United Kingdom: Top 50 Rugby Instagram Influencers

As of September 2026, infloo tracks 979 Instagram creators in the United Kingdom in the Rugby category. Among the 50 largest by followers, the median engagement rate is 0.57% (middle half: 0.25–2.39%), and the median account has 16.2M followers. Over 1M followers: 50 of 50. Highest engagement: @garnacho7 (8.25%), @fabriziorom (7.99%), @enzojfernandez (5.34%).

Creators tracked: 979
Median ER (top 50): 0.57%
Middle half of ER (top 50): 0.25–2.39%
Median followers (top 50): 16.2M
Data as of: September 2026

#	Instagram Account	Categories	Number of followers	Audience Engagement (ER)	User's Country	User's City	Check Fake Followers
1	1 Premier League @premierleague Followers: 77,970,357 • ER: 0.08% City of London Football & Soccer Handball Volleyball Rugby American Football Baseball Check Fake Followers Get contacts	Football & Soccer Handball Volleyball Rugby American Football Baseball	Followers 77,970,357	ER 0.08%	Country	City City of London	Check Fake Followers Get contacts
2	2 Manchester United @manchesterunited Followers: 64,538,705 • ER: 1.22% Manchester Football & Soccer Volleyball Rugby American Football Cricket Baseball Check Fake Followers Get contacts	Football & Soccer Volleyball Rugby American Football Cricket Baseball	Followers 64,538,705	ER 1.22%	Country	City Manchester	Check Fake Followers Get contacts
3	3 Manchester City @mancity Followers: 56,193,966 • ER: 0.09% Manchester Football & Soccer Handball Sports Volleyball Rugby American Football Check Fake Followers Get contacts	Football & Soccer Handball Sports Volleyball Rugby American Football	Followers 56,193,966	ER 0.09%	Country	City Manchester	Check Fake Followers Get contacts
4	4 Gareth Bale @garethbale11 Followers: 53,250,852 • ER: 0.41% City of London Football & Soccer Handball Sports Volleyball Golf Rugby Check Fake Followers Get contacts	Football & Soccer Handball Sports Volleyball Golf Rugby	Followers 53,250,852	ER 0.41%	Country	City City of London	Check Fake Followers Get contacts
5	5 Liverpool Football Club @liverpoolfc Followers: 48,766,465 • ER: 0.31% Liverpool Football & Soccer Handball Volleyball Rugby American Football Baseball Check Fake Followers Get contacts	Football & Soccer Handball Volleyball Rugby American Football Baseball	Followers 48,766,465	ER 0.31%	Country	City Liverpool	Check Fake Followers Get contacts
6	6 Nike Football @nikefootball Followers: 46,193,668 • ER: 0.14% City of London Football & Soccer Sports Volleyball Tennis Rugby Cricket Check Fake Followers Get contacts	Football & Soccer Sports Volleyball Tennis Rugby Cricket	Followers 46,193,668	ER 0.14%	Country	City City of London	Check Fake Followers Get contacts
7	7 Chelsea FC @chelseafc Followers: 43,890,868 • ER: 0.24% City of London Football & Soccer Handball Volleyball Rugby American Football Baseball Check Fake Followers Get contacts	Football & Soccer Handball Volleyball Rugby American Football Baseball	Followers 43,890,868	ER 0.24%	Country	City City of London	Check Fake Followers Get contacts
8	8 Fabrizio Romano @fabriziorom Followers: 38,786,371 • ER: 7.99% City of London Football & Soccer Handball Volleyball Rugby American Football Cricket Check Fake Followers Get contacts	Football & Soccer Handball Volleyball Rugby American Football Cricket	Followers 38,786,371	ER 7.99%	Country	City City of London	Check Fake Followers Get contacts
9	9 adidas Football @adidasfootball Followers: 35,626,527 • ER: 0.31% City of London Football & Soccer Sports Volleyball Golf Rugby Cricket Check Fake Followers Get contacts	Football & Soccer Sports Volleyball Golf Rugby Cricket	Followers 35,626,527	ER 0.31%	Country	City City of London	Check Fake Followers Get contacts
