On the 2nd of March, Captain of Indian Cricket Team Virat Kohli crossed the milestone of 100 million followers on Instagram.
Mr. Kohli became the first cricketer with 100 million followers on the photo sharing social media platform Instagram.
With this, Virat Kohli has joined Juventus striker Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar, Argentine forward Lionel Messi, Hollywood actor and former pro-wrestler Dwayne (The Rock) Johnson, American singer-songwriter Beyonce, and Ariana Grande in the 100 million followers club.
Besides that, worldwide, Virat Kohli is also the fourth most followed sportsperson on Instagram.
Cristiano Ronaldo is first on the chart with nearly 265 million followers, followed by Barcelona captain Messi with 186 million followers and Brazil’s Neymar with 147 million followers.
Recently, Virat Kohli crossed 75 million followers hurdle and became the first Asian to reach 75 million followers on Instagram. Virat Kohli gained 100 million followers from 10 millions in just 5 years.
15th of January 2017 – 10 million followers.
26th of March 2018 – 20 million followers.
17th of February 2020 – 50 million followers.
26th of July 2020 – 70 million followers.
21st of September 2020 – 80 million followers.
15th of January 2021 – 90 million followers.
6th of February 2021 – 95 million followers.
1st of March 2021 – 100 million followers.
Besides Instagram, Virat kohli has a huge fan base on other social media platforms. He has 40.8 million followers on Twitter and 36 million likes on Facebook.
Meanwhile, as per the Celebrity Brand Valuation Study 2020 by Duff & Phelps, the Indian Cricket Team Captain was crowned as India’s most valuable celebrity with a brand value of $237.7 million.
As Virat Kohli completed 100 million followers on Instagram, Twitteratis started pouring congratulatory wishes with #ViratKohli #100MillionViratiansOnInsta.
Ramesh Bala, Kaushik M.L., Indian Cricket Council (ICC) and other celebrities congratulated Virat on his 100 million Instagram family.
