Queens of Instagram: Ronda Rousey, Miesha Tate, Paige VanZant tops among UFC fighters

From the time Ronda Rousey became the UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion in 2012, to her shocking loss to Holly Holm late in 2015, she remained one of the promotion’s biggest draws. Her mass appeal is reflected in her Instagram followers tally, which is more than four times that of any of the sport’s other women fighters.

After Rousey, recently-retired Meisha Tate is a distant second in terms of followers. Paige VanZant and Holm are next in a battle for third place. Of the top ten women UFC fighters on Instagram, six are American, three are from Brazil, and one from Poland.

UPDATED March 18, 2018

A post shared by Cat Zingano (@alphacatzingano) on Feb 28, 2018 at 5:46pm PST

Cathilee Deborah Zingano
Division: Bantamweight
Born July 1, 1982 🇺🇸 Winona, Minnesota
Instagram followers: 377 thousand

A post shared by Amanda Nunes (@amanda_leoa) on Nov 24, 2017 at 9:10am PST

Amanda Lourenço Nunes
Division: Bantamweight
Born May 30, 1988 🇧🇷 Salvador, Brazil
Instagram followers: 401 thousand

A post shared by Claudia Gadelha (@claudiagadelha) on Sep 25, 2017 at 11:19pm PDT

Ana Cláudia Dantas Gadelha
Division: Strawweight
Born December 7, 1988 🇧🇷 Mossoró, Brazil
Instagram followers: 515 thousand

A post shared by CRIS CYBORG 🇧🇷★ (@criscyborg) on Mar 12, 2018 at 9:33am PDT

Cristiane Justino Venâncio
Division: Featherweight
Born July 9, 1985 🇧🇷 Curitiba, Brazil
Instagram followers: 646 thousand

A post shared by Rose Namajunas (@rosenamajunas) on Jan 10, 2018 at 12:06pm PST

Rose Gertrude Namajunas
Division: Strawweight
Born June 29, 1992 🇺🇸 Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Instagram followers: 769 thousand

A post shared by Joanna Jedrzejczyk (@joannajedrzejczyk) on Oct 19, 2017 at 5:34am PDT

Joanna Jedrzejczyk
Division: Strawweight
Born August 18, 1987 🇵🇱 Olsztyn, Poland
Instagram followers: 1 million

A post shared by Holly Holm (@hollyholm) on Nov 5, 2017 at 12:20am PDT

Holly Rene Holm
Division: Bantamweight
Born October 17, 1981 🇺🇸 Albuquerque, New Mexico
Instagram followers: 1.7 million

A post shared by Paige VanZant (@paigevanzantufc) on Apr 5, 2017 at 8:13am PDT

Paige Michelle VanZant
Division: Strawweight
Born March 26, 1994 🇺🇸 Dundee, Oregon
Instagram followers: 1.7 million

A post shared by Miesha Tate (@mieshatate) on Oct 1, 2017 at 12:27pm PDT

Miesha Theresa Tate
Division: Bantamweight
Born August 18, 1986 🇺🇸 Tacoma, Washington
Instagram followers: 1.9 million

A post shared by rondarousey (@rondarousey) on Mar 16, 2018 at 10:08am PDT

Ronda Jean Rousey
Division: Bantamweight
Born February 1, 1987 🇺🇸 Riverside, California
Instagram followers: 10 million