The 10 most followed soccer players on Instagram

The top soccer players are some of the most popular people in the world, along with politicians, musicians, other sports people and other celebrities. And Instagram is an indicator of popularity for these people. So out of the top ten of the most followed players, all of them are highly famous in any corner of the planet.

As expected, the most followed soccer player of all is Cristiano Ronaldo. who made it to 254 millions of followers. There are only four countries in the world with more population than that: China, India, USA and Indonesia. The Portuguese posts constantly on his social media and is all over it after matches and trainings, and also for his personal life.

When CR7 is mentioned, the next name that comes to mind is Lionel Messi. He is the second in the ranking, with 177 millions of people following him. Now his future is unknown, more people will follow him expecting him to communicate the news about his next team. Neymar closes the podium, with 145 millions.

Rest of the top ten (millions of followers):

4- James Rodriguez (46.6)

5- Marcelo Vieira, Kylian Mbappé and Zlatan Ibrahimovic (they have 46.2 each)

8- Gareth Bale (43.7)

9- Paul Pogba and Sergio Ramos (42.8 each)