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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.

UFC’S INSTAGRAM KINGS

UFC Instagram Kings: Conor McGregor, Anderson Silva, Khabib Nurmagomedov have the most followers

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

10) DONALD CERRONE

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

9) NICK DIAZ

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

8) CODY GARBRANDT

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

7) JOSE ALDO

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

6) GEORGES ST-PIERRE

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

5) NATE DIAZ

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

4) JON JONES

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

3) ANDERSON SILVA

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

2) KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOV

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

1) CONOR MCGREGOR

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