Look for intruders. Only Cesc Fabregas, the leader of Monaco (8th), and two Lyonnais, Jérôme Boateng (10th) and Lucas Paqueta (13th), make their way among the Parisian players in the Top 20 most followed Ligue 1 players on Instagram . The ranking, updated Thursday by the IQUII Sport agency, remains dominated by a trio made up of Lionel Messi (306 million subscribers), Neymar (170M) and Mbappé (65M). 14 other PSG players monopolize this Top 20.
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17 PSG players rank in the top 20 Ligue 1 players on Instagram (in millions of followers) (DR / IQUII Sport)
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Cristiano Ronaldo flirts with 400 million subscribers
In Europe, the three PSG stars are preceded by only Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) whose number of subscribers on the network of the Meta group (ex-Facebook) flirts with 400 million (399M). Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan), Marcelo (Real Madrid), Paul Pogba (Manchester United), Sergio Ramos (PSG), Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) and Gareth Bale (Real Madrid) follow with more or less 50 million followers.
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The Top 20 Big 5 players on Instagram (in millions of followers). (DR/IQUII Sport)
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In the number of “followers” on Instagram, no club is as overwhelming in its Championship as PSG in Ligue 1 (17 players in the Top 20). Real Madrid, their opponent in the Champions League next Tuesday in Paris, has 11 in the Top 20 of La Liga, including Karim Benzema (3rd, 45 million). Follow FC Barcelona (6), Atlético de Madrid (2 including Antoine Griezmann, 35 million) and Sevilla FC (1).
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Robert Lewandowski 1st in Germany but 18th in Europe
In the five major European Championships, the other clubs dominating by the number of players ranked in the national Top 20 on Instagram are Bayern in Germany (11, including Benjamin Pavard, Kingsley Coman and Lucas Hernandez), challenged by Dortmund (6); Juventus in Italy (10 players), far ahead of Inter Milan (3) and AC Milan (2 including Theo Hernandez), Franck Ribéry (Salernitana) ranking 8th (6.4 million); and Manchester United in England (7 including Paul Pogba and Raphaël Varane), just ahead of Liverpool (6), Manchester City and Chelsea (including N’Golo Kanté) making equal play (3).
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Robert Lewandowski, the center forward of Bayern Munich, is the player playing in the Bundesliga with the most followers (24 million), a level which does not place the Pole, 2nd in the last Ballon d’Or France Socceronly in 18th place in the European general classification.
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