The female sportspersons are some of the most popular women in Instagram and they have reached here because they are the best at what they do and they are all groundbreaking women who have changed their sport and all the fans are thankful for their contributions. These female sportspersons are from different types of sports and that is great to see as it shows that women are excellent at every sport and soon they will catch on to the most followed men athletes.
So, let’s look at the Top 5 Most Followed Female Athletes on Instagram and celebrate each one of these women
1) Ronda Rousey – 17.6 Million
Ronda Rousey is one of those women who is in multiple lists such as this as she is in the list of the most followed female WWE superstars on Instagram as well as most followed UFC Fighters on Instagram. It shows how incredible of an athlete she is and she is truly someone that all the women in the UFC are thankful to because if it was not for her then there would have been no women in the UFC. She now has 17.2 Million Followers but soon she will cross the 18 million mark and the run that Ronda Rousey has had with WWE has also helped her get a lot of followers as WWE fans are in large numbers.
Profile: Ronda Rousey Instagram Profile
2) Serena Williams – 17 Million
At number 2 but very close and his behind by 500,000 followers is the greatest women’s Tennis player of all time in Serena Williams and she could have been number 1 as well by now if she was playing till now and she was not retired but still she won 23 Grand Slams which is the joint most in the Open Era In Tennis and no woman will ever cross that tally and once she starts being seen at more Grand Slams as a visitor then her following will rise and maybe she can get that number 1 spot as Ronda Rousey is rumored to be leaving WWE in a month.
Profile: Serena Williams Instagram Profile
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3) Sania Mirza - 12.5 Million
At number 3 is yet another Tennis player and this time it is from India as Sania Mirza takes the number 3 spot in this list and she is one of the most popular athletes in India and around the world and well and she has been a champion in tennis for 20 years and she has won multiple Grand Slams across the years with many different partners. Sania Mirza has also retired but she continues to get more followers as the Indian fans will always love and have respect for her. She is the most popular Indian female athlete on Instagram
Profile: Sania Mirza Instagram Profile
4) Nikki Garcia- 10.7 Million
At number 4 is another professional wrestler turned reality TV star Nikki Garcia. Not months ago she was known as Nikki Bella and the WWE universe gave her all the love and thus she got more than 10 million Instagram followers and her reality TV shows such as Total Divas and Total Bellas were also instrumental in getting her the reach to the general public. She will soon cross the 11 million mark on Instagram and will most likely work with AEW in the future
Profile: Nikki Garcia Instagram Profile
5) Alex Morgan – 10.2 Million
At Number 5 is the football player from the USA known as Alex Morgan. She is one of the most decorated female football players in the world and she has won everything there is to win as she has the 2012 Olympics Gold Medal as well as the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2015 and 2019. She is far and away the most followed female footballer on Instagram and she will soon cross the 10.5 Million Followers mark.
Profile: Alex Morgan Instagram Profile
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