10	10 EA SPORTS FC @easportsfc Followers: 32,960,236 • ER: 0.12% City of London Football & Soccer Handball Sports Volleyball Rugby American Football Check Fake Followers Get contacts	Football & Soccer Handball Sports Volleyball Rugby American Football	Followers 32,960,236	ER 0.12%	Country	City City of London	Check Fake Followers Get contacts
11	11 Arsenal @arsenal Followers: 31,306,401 • ER: 0.13% City of London Football & Soccer Handball Volleyball Rugby American Football Baseball Check Fake Followers Get contacts	Football & Soccer Handball Volleyball Rugby American Football Baseball	Followers 31,306,401	ER 0.13%	Country	City City of London	Check Fake Followers Get contacts
12	12 Sergio Leonel Agüero @kunaguero Followers: 29,167,621 • ER: 0.36% Manchester Political Leaders Football & Soccer Handball Sports Volleyball Rugby Check Fake Followers Get contacts	Political Leaders Football & Soccer Handball Sports Volleyball Rugby	Followers 29,167,621	ER 0.36%	Country	City Manchester	Check Fake Followers Get contacts
13	13 Mesut Özil @m10_official Followers: 27,799,693 • ER: 0.73% City of London Football & Soccer Handball Sports Volleyball Basketball Rugby Check Fake Followers Get contacts	Football & Soccer Handball Sports Volleyball Basketball Rugby	Followers 27,799,693	ER 0.73%	Country	City City of London	Check Fake Followers Get contacts
14	14 Kevin De Bruyne @kevindebruyne Followers: 26,661,180 • ER: 3.33% Manchester Football & Soccer Handball Volleyball Rugby American Football Baseball Check Fake Followers Get contacts	Football & Soccer Handball Volleyball Rugby American Football Baseball	Followers 26,661,180	ER 3.33%	Country	City Manchester	Check Fake Followers Get contacts
15	15 David Luiz @davidluiz23 Followers: 23,602,512 • ER: 0.06% City of London Football & Soccer Handball Volleyball Rugby American Football Baseball Check Fake Followers Get contacts	Football & Soccer Handball Volleyball Rugby American Football Baseball	Followers 23,602,512	ER 0.06%	Country	City City of London	Check Fake Followers Get contacts
16	16 Gabriel Jesus @dejesusoficial Followers: 22,298,177 • ER: 0.55% Manchester Football & Soccer Handball Sports Volleyball Basketball Rugby Check Fake Followers Get contacts	Football & Soccer Handball Sports Volleyball Basketball Rugby	Followers 22,298,177	ER 0.55%	Country	City Manchester	Check Fake Followers Get contacts
17	17 Casemiro @casemiro Followers: 22,266,265 • ER: 0.56% Manchester Football & Soccer Handball Volleyball Rugby American Football Baseball Check Fake Followers Get contacts	Football & Soccer Handball Volleyball Rugby American Football Baseball	Followers 22,266,265	ER 0.56%	Country	City Manchester	Check Fake Followers Get contacts
18	18 Richarlison @richarlison Followers: 21,514,499 • ER: 0.7% City of London Football & Soccer Handball Sports Volleyball Rugby Baseball Check Fake Followers Get contacts	Football & Soccer Handball Sports Volleyball Rugby Baseball	Followers 21,514,499	ER 0.7%	Country	City City of London	Check Fake Followers Get contacts
19	19 Thiago Silva @thiagosilva Followers: 21,218,266 • ER: 1.22% City of London Politics Political Leaders Football & Soccer Handball Volleyball Rugby Check Fake Followers Get contacts	Politics Political Leaders Football & Soccer Handball Volleyball Rugby	Followers 21,218,266	ER 1.22%	Country	City City of London	Check Fake Followers Get contacts
20	20 MR @marcusrashford Followers: 20,572,369 • ER: 4.3% Manchester Football & Soccer Handball Sports Volleyball Basketball Rugby Check Fake Followers Get contacts	Football & Soccer Handball Sports Volleyball Basketball Rugby	Followers 20,572,369	ER 4.3%	Country	City Manchester	Check Fake Followers Get contacts
21	21 Harry Kane @harrykane Followers: 17,613,428 • ER: 0.64% City of London Football & Soccer Handball Sports Volleyball Rugby Baseball Check Fake Followers Get contacts	Football & Soccer Handball Sports Volleyball Rugby Baseball	Followers 17,613,428	ER 0.64%	Country	City City of London	Check Fake Followers Get contacts
