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Top 10 athletes who gained the most followers on Instagram in 2022

From Lionel Messi’s Argentina winning the World Cup to Cristiano Ronaldo’s shock transfer to Saudi-based Al Nassr, the world’s sports superstars frequently graced the headlines in 2022. But with all that coverage and notoriety, which athlete saw the largest increase in their fanbase?

Top 10 athletes who gained the most followers on Instagram in 2022

RankNameProfession2021 Instagram follower count2022 Instagram follower countOverall increase 2021-2022
1Cristiano RonaldoFootballer382,556,277518,542,472135,986,195
2Lionel MessiFootballer293,193,175398,265,263105,072,088
3Neymar JrFootballer144,579,559181,093,56936,514,010
4LeBron JamesBasketball player 107,243,345136,717,17029,473,825
5Stephen CurryBasketball player32,215,94647,013,35214,797,406
6Conor McGregorUFC fighter38,066,55446,223,3748,156,820
7Canelo ÁlvarezBoxer6,394,41514,088,9437,694,528
8Giannis AntetokounmpoBasketball player8,704,30413,705,0105,000,706
9Lewis HamiltonFormula One driver26,495,36830,315,4093,820,041
10Klay ThompsonBasketball player10,773,72113,820,9653,047,244

Cristiano Ronaldo gained the most followers in 2022, having attracted 135,986,195 followers. He’s now the most followed person on Instagram, taking his total to over 518 million – 120 million more than rival, Lionel Messi!

This year, Messi added 105,072,088 followers to his Instagram account, 30 million less than Ronaldo. However, Lionel Messi’s “Champions of the World” Instagram post is the most liked EVER on the platform, with 74.6 million likes and counting – dethroning the World Record Egg’s post that accumulated over 59 million likes.

Messi’s PSG team mate, Neymar Jr comes in third. Spellbinding performances in Ligue 1 were tempered by an upset in the World Cup quarter-finals to Croatia. A talented but controversial figure, he still received an impressive 36,514,010 followers in 2022 (over 9x more than honorary Brazilian, Lewis Hamilton) 

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Basketball players LeBron James and Stephen Curry take fourth and fifth spots respectively. Whilst Uber-famous in the United States, basketball’s global brand isn’t as wide reaching as that of football, and so LeBron James taking on 29,473,825 followers in 2022 is hugely impressive. Curry took on 14,797,406 followers (11,750,162 more than his Golden State Warriors team mate, Klay Thompson, in 10th place)

Talented tennis player Naomi Osaka has had an incredible 4 years, winning multiple Grand Slams as well as the Australian Open in 2021. However, due to health issues, she did not participate in Wimbledon this year, leading to more followers leaving her than joining her. In 2022, Osaka lost 89,488 followers, the only sports star within our seed list to lose followers.

Read: Lionel Messi’s FIFA World Cup winning post becomes the Most Liked Photo on Instagram

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Rahul Roy
Rahul Roy
I am a computer guy by profession and a sports fanatic by choice.
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