Instagram is one of the most popular social media networks worldwide. It has kept us addicted ever since it launched as a photo-sharing app. This platform has 1 billion monthly active users and 500 million daily Insta stories users (surpassed Snapchat with 160 million users in 2017). Over 70 percent of Instagram users are aged between 18 to 35 years. This means that it is making its presence among the major part of the young generation. In this article, you will know about the most followed person on Instagram in India.
Instagram is a photo-sharing social network service that allows users to take pictures and edit them with inbuilt filters. Over the last decade, this app has evolved as a place to keep up with old friends; an online shopping portal; a place to share creative short videos and informational IGTV videos.
Top 15 Most Followed Person On Instagram in India
In India, this photo-sharing social media has 300 million active users in India. And when 300 million people are using this platform then the question that comes to our mind is “Who has the most followers on Instagram in India?” So, here is the list of the Top 15 Most Followed Indian on Instagram.
1. Virat Kohli
Followed by 235 million users Virat Kholi is the most followed person on Instagram in India. Virat is the only male in the top 5 list of highest-followed Indians on Instagram. Kohli is an Indian Cricketer and former Captain of the Indian Cricket Team. He is very famous for his batting style and aggression on-field, people also like him for his good looks, fashion style, and fitness skills. Virat Kohli has 235 million followers on Instagram. He was the first Indian to cross the 50 million and 100 million and 200 million followers on Instagram.
Virat Kohli has the most followers on Instagram in India and it seems like no one can beat him in the coming years due to their immense popularity worldwide.
2. Priyanka Chopra
With 84.8 million followers Priyanka Chopra is the second most followed person on Instagram in India. Priyanka is an Indian actress, singer, movie producer, philanthropist, and the winner of Miss World in the year 2000. She is one of India’s highest-paid and most popular celebrities. Priyanka Chopra also worked in Hollywood movies and Television Shows. She is also the producer of the 10th highest-grossing Marathi movie Ventilator. She has also experienced working with top Hollywood actors like Dwayne Johnson and Seth Gordon. Priyanka worked in the popular American television series Quantico.
3. Shraddha Kapoor
With 78 million fans Shraddha Kapoor is in the third position on the list of highest followers on Instagram in India. Shraddha Kapoor is an actress and singer who works in Hindi films. She is the daughter of famous Bollywood actor Shakti Kapoor. She made her acting debut with a brief role in the 2010 heist film Teen Patti and after that, she gave many super hit movies like Aashiqui 2, Ek Villian, Baaghi, Half Girlfriend, etc. Her movie ‘Saho’ with Telugu Superstar Prabhas got a huge success. Shraddha mostly posts her daily life photos and behind the scene videos on Instagram.
4. Alia Bhatt
Alia Bhatt is an Indian actress and singer. She made her Bollywood debut in 2012 in the movie Student Of The Year but appeared in the movie Sangharsh as a child actress in 1999. Alia Bhatt is now followed by 74.7 million users on Instagram and comes in fourth position in the list of highest-followed Indians on Instagram. Mostly, Alia shares her own photos but sometimes she also posts travel videos and fashion tutorials. Recently she married her boyfriend Ranbir Kapoor. Her movie Brahmastra got a huge success at the box office.
5. Neha Kakkar
Neha Kakkar is an Indian Singer. She appeared in season 2 of the television reality show ‘Indian Idol’ in 2006. Neha is famous for her unique voice tone. She gave the superhit songs like Kala Chashma, Nikle Current, and Dilbar. After her huge success in the music industry, she became the judge of the 10th and 11th seasons of the Indian Idol. Her song with Yo Yo Honey Singh “Kata Laga” was liked by the audience. Neha has 73.6 million followers on Instagram. Neha’s Instagram account is full of singing videos and photos. Now she also posts reel videos on her account.