22	22 Tottenham Hotspur @spursofficial Followers: 17,557,521 • ER: 0.22% City of London Football & Soccer Handball Volleyball Rugby American Football Cricket Check Fake Followers Get contacts	Football & Soccer Handball Volleyball Rugby American Football Cricket	Followers 17,557,521	ER 0.22%	Country	City City of London	Check Fake Followers Get contacts
23	23 Virgil @virgilvandijk Followers: 16,953,955 • ER: 2.02% Liverpool Football & Soccer Handball Volleyball Rugby American Football Baseball Check Fake Followers Get contacts	Football & Soccer Handball Volleyball Rugby American Football Baseball	Followers 16,953,955	ER 2.02%	Country	City Liverpool	Check Fake Followers Get contacts
24	24 Alisha Lehmann @alishalehmann7 Followers: 16,467,986 • ER: 0.89% City of London Football & Soccer Handball Sports Volleyball Rugby Baseball Check Fake Followers Get contacts	Football & Soccer Handball Sports Volleyball Rugby Baseball	Followers 16,467,986	ER 0.89%	Country	City City of London	Check Fake Followers Get contacts
25	25 Bleacher Report Football @brfootball Followers: 16,360,637 • ER: 0.46% Manchester Football & Soccer Handball Sports Rugby American Football Baseball Check Fake Followers Get contacts	Football & Soccer Handball Sports Rugby American Football Baseball	Followers 16,360,637	ER 0.46%	Country	City Manchester	Check Fake Followers Get contacts
26	26 Wayne Rooney @waynerooney Followers: 16,108,847 • ER: 0.27% Liverpool Football & Soccer Handball Sports Volleyball Rugby Baseball Check Fake Followers Get contacts	Football & Soccer Handball Sports Volleyball Rugby Baseball	Followers 16,108,847	ER 0.27%	Country	City Liverpool	Check Fake Followers Get contacts
27	27 Novak Djokovic @djokernole Followers: 16,045,316 • ER: 2.45% City of London Football & Soccer Handball Sports Volleyball Tennis Rugby Check Fake Followers Get contacts	Football & Soccer Handball Sports Volleyball Tennis Rugby	Followers 16,045,316	ER 2.45%	Country	City City of London	Check Fake Followers Get contacts
28	28 UEFA Europa League @europaleague Followers: 14,935,950 • ER: 0.11% City of London Football & Soccer Handball Volleyball Rugby American Football Baseball Check Fake Followers Get contacts	Football & Soccer Handball Volleyball Rugby American Football Baseball	Followers 14,935,950	ER 0.11%	Country	City City of London	Check Fake Followers Get contacts
29	29 Son HeungMin(손흥민)🇰🇷 @hm_son7 Followers: 14,654,722 • ER: 2.22% City of London Football & Soccer Handball Sports Volleyball Rugby Baseball Check Fake Followers Get contacts	Football & Soccer Handball Sports Volleyball Rugby Baseball	Followers 14,654,722	ER 2.22%	Country	City City of London	Check Fake Followers Get contacts
30	30 Emi Martinez @emi_martinez26 Followers: 14,159,815 • ER: 1.37% Birmingham Football & Soccer Handball Sports Volleyball Rugby Baseball Check Fake Followers Get contacts	Football & Soccer Handball Sports Volleyball Rugby Baseball	Followers 14,159,815	ER 1.37%	Country	City Birmingham	Check Fake Followers Get contacts
31	31 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang @auba Followers: 13,584,105 • ER: 0.26% City of London Football & Soccer Handball Sports Volleyball Basketball Rugby Check Fake Followers Get contacts	Football & Soccer Handball Sports Volleyball Basketball Rugby	Followers 13,584,105	ER 0.26%	Country	City City of London	Check Fake Followers Get contacts
32	32 Sky Sports @skysports Followers: 13,151,743 • ER: 0.13% City of London Football & Soccer Handball Rugby American Football Cricket Baseball Check Fake Followers Get contacts	Football & Soccer Handball Rugby American Football Cricket Baseball	Followers 13,151,743	ER 0.13%	Country	City City of London	Check Fake Followers Get contacts
