Kings of Instagram: Conor McGregor, Anderson Silva, Khabib Nurmagomedov tops among UFC stars

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.

With 23.5 million followers, McGregor has more than three times the number of Instagram fans as second-place Khabib Nurmagomodov and third-place Anderson Silva combined. Watch for Jon Jones to break into the top three any month now as he seeks to overcome his suspension…

UPDATED May 14, 2018

A post shared by Donald Cerrone (@cowboycerrone) on Nov 18, 2017 at 2:16pm PST

Donald Anthony Cerrone
Division: Welterweight
Born March 29, 1983 🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado
Instagram followers: 994 thousand

A post shared by nickdiaz209 (@nickdiaz209) on May 13, 2018 at 5:18pm PDT

Nicholas Robert Diaz
Division: Middleweight
Born August 2, 1983 🇺🇸 Stockton, California
Instagram followers: 1.1 million

A post shared by Cody Garbrandt (@cody_nolove) on May 2, 2018 at 5:21pm PDT

Cody Garbrandt
Division: Bantamweight
Born July 7, 1991 🇺🇸 Uhrichsville, Ohio
Instagram followers: 1.6 million

A post shared by josealdojunioroficial (@josealdojunioroficial) on Aug 13, 2017 at 9:18am PDT

José Aldo da Silva Oliveira Junior
Division: Featherweight
Born September 9, 1986 🇧🇷 Manaus, Brazil
Instagram followers: 1.7 million

A post shared by Georges St-Pierre (@georgesstpierre) on Nov 14, 2017 at 5:14pm PST

Georges St-Pierre
Division: Welterweight
Born May 19, 1981 🇨🇦 Montreal, Canada
Instagram followers: 1.8 million

A post shared by natediaz209 (@natediaz209) on Apr 6, 2018 at 2:53pm PDT

Nathan Donald Diaz
Division: Welterweight
Born April 16, 1985 🇺🇸 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Instagram followers: 2.1 million

A post shared by Jon Bones Jones (@jonnybones) on Nov 3, 2017 at 9:14pm PDT

Jonathan Dwight Jones
Division: Light heavyweight
Born July 19, 1987 🇺🇸 Rochester, New York
Instagram followers: 2.6 million

A post shared by Anderson "The Spider" Silva (@spiderandersonsilva) on Oct 3, 2017 at 8:16am PDT

Anderson da Silva
Division: Light Heavyweight
Born April 14, 1975 🇧🇷 Sao Paulo, Brazil
Instagram followers: 2.7 million

A post shared by Khabib Nurmagomedov (@khabib_nurmagomedov) on May 9, 2018 at 1:36pm PDT

Khabib Abdulmanapovich Nurmagomedov
Weight class: Lightweight
Born September 20, 1988 🇷🇺 Dagestan, Russia
Instagram followers: 4.5 million

A post shared by Conor McGregor Official (@thenotoriousmma) on Apr 9, 2018 at 7:13pm PDT

Conor Anthony McGregor
Division: Lightweight
Born July 14, 1988 🇮🇪 Dublin, Ireland
Instagram followers: 23.5 million