{"id":5463,"date":"2026-05-07T14:31:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T14:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=5463"},"modified":"2026-05-07T14:31:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T14:31:19","slug":"the-reason-why-ronaldo-and-messi-lost-millions-of-instagram-followers-overnight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=5463","title":{"rendered":"The reason why Ronaldo and Messi lost millions of Instagram followers overnight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><!--$--><\/p>\n<p><h2>The iconic duo now have less followers.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose drop-cap \">\n<p>Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have lost millions of Instagram followers overnight.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Ronaldo, a worldwide icon, and most followed person on the social media platform, lost a mammoth 18 million followers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Now, the Portuguese superstar has 666 million followers from a previous 684, on a profile where he showcases his on-the-pitch success and off-the-field lifestyle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:0\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>As reported by CNN, Instagram is mega business for Ronaldo. The Al Nassr forward earns a remarkable \u00a32.57million per post &#8211; which is more than any celebrity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>He&#8217;s boasted another impressive goalscoring season on the pitch, scoring 25 goals in 27 games in the Saudi Pro League.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>As for other celebrities and footballers, Messi lost 5million, as did Dwayne &#8216;The Rock&#8217; Johnson.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<p><h2>Instagram yet to comment<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>In a six-hour period, millions of fake and inactive accounts were removed from the platform, prompting the loss of followers for major stars.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:1\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Instagram are yet to comment on the purge.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><\/div>\n<p>#reason #Ronaldo #Messi #lost #millions #Instagram #followers #overnight<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The iconic duo now have less followers. Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have lost millions of Instagram followers overnight. Ronaldo, a worldwide icon, and most followed person on the social media platform, lost a mammoth 18 million followers. Now, the Portuguese superstar has 666 million followers from a previous 684, on a profile where he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[5619,1748,3148,3731,1511,5620,1538,5618],"class_list":{"0":"post-5463","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"tag-followers","9":"tag-instagram","10":"tag-lost","11":"tag-messi","12":"tag-millions","13":"tag-overnight","14":"tag-reason","15":"tag-ronaldo"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5463\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}