Cristiano Ronaldo remains the most successful footballer in the world, at least on Instagram. Data and analytics firm Nielsen Gracenote has named the Portuguese the most influential kicker on the social media platform ahead of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
With a score of 471 million (as of September 1, 2022), Ronaldo has the largest number of followers in the world, and therefore also among football players.
Instagram posts bring a huge shower of money to Ronaldo
Over the past year, the number of “fans” has increased by 47%. According to the analysis of the English company, a post from the Manchester United striker earns an average of almost 3.5 million dollars. A house number with which Ronaldo leaves his rival Lionel Messi behind.
The Argentine is in second place in the standings. Messi has 358 million followers, a 38% increase and an average of $ 2.6 million per post, ahead of his two Paris St. Germain teammates.
Mbappé in fourth place – Vinicius Junior and Gavi grab him
Third place goes to Neymar (176 million followers, 13% growth, $ 1.1 million per post) ahead of Kylian Mbappé in fourth place (72 million followers, 32%, $ 1.1 million). In terms of interactions, no one can fool the French in the top 4: with a rate of five percent, he beat Ronaldo (2.2 percent), Messi (two) and Neymar (1.7).
Vinicius Junior of Real Madrid is the footballer in the top 10 with the fastest growth of followers, in fifth place, with an increase of 89% (21 million followers). Gavi of Barcelona is showing the greatest growth ever. The youngster, who didn’t finish in the top ten, has seen his profile rise by nearly 5100 percent in the past twelve months.
Kanté with the most interactions – Germany behind France and Co.
Meanwhile, eighth-placed N’golo Kanté (Chelsea FC) has the most interactions with a rate of 11%.
The Frenchman also plays in the most influential team in the World Cup. In the analysis, France ranks first among nations with 11.7 followers, ahead of Brazil and Portugal. The German national team around national team manager Hansi Flick came in seventh place with 4.9 million followers and a growth of 25%. Interesting: Almost 73 percent of followers are not from Germany.
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