MLB Has New Instagram King

Friday, March 24th, 2023 -- 8:12 AM

Thanks to World Baseball Classic dominance, Shohei Ohtani is now MLB's Instagram king.

Before the WBC began, Ohtani ranked third among MLB players with 1.7 million Instagram followers. Now, he has over twice as many as anyone else.

Top 5:

1. Ohtani: 4.8M followers
2. Mike Trout: 2M
3. Bryce Harper: 1.7M
4. Aaron Judge: 1.6M
5. Javier Báez: 1.5M

By the numbers: Top five by league…

• NBA: 1. LeBron James (149M), 2. Steph Curry (50.2M), 3. Russell Westbrook (21.9M), 4. Kyrie Irving (18.8M), 5. Lonzo Ball (16.4M)
• NFL: 1. Odell Beckham Jr. (17M), 2. Patrick Mahomes (5.6M), 3. Russell Wilson (5.5M), 4. Joe Burrow (3.8M), 5. JuJu Smith-Schuster (3.4M)
• NHL: 1. Alex Ovechkin (1.6M), 2. Connor McDavid (1M), 3. Auston Matthews (799K), 4. Evgeni Malkin (721K), 5. Mitch Marner (584K)

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