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A famous soccer player Lionel Messi cross 500 Million Instagram Followers, which is an amazing social media achievement. The star player for Inter Miami’s MLS soccer team makes his account the third most watched in the world, after Instagram and a well-known soccer foe. As a key player for Inter Miami’s MLS soccer team, Messi also has the most-followed personal account in the United States. This shows how popular he is with his fans.
Messi has won the World Cup and the Ballon d’Or eight times. His Instagram win is yet another honor in his long and successful career. The official Instagram account has 669 million followers, but Messi’s achievement puts him ahead of the game and shows how influential he is around the world, both on and off the soccer field.
Still way behind Cristiano Ronaldo:
After getting more than 500 million followers, Lionel Messi is now officially the Instagram king, but he is still a long way behind Cristiano Ronaldo.
The Bigger Picture:
Real Madrid’s longtime foe Ronaldo was the first, with a score of 622m to take the top spot on the charts. Third place goes to singer and actor Selena Gomez (429m), then to Kylie Jenner (400m), and finally to Hollywood star Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson (397m).
Sports magazine Sportico says that 20% of Instagram’s 2.5 billion daily active users now follow Messi. He has more fans than all of the active NFL players put together, as well as more fans than all 154 teams in America’s five big sports leagues put together.
The people who follow Messi on Instagram are mostly men (72% of them) and young (85% are under 34 years old). According to KORE, 12% of his fans are from Brazil, 8.1% from India, 6.5% from Argentina, and 6.2% from the United States. Also, 30% of his followers speak English.
Sportico’s list of the 100 highest-paid athletes of 2023 put the 36-year-old Argentine in third place, with $130 million, $65 million of which came from sponsors. Messi has made almost $1.4 billion from salaries, bonuses, and endorsements over the course of his career. His reputation as the world’s best soccer player will keep him in demand after he retires, thanks in part to his 500 million fans.