Instagram: 675 Million People Follow One Footballer

Cristiano Ronaldo's ~675M followers make him the most-followed human on any platform — only Instagram's own account (~685M) sits above him.

The top 3

  1. Ronaldo: The Man Bigger Than Most Countries: At ~675M Instagram followers, Ronaldo's audience outnumbers the population of every country on Earth except India and China — and he was the first person to 1B combined followers in 2024.
  2. Messi: Second Even Here: Lionel Messi holds Instagram's #2 human spot at ~507M followers — roughly 168M behind his eternal rival, a gap bigger than Selena Gomez's entire following... almost.
  3. Selena Gomez: Queen of the Grid: With ~415M followers, Selena Gomez is the most-followed woman on Instagram, holding #3 among humans ahead of Kylie Jenner (~392M) and Dwayne Johnson (~391M).

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