Cristiano Ronaldo has recently become the first person to cross 300m followers on Instagram. So here we take a look at the players playing at Euro 2020 who form a part of the Most Influential XI.
The data includes the ‘Most Influential 11’, a starting eleven based on the most followed players in each position:
| Position | Player | Followers |
| GK | David de Gea | 11.2m |
| D | David Alaba | 6.2m |
| D | Matthijs de Ligt | 5.4m |
| D | Raphael Varane | 15.1m |
| D | Jordi Alba | 13.2m |
| MF | Eden Hazard | 27m |
| MF | Luka Modric | 19.5m |
| MF | Toni Kroos | 28m |
| MF | Paul Pogba | 45.1m |
| F | Kylian Mbappe | 52.6m |
| F | Cristiano Ronaldo | 305m |
This may be the most influential starting eleven on social media, but such a strong line-up would also surely have a great chance of going on to win the tournament.
In goal, Spain’s David De Gea is the most followed goalkeeper at the competition with 11.2m followers. Meanwhile in defence, a following of 5.4m puts Netherlands’ Matthijs de Light among the most popular defenders and sees him partner up alongside Raphaël Varane, Jordi Alba, and David Alaba for a combined defensive following of 39.9m.
