We are in the age of social media and off screen presence is a thing to note. While the footballers are giving it their best on the field, we always wonder what their following is on social media. Followers are one criteria to gauge the craze or fan base of a player. Ever wondered who is the most Followed Footballer in 2025 ? Well in this article we look at the most followed footballer in 2025. We have taken Instagram as the metrics as most of the footballer are active in that social media.
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Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) – 669 Million
Cristiano Ronaldo is undoubtedly the most followed person in Instagram. He beats Messi to first place in this one and his love for Instagram is clear by the amount he posts on the social media platform. The Portugal legend loves to show off his family, girlfriend and washboard abs on the Instagram app. 40 year old Cristiano Ronaldo is winning on and off the field.
No individual in the world can boast more followers than Ronaldo, who also overtook big celebrities like Taylor Swift in the social media charts. It is going to take some beating to knock Ronaldo off the top spot of this list in the coming years and 2025 has once again seen the dominance of Portugal and Al Nassr forward Ronaldo.
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Lionel Messi ( Argentina) – 511 Million
Lionel Messi is arguably one of the greatest football player in the world. Nevertheless, Lionel Messi sits in second place on our Instagram followers list, something we doubt he’ll care too much about. The Argentine football legend still has more than half a billion followers on Instagram which is more than the combined population of South America.
Messi also has the most liked post when he posted a picture of him waking up next to the FIFA World Cup in the bed. He already has a widespread fame and when he was coming through Barcelona’s youth team, Gerard Pique and Cesc Fabregas thought Messi was silent and he spoke so little. Messi does his talking on the football pitch, racking up every major European trophy available before taking his talents to South Beach, Miami. There is no doubt why fans across the world have fallen in love with him throughout his career. He is in the second spot of most followed footballers
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Neymar (Brazil) – 231 Million
Neymar is one of the most creative players on the field and he has already amassed a crazy tally of Instagram followers throughout his illustrious career. More people follow to see the Al Hilal forward give a thumbs up to the camera or pose in golf trousers. Although he has become talking point of Brazil in the recent years due to his involvement and sharing views on Instagram.
During the 2022 Brazil election, the most expensive player in football history was persuaded to post a video in support of the presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro. Even with Neymar dancing to a campaign theme, Bolsonaro lost the election race to Lula, who garnered support from past generations of Brazilian footballers. But none the less Neymar with over 200 Millions followers is third on the list.
