In August 2021, the football player Gianluigi Buffon was the most-followed Italian-language athlete on the photo sharing app platform Instagram, with approximately 10.15 million followers. Giorgio Chiellini ranked second with 4.81 followers, while Federico Bernardeschi Instagram page reported 2.66 million followers.
Football teams and Instagram
The photo app Instagram seems to be quite often utilized by football teams in order to promote their image and increase their engagement with fans.
Considering the Instagram number of likes of the Juventus FC, the number of likes peaked on the 5th of February with 2,147,026 likes, as well as on the 15th of February, when the number of likes reached 2,435,454.
Leading teams
As of August 2020, Juventus FC was the leading club on Instagram with the highest number of followers (41.37 million), followed by AC Milan (8.06 million) and FC Internazionale Milano (5.37 million). Lastly, AS Roma, and SSC Naples reached 3.36 million and 2.29 million fans on Instagram, respectively. If we observe the ranking of the most popular players belonging to the Juventus FC, Cristiano Ronaldo was first, followed by Paulo Dybala and Gianluigi Buffon.
Leading Italian-language athletes on Instagram worldwide as of August 2021, by followers
(in millions)
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weCreate. (September 7, 2021). Leading Italian-language athletes on Instagram worldwide as of August 2021, by followers (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 29, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/799777/instagram-most-followed-athletes-in-italy/
weCreate. "Leading Italian-language athletes on Instagram worldwide as of August 2021, by followers (in millions)." Chart. September 7, 2021. Statista. Accessed May 29, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/799777/instagram-most-followed-athletes-in-italy/
weCreate. (2021). Leading Italian-language athletes on Instagram worldwide as of August 2021, by followers (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 29, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/799777/instagram-most-followed-athletes-in-italy/
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