In September 2022, American professional basketball player LeBron James was the most followed English-language athlete on Instagram with a total of 132.6 million people following his account. Overall, Welsh football player Gareth Bale ranked in second place with over 48 million followers, and American professional basketball player Stephen Curry ranked third with an Instagram following of 46.3 million. Although men dominated the top English-language athlete Instagram profiles, American professional wrestler Ronda Rousey ranked tenth with 16 million followers as of September 2022.
Leading English-language athletes on Instagram worldwide as of September 2022, by followers
(in millions)
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