6. Narendra Modi
Narendra Damodardas Modi (Narendra Modi) has 72.4 million followers on Instagram. He is an Indian politician and serving as the 14th and current Prime Minister of India since 2014. He is also known as the digital Prime Minister of India because he is very active on all of his social media accounts. His video in which he was feeding a peacock in his garden was viral on Instagram.
The Instagram account of Narendra Modi has videos of his political rally and other official events of the Government of India.
7. Deepika Padukone
With 71.7 million fans Deepika Padukone is in the sixth position on this list. Deepika Padukone is a Bollywood actress. She is the highest-paid actress in India, and Padukone is the recipient of three Filmfare Awards. Deepika gets featured in listings of the nation’s most popular personalities, and Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2018. In December 2018, She married his boyfriend Ranveer Singh. Deepika made her debut in Bollywood through the movie Om Shanti Om in 2007 and made her Hollywood debut through XXX: Return of Xander Cage in 2017.
Deepika’s Instagram account is filled with behind the scene videos, photos, and amazing reels of trending songs.
8. Jacqueline Fernandez
Jacqueline Fernandez is a Sri Lankan-born Indian actress, she is a former model and the winner of the Miss Universe Sri Lanka in the year 2006. In 2009 she made her Bollywood debut with the movie Aladin and since then has made a place among Bollywood fans. Jacqueline is also known as the Jacq of hearts in Indian fans. Jacqueline has 65 million followers on Instagram. She was also a famous Tik Tok star in India when TikTok wasn’t banned. Now she posts short lip-sync and dance videos on Instagram Reels which are very popular.
9. Akshay Kumar
Akshay Kumar has 63.9 million followers on Instagram. He is an Indian actor famous for action and comedy movies. Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia (professionally known as Akshay Kumar) made his Bollywood debut in 1991 and now worked in 61 Bollywood movies. His Instagram account is full of fitness videos and behind the scene photos.
10. Anushka Sharma
Spouse of Indian cricketer Virat Kohli and Bollywood Anushka Sharma has 62 million followers on Instagram. Anushka is an Indian TV actress and film producer. She is one of the most popular and highest-paid actresses in India. These days Anushka became very active on social media. Anushka and Virat together known as “Viruska” and their photos are very popular among the Indian audience.
11. Salman Khan
Popularly known as Bhaijaan, Salman Khan has 57.8 million followers on Instagram. Salman is an Indian actor, producer, singer, and television personality. He is one of the richest actors in India with a net worth of more than $350 Million. Salman’s popular movies are Wanted, Bajrangi Bhaijaan, Bodyguard, and Ready. He is the host of the most famous Indian TV Show Bigg Boss.
12. Disha Patani
Disha Patani is an Indian actress. She played the leading lady role in the Bollywood sports film M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story and the action film Baaghi 2. Disha also worked with Jackie Chan in the movie Kung Fu Yoga. Disha Patni has 56.3 million followers on Instagram. She was first recognized as the girlfriend of Tiger Shroff. Disha is famous for her hot and bold photos on Instagram.
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13. Kriti Sanon
Kriti Sanon is a Model and Bollywood actress. She has 52.7 million followers on Instagram. She made her Bollywood debut in 2014 with Tiger Shroff in the movie ‘Heropanti’ and after that, she has many successful movies like Bareilly Ki Barfi, Dilwale, and Luka Chuppi.
Kirit Sanon’s Instagram account is filled with her amazing photos and behind the scene videos and reels.
14. Varun Dhawan
Varun Dhawan, son of David Dhawan, is an Indian actor. He is one of India’s highest-paid celebrities, he has been featured in Forbes India’s Celebrity 100 list in 2014. Varun Dhawan is also considered the future Salman Khan of Bollywood. He is famous for his action scenes and romance on Big Screen. Varun Dhawan has 45.1 million followers on his Instagram account.
