken" languages, it was from one iteration or another of our list.
Abdiel