Cricket is one of the most followed sports in the world. Having billions of viewers worldwide, cricketers gain a massive fan following while playing cricket. After the boom of social media, the fan following of cricketers has grown to an extensive level. Social media sources like Instagram, Facebook, and X make things easier for fans and cricketers to communicate. Now, these fan following play a very important role in the annual earnings of cricketers. Because of a massive fan following, brands approach cricketers to advertise their products and services. Let’s check out which cricketer has more fans collectively.
How We Measured Fan Following
The fan following of a certain player is calculated from the various social media platforms. Instagram, Facebook, and X accounts’ fan following becomes the total fan following of a certain player. These platforms provide important techniques and sources that make it easier for cricketers to communicate with fans.
Players use these platforms to engage with fans through posts and videos. Cricketers use this platform to post their achievements or some personal stories. Now these platforms are also a billboard for brands to advertise their products or services. Therefore, brands approach these cricketers to advertise their products on their accounts.
Now it has become a massive source of earning for players after the introduction of these platforms. In recent times, players have not used by brands to promote their products. Now, cricketers are more influential, especially in South Asian countries. Therefore, these players gained love and affection through these platforms.
Which Cricketer has more Fans
Virat Kohli
Indian batter and former Captain, Virat Kohli, is the most followed cricket player in the world. He is by far ahead of any cricketer in terms of social media fan following. Virat Kohli has 273 million followers on Instagram. He is the 3rd most followed athlete in the world right now. Virat Kohli is also the most followed person in India/Asia.
Virat Kohli has 51M fans on Facebook. He has 65.4 fans on X, which makes him the 2nd most followed person in India. His total fan following on these platforms is almost 390 million. Virat Kohli has a massive and passionate fan following in India. This is all because, he is one of the best batsmen of the last 15 years. Now, Virat Kohli is playing only ODI cricket for India and has retired from all other international cricket. But still, he manages to continue his fan following on these platforms.
Sachin Tendulkar
Sachin is a legend player who has played for India for 3 decades. During that phase, Sachin became the face of cricket for India. Tendulkar became an inspiration for many players to choose cricket as their career. His crucial match-winning performances and influence gained him a massive fan following on digital media.
Sachin Tendulkar has a fan following of 51.2M on Instagram. On Facebook, Sachin has a fan following of 38M. Sachin Tendulkar is 2nd most followed cricketer on X. He has a fan following of 40.5M on X. Sachin has a total of almost 130M fans on social media platforms.
Rohit Sharma
Rohit Sharma is the 2nd-best captain for India. He has won 2 ICC trophies for India. For India as captain, Rohit Sharma has only lost two games in ICC tournaments. Due to these achievements and massive records as a batter for India gave Rohit Sharma has a massive fan following worldwide.
Rohit Sharma has 44.9 M followers on Instagram and 20 M followers on Facebook. On X, Rohit Sharma has a fan following of 23.8 M. Rohit Sharma gained massive loyal fans as IPL captain. Rohit Sharma is the first captain to win 5 IPL trophies. He became the first player to score three double-hundreds in ODI cricket. These incredible and unique records made Rohit Sharma one of the most influential cricketers.
Hardik Pandya
Hardik Pandya is a brilliant all-rounder who is playing for India. His brilliant performances for India gave him massive fan base. His aggressive and confident approach as an all-rounder for India made him one of the most fan-followed players for India. Hardik Pandya has given massive performances for India.
In IPL, Hardik Pandya won the 1st IPL trophy as captain for the Gujarat Titans in IPL 2022. Hardik Pandya got hypes massively after his performances in the T20 World Cup 2024 final. Due to these performances, Hardik Pandya has 44.2M on Instagram. At the same time, he has a fan following of 12M on Facebook and 14 M on X.
MS Dhoni
Indian former captain, MS Dhoni, is the 2nd most followed person as a cricketer. He is the most successful captain of the Indian team in terms of winning ICC trophies. MS Dhoni has won 3 ICC trophies, including ICC World Cup 2011, Champions Trophy 2013, and T20 World Cup 2007. These performances from him gave him a massive fan following worldwide.
Therefore, he has 49.8M fans on Instagram. He has a fan following of 26M on Facebook. He has played for India till 2019. During his phase as a cricketer, he got a massive loyal fanbase. His loyal fanbase turned yellow whenever he plays for CSK now. Due to his massive fan following, MS is still playing IPL, reaching mid-45s.
