The top 10 highest potential earners among Man Utd players on Instagram according to new study

Jenny Simpson
By Jenny Simpson

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Published 4th Oct 2021, 15:47 BST
Updated 5th Oct 2021, 14:19 BST
Cristiano Ronaldo. Credit: Getty.Cristiano Ronaldo. Credit: Getty.
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Find out which Red Devils top the list.

A study has ranked all of the current Manchester United squad’s online earning potential, by looking at their number of followers versus the amount of times they post to the social media platform, Instagram.

The research from MyProtein.com ranked all of the current United’s squad’s earning potential based on an average figure of £0.0043 per follower - and then multiplied this by the number of times the player posted over a year.

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Unsurprisingly, with Ronaldo one of the most followed people on Instagram, he came out top when subjected to this method - followed by Paul Pogba.

Here were the researchers’ estimates for what players could potentially earn if they chose to do sponsored posts on the social media channel:

  1. Cristiano Ronaldo - £1,505,000 per post
  2. Paul Pogba - £208,120 per post
  3. Raphaël Varane - £73,530 per post
  4. Marcus Rashford - £50,740 per post
  5. David de Gea - £50,310 per post
  6. Edison Cavani - £37,840 per post
  7. Jesse Lingard - £37,410 per post
  8. Jadon Sancho - £31,820 per post
  9. Bruno Fernandes - £25,370 per post
  10. Anthony Martial - £24,940 per post

The full study is here.

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