Celebrities have become very crucial for brands to market their product. With the onset of social media platforms, celebrities from different fields have maintained millions of followers. From Facebook to Instagram to Twitter, there are many platforms that are full of celebrities and their followers.
Brands use these platforms to connect with a mass pool of audiences for brand promotions. For this, these brands approach the celebrities like actors and athletes to promote their product or service for which they do get paid profoundly.
This is the list of the top 10 athletes in the world and how much they get paid for their Instagram posts.
Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Juventus and captains the Portugal national team. He is one of the few recorded players to have made over 1,000 professional career appearances and has scored over 770 senior career goals for club and country. He is also the second male to score 100 international goals and the first European one to achieve the feat.
Earnings Per promotion on Instagram – US$750,000
Neymar JR
Neymar Jr is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and the Brazil national team. He is widely regarded as one of the best players in the world.
Earnings Per promotion on Instagram – US$600,000
Lionel Messi
Lionel Messi is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward and captains both Spanish club Barcelona and the Argentina national team.
Earnings Per promotion on Instagram – US$500,000
David Beckham
David Beckham is an English former professional footballer, the current president & co-owner of Inter Miami CF, and co-owner of Salford City.
Earnings Per promotion on Instagram – US$300,000
Gareth Bale
Gareth Bale is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a winger for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, on loan from Real Madrid of La Liga and the Wales national team.
Earnings Per promotion on Instagram – US$185,000
Zlatan Ibrahimović
Zlatan Ibrahimović is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Milan and the Sweden national team. Ibrahimović is widely regarded as one of the best strikers of all time. He is one of the most decorated active footballers in the world, having won 31 trophies in his career.
Earnings Per promotion on Instagram – US$175,000
Luis Suarez
Luis Suárez is an Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a striker for Spanish club Atletico Madrid and the Uruguay national team.
Earnings Per promotion on Instagram – US$150,000
Conor McGregor
Conor Anthony McGregor is an Irish professional mixed martial artist and boxer. He is a former Ultimate Fighting Championship featherweight and lightweight champion.
Earnings Per promotion on Instagram – US$120,000
Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli is an Indian cricketer and the current captain of the India national team. Kohli is regarded as one of the best contemporary batsmen in the world.
Earnings Per promotion on Instagram – US$120,000
Stephen Curry
Stephen Curry is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association.