15. Ranveer Singh
Famous for his weird dressing style, Ranveer Singh Bhavnani has 42.9 million followers on Instagram. Ranveer Singh is an Indian actor and television personality. He made his mark through movies like Ram Leela, Bajirao Mastani, and Padmavat. His recent movie 83, in which he played the role of former world cup winning captain Kapil Dev was very successful at the box office.
Conclusion
I hope I covered all the Most Followed Person On Instagram in our country. If I missed someone please do mention them in the comment section below. Most of the above-mentioned persons are top Indian celebrities. 13 out of the above 15 are Bollywood celebrities and 10 out of 15 are females. Hence we can say that the most followed person on Instagram in India is dominated by female Indian celebrities. I hope you guys like this, do share which celebrity you follow on Instagram in the comments.
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Dear Shivakar, I believe you should update the post. Since 4 out of 15 celebs mentioned by you don’t hold an Indian passport. Alia is a British Citizen, Akshay Kumar is Canadian, Katrina is British too. And Jacqueline Fernandez is Sri Lankan. There is a difference between being Indian and working in India. Priyanka Chopra works in the US but is Indian. Hope you understand. Either change the headline or the names. Thankyou.
Thank You Pallavi for your suggestion. I really don’t know about Alia Bhatt that she is a British Citizen. I will update the Content very soon.
Hi, you missed our dear prime minister.. Mr Narendra Modi. He has 21.7 mn followers on Instagram.
Hey, Saurabh Thanks for your advice.
You’re right. I have updated this article on 10 March 2019 and the all above stats are on the basis of that date and then Narendra Modi has only 12.7 Million Followers on Instagram that’s why I haven’t mentioned him. But in very few days I’ll update the whole stars and then He will be also in that list.
Ventilator is a Marathi movie, not a Hollywood one and you need to improve your grammar. Use of correct grammar goes brings clarity and creates a good impression. Best luck.
Thank You Ajinkya for your suggestion, I am trying to improve my Grammer that’s why I haven’t Updated posts. You can check another post (the latest one about YouTubers) with correction.
Thank You So Much for your suggestion!
Hey Shivakar, you should also add Kriti Sanon on the list as she has 22 million followers on Instagram.
Thanks
Thank Pranay Upadhyay for letting us know about Kirti Sanon.
Last time when I have updated the article she has 14.4 Million followers. I’ll update this on 20th of this month so please stay connected with us.
Thank You so much.
Where is katrina and why the hell the list is so in mismatch order???
Katrina doesn’t hold the citizenship of India that’s why she isn’t there in the listing.
We have updated the article on 27 June so maybe something went wrong, can you please tell what is actually mismatching?
1. Why Katrina is not on the list? (If because she doesn’t hold Indian citizenship then why is akshay kumar on the list)
2. I think you should update the list as now virat comes on 2nd place (37.7M) and deepika 3rd (37.2M).
Thank You Ishita for addressing everything briefly, Here is the answer to your questions
1. Katrina Kaif is not in the list because she doesn’t have the citizenship of India. Akshay Kumar has taken the citizenship of Canada, and as per Indian laws a person can’t claim full dual citizenship, therefore Akshay Kumar is a Canadian citizen and also an Overseas Citizen of India(OCI). That’s why Akshay Kumar is in the list.
2. The Last time I have updated the list is on 27th June and the All data as of that date. It is not possible to update real-time followers of any Instagram account however we have covered the most recent data, we will update the stats very soon.
U have to update ur site…on13th nmbr Katrina with 25.4 million followers nd Kirti have 23.8 million follower higher then the 13th place girl….plzz update right information….don’t spread wrong info
Katrina has more followers than salman .give her 12 place
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Katrina has more follower’s take her in the list next time
Hey Nihal Thank You for addressing the article briefly. You can read my previous comments in which I have clearly mentioned Why I haven’t mentioned Katrina Kaif.
Virat kohli is on 2nd now !
Yes, Deepanshu I know this and will update this soon.
Yes Deepanshu I know this and will update this soon.
This so sprising for Deepika Fan because Virat beat deepika
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