33	33 SPORF @sporf Followers: 12,923,809 • ER: 0.07% City of London Football & Soccer Handball Volleyball Rugby American Football Baseball Check Fake Followers Get contacts	Football & Soccer Handball Volleyball Rugby American Football Baseball	Followers 12,923,809	ER 0.07%	Country	City City of London	Check Fake Followers Get contacts
34	34 England football team @england Followers: 12,523,351 • ER: 0.09% Burton upon Trent Football & Soccer Handball Sports Rugby American Football Baseball Check Fake Followers Get contacts	Football & Soccer Handball Sports Rugby American Football Baseball	Followers 12,523,351	ER 0.09%	Country	City Burton upon Trent	Check Fake Followers Get contacts
35	35 RM26 @riyadmahrez26.7 Followers: 12,492,820 • ER: 2.47% Manchester Football & Soccer Handball Volleyball Basketball Rugby Baseball Check Fake Followers Get contacts	Football & Soccer Handball Volleyball Basketball Rugby Baseball	Followers 12,492,820	ER 2.47%	Country	City Manchester	Check Fake Followers Get contacts
36	36 Phil Foden @philfoden Followers: 12,281,710 • ER: 3.41% Manchester Football & Soccer Handball Sports Volleyball Rugby American Football Check Fake Followers Get contacts	Football & Soccer Handball Sports Volleyball Rugby American Football	Followers 12,281,710	ER 3.41%	Country	City Manchester	Check Fake Followers Get contacts
37	37 Enzo Fernández @enzojfernandez Followers: 12,025,538 • ER: 5.34% City of London Football & Soccer Handball Sports Volleyball Rugby Baseball Check Fake Followers Get contacts	Football & Soccer Handball Sports Volleyball Rugby Baseball	Followers 12,025,538	ER 5.34%	Country	City City of London	Check Fake Followers Get contacts
38	38 Steven Gerrard @stevengerrard Followers: 11,690,848 • ER: 0.81% Football & Soccer Handball Basketball Rugby American Football Baseball Check Fake Followers Get contacts	Football & Soccer Handball Basketball Rugby American Football Baseball	Followers 11,690,848	ER 0.81%	Country	City	Check Fake Followers Get contacts
39	39 garnacho7 @garnacho7 Followers: 11,675,863 • ER: 8.25% Manchester Football & Soccer Handball Sports Basketball Rugby Baseball Check Fake Followers Get contacts	Football & Soccer Handball Sports Basketball Rugby Baseball	Followers 11,675,863	ER 8.25%	Country	City Manchester	Check Fake Followers Get contacts
40	40 Thiago Alcantara @thiago6 Followers: 11,597,191 • ER: 0.58% Liverpool Football & Soccer Handball Sports Volleyball Rugby Cricket Check Fake Followers Get contacts	Football & Soccer Handball Sports Volleyball Rugby Cricket	Followers 11,597,191	ER 0.58%	Country	City Liverpool	Check Fake Followers Get contacts
41	41 Raheem Sterling x 😇 @sterling7 Followers: 10,492,385 • ER: 2.95% City of London Football & Soccer Handball Volleyball Rugby American Football Baseball Check Fake Followers Get contacts	Football & Soccer Handball Volleyball Rugby American Football Baseball	Followers 10,492,385	ER 2.95%	Country	City City of London	Check Fake Followers Get contacts
42	42 Jadon Sancho @sancho Followers: 10,426,057 • ER: 4.18% City of London Football & Soccer Handball Volleyball Rugby American Football Baseball Check Fake Followers Get contacts	Football & Soccer Handball Volleyball Rugby American Football Baseball	Followers 10,426,057	ER 4.18%	Country	City City of London	Check Fake Followers Get contacts
43	43 Transfermarkt @transfermarkt_official Followers: 10,308,048 • ER: 0.35% City of London Football & Soccer Handball Volleyball Rugby American Football Baseball Check Fake Followers Get contacts	Football & Soccer Handball Volleyball Rugby American Football Baseball	Followers 10,308,048	ER 0.35%	Country	City City of London	Check Fake Followers Get contacts
44	44 Edinson Cavani @cavaniofficial21 Followers: 10,184,112 • ER: 0.53% Manchester Football & Soccer Handball Sports Volleyