FastSocial DATA

Virat Kohli✓

Follower count as of (chart updated ) · tracked since 25 September 2026

Snapshot of 2 October 2026: @virat.kohli had 271,492,894 Instagram followers in that day's reading. This link always shows that number. Everything below is the latest data.

Latest data

Source: the public follower count on @virat.kohli's Instagram profile, read by FastSocial every day and stored with the date. No estimates or adjustments. Full method · Data CC BY 4.0

Instagram followers271,475,312as of 3 October 2026
Rank#15
24 hours−18K
7 days−100K
30 daysfrom 25 Oct

Follower history

271.45M271.50M271.55M271.60M25 Sep29 Sep3 Oct

9 daily readings from 25 September 2026 to 3 October 2026: -123,577 followers, −15K a day on average.

Daily numbers
DateFollowersChange
3 October 2026271,475,312-17,582
2 October 2026271,492,894-21,387
1 October 2026271,514,281-18,371
30 September 2026271,532,652-42,429
29 September 2026271,575,081-4,790
28 September 2026271,579,871+23,805
27 September 2026271,556,066-19,501
26 September 2026271,575,567-23,322
25 September 2026271,598,889

Each date opens a fixed link to that day's reading. Full history as JSON

Rankings

Milestones

No round-number milestone passed since tracking began on 25 September 2026.

Next milestone: 300.0M, 28.5M to go.

Account

TypePerson
Among people#13 of 1556
Posts1,058
Engagement rate (3 Oct)2.76%
Engaged audience (est.)271.5M

Engagement rate = average likes and comments on the latest ~12 posts ÷ followers. Method

Nearby on the chart

  1. #12Justin Bieber286.3M14.8M ahead
  2. #13Kendall277.6M6.1M ahead
  3. #14Taylor Swift272.7M1.3M ahead
  4. #15Virat Kohli271.5M
  5. #16National Geographic268.5M3.0M behind
  6. #17Neymar Jr241.8M29.7M behind
  7. #18Jennifer Lopez240.0M31.5M behind

Cite this

Quotes 271,492,894 followers on 2 October 2026, with a fixed link to that reading.

Virat Kohli (@virat.kohli) had 271,492,894 Instagram followers on 2 October 2026, according to <a href="https://fastsocial.co/most-followed-instagram-accounts/@virat.kohli?date=2026-10-02">FastSocial's Instagram Top Charts</a>.

Data is CC BY 4.0: free to reuse with credit to FastSocial and a link. Always-current page: fastsocial.co/most-followed-instagram-accounts/@virat.kohli

Embed and data

A live follower counter for Virat Kohli that updates itself every day.

Get embed codeHistory (JSON)

Download the data

Every account and every daily reading, each row with its date. Free under CC BY 4.0.

Daily dataset (CSV)Today's chart (CSV)JSON

Month-by-month numbers: Instagram statistics reports

Public follower counts from each account's Instagram profile: the top 500 read every day, the rest every five days. Changes scaled from the nearest reading are marked ≈. Methodology · Remove an account. Not affiliated with Instagram.