ArgentinaSnapshot of 28 September 2026: @leomessi had 516,996,317 Instagram followers in that day's reading. This link always shows that number. Everything below is the latest data.
Latest dataSource: the public follower count on @leomessi's Instagram profile, read by FastSocial every day and stored with the date. No estimates or adjustments. Full method · Data CC BY 4.0
Follower history
9 daily readings from 25 September 2026 to 3 October 2026: -187,693 followers, −23K a day on average.
Daily numbers
| Date | Followers | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 3 October 2026 | 516,870,704 | -25,388 |
| 2 October 2026 | 516,896,092 | -12,651 |
| 1 October 2026 | 516,908,743 | -27,505 |
| 30 September 2026 | 516,936,248 | -41,823 |
| 29 September 2026 | 516,978,071 | -18,246 |
| 28 September 2026 | 516,996,317 | +2,346 |
| 27 September 2026 | 516,993,971 | -31,337 |
| 26 September 2026 | 517,025,308 | -33,089 |
| 25 September 2026 | 517,058,397 |
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Rankings
- All accounts of 2,000#3
- Most-followed people on Instagram of 1556#2
- Most-followed athletes on Instagram of 504#2
- Accounts from Argentina of 24#1
Milestones
No round-number milestone passed since tracking began on 25 September 2026.
Next milestone: 550.0M, 33.1M to go.
Account
Engagement rate = average likes and comments on the latest ~12 posts ÷ followers. Method
Nearby on the chart
- #1Instagram686.6M169.7M ahead
- #2Cristiano Ronaldo679.6M162.7M ahead
- #3Leo Messi516.9M
- #4Selena Gomez403.0M113.9M behind
- #5Dwayne Johnson381.0M135.9M behind
- #6Kylie380.8M136.1M behind
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Quotes 516,996,317 followers on 28 September 2026, with a fixed link to that reading.
Leo Messi (@leomessi) had 516,996,317 Instagram followers on 28 September 2026, according to <a href="https://fastsocial.co/most-followed-instagram-accounts/@leomessi?date=2026-09-28">FastSocial's Instagram Top Charts</a>.
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