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The Most Popular 'Days of Our Lives' Stars, Ranked From Lowest to Highest Following

The stars of Days of Our Lives are all very popular in their own right!

The series, which first premiered in 1965, is now one of the longest-running scripted television series in the world, airing almost every day since. The show chronicles of the lives, loves, trials and tribulations of the citizens of the fictional city of Salem.

Plenty of viewers have grown attached to the characters featured on Days, and have followed the actors along on their adventures off-camera as well.

We’ve rounded up all the past and present Days of Our Lives stars, and ranked them according to their popularity on social media. Many of the stars have hundreds of thousands of followers!

Click through to find out who the most popular Days of Our Lives stars are, ranked…

15 Real Life Soap Opera Couple Breakups, Including Called Off Engagements, Divorces & 1 Love Triangle That Could Be the Plot of a Show

Relationship drama often drives the plot of our favorite soap operas, and a happy ending isn’t always right around the corner.

Some characters find a fairytale love story, but it’s rarely without a few bumps along the road. After all, affairs, amnesia and so many other unexpected plot twists make it pretty hard for a relationship to go the distance.

There isn’t often quite as much drama in real life, but the set of a soap opera is actually a spot where romantic relationships are born between costars. While there aren’t as many wild plot twists, these love stories can be nearly as contentious as the ones we see onscreen.

And they aren’t all guaranteed to last.

We previously rounded up 15 soap opera couples who are dating in real life, including one that has been married for nearly 50 years!

However, we were able to find as many former couples who have broken up. Several actors have dated and even married multiple costars. Others made it decades before deciding to call things off.

The list also includes stars who divorced and called of engagements or simply broke things off. There’s also one iconic love triangle that started out as the plot of a popular soap opera before bleeding over into real life!

Scroll through the slideshow to see a lineup of soap opera power couples who split up…

15 Real Life Soap Opera Couples That Broke Up, Including 1 Love Triangle That Spilled Over From a Show

Relationship drama often drives the plot of our favorite soap operas, and a happy ending is far from guaranteed.

Some characters find a fairytale love story, but it’s rarely without a few bumps along the road. After all, affairs, amnesia and so many other unexpected plot twists make it pretty hard for a relationship to last.

There isn’t often anywhere near as much drama in real life, but the set of a soap opera is actually a spot where romantic relationships are born between costars. While there aren’t as many wild plot twists, these love stories can be nearly as contentious as the ones we see onscreen. They aren’t all guaranteed to last.

We previously rounded up 15 soap opera couples who are dating in real life, including one that has been married for nearly 50 years!

However, we were able to find as many former couples who have broken up. Several actors have dated and even married multiple costars. Others made it decades before deciding to call things off.

The list also includes one love triangle that started out as the plot of a popular soap opera before bleeding over into real life!

Scroll through the slideshow to see a lineup of soap opera power couples who split up…