Before his fight at UFC 205, Conor McGregor famously said, “I run this whole sh–. I run New York. I’m the reason we’re even here in the first place.” Judging from his Instagram numbers, he can credibly claim to run social media as well.
UFC’S INSTAGRAM KINGS
With almost 40 million followers, McGregor has a third more Instagram fans than second-place Khabib Nurmagomodov and more than six times the number of third-place Jon Jones.
UPDATED June 29, 2024
12) NICK DIAZ
Nicholas Robert Diaz
Division: Middleweight
Born August 2, 1983 🇺🇸 Stockton, California
Instagram followers: 1.6 million
11) CODY GARBRANDT
Cody Garbrandt
Division: Bantamweight
Born July 7, 1991 🇺🇸 Uhrichsville, Ohio
Instagram followers: 2.4 million
10) JOSE ALDO
José Aldo da Silva Oliveira Junior
Division: Featherweight
Born September 9, 1986 🇧🇷 Manaus, Brazil
Instagram followers: 2.6 million
9) DANIEL CORMIER
Daniel Ryan Cormier
Division: Heavyweight
Born March 20, 1979 🇺🇸 Lafayette, Louisiana
Instagram followers: 3 million
8) JORGE MASVIDAL
Jorge Masvidal
Division: Welterweight
Born November 12, 1984 🇺🇸 Miami, Florida
Instagram followers: 3.1 million
7) GEORGES ST-PIERRE
Georges St-Pierre
Division: Welterweight
Born May 19, 1981 🇨🇦 Montreal, Canada
Instagram followers: 4 million
6) ANDERSON SILVA
Anderson da Silva
Division: Light Heavyweight
Born April 14, 1975 🇧🇷 Sao Paulo, Brazil
Instagram followers: 4.4 million
5) NATE DIAZ
Nathan Donald Diaz
Division: Welterweight
Born April 16, 1985 🇺🇸 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Instagram followers: 5.7 million
4) ISRAEL ADESANYA
Israel Mobolaji Adesanya
Division: Middleweight
Born July 22, 1989 🇺🇸 Lagos, Nigeria
Instagram followers: 6.7 million
3) JON JONES
Jonathan Dwight Jones
Division: Light heavyweight
Born July 19, 1987 🇺🇸 Rochester, New York
Instagram followers: 6.9 million
2) KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOV
Khabib Abdulmanapovich Nurmagomedov
Weight class: Lightweight
Born September 20, 1988 🇷🇺 Dagestan, Russia
Instagram followers: 33.5 million
1) CONOR MCGREGOR
Conor Anthony McGregor
Division: Lightweight
Born July 14, 1988 🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland
Instagram followers: 46 million
Great article i didnt knew cody was that famaous