From the time Ronda Rousey became the UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion in 2012, to her shocking loss to Holly Holm late in 2015, she remained one of the promotion’s biggest draws. Her mass appeal is reflected in her Instagram followers tally, which is more than four times that of any of the sport’s other women fighters.
QUEENS OF INSTAGRAM
After Rousey — who has gone on to become a WWE star — pinup model Paige VanZant is a distant second in terms of followers. Rose Namajunas and Holm are next in a battle for third place. Of the top dozen women UFC fighters on Instagram, seven are American, three are from Brazil, and one each from Poland and Kyrgyzstan.
UPDATED August 21, 2024
12) CAT ZINGANO
Cathilee Deborah Zingano
Division: Bantamweight
Born July 1, 1982 🇺🇸 Winona, Minnesota
Instagram followers: 539 thousand
11) CLAUDIA GADELHA
Ana Cláudia Dantas Gadelha
Division: Strawweight
Born December 7, 1988 🇧🇷 Mossoró, Brazil
Instagram followers: 977 thousand
10) CRISTIANE JUSTINO
Cristiane Justino Venâncio
Division: Featherweight
Born July 9, 1985 🇧🇷 Curitiba, Brazil
Instagram followers: 1.2 million
9) AMANDA NUNES
Amanda Lourenço Nunes
Division: Bantamweight
Born May 30, 1988 🇧🇷 Salvador, Brazil
Instagram followers: 1.5 million
8) MICHELLE WATERSON
Michelle E. Waterson
Division: Strawweight
Born January 6, 1986 🇺🇸 Aurora, Colorado
Instagram followers: 1.7 million
7) JOANNA JEDRZEJCZYK
Joanna Jedrzejczyk
Division: Strawweight
Born August 18, 1987 🇵🇱 Olsztyn, Poland
Instagram followers: 1.9 million
6) MIESHA TATE
Miesha Theresa Tate
Division: Bantamweight
Born August 18, 1986 🇺🇸 Tacoma, Washington
Instagram followers: 2 million
5) VALENTINA SHEVCHENKO
Valentina Shevchenko
Division: Flyweight
Born March 7, 1988 🇰🇬 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Instagram followers: 2.1 million
4) HOLLY HOLM
Holly Rene Holm
Division: Bantamweight
Born October 17, 1981 🇺🇸 Albuquerque, New Mexico
Instagram followers: 2.2 million
3) ROSE NAMAJUNAS
Rose Gertrude Namajunas
Division: Strawweight
Born June 29, 1992 🇺🇸 Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Instagram followers: 2.2 million
2) PAIGE VANZANT
Paige Michelle VanZant
Division: Strawweight
Born March 26, 1994 🇺🇸 Dundee, Oregon
Instagram followers: 2.9 million
1) RONDA ROUSEY
Ronda Jean Rousey
Division: Bantamweight
Born February 1, 1987 🇺🇸 Riverside, California
Instagram followers: 13.5 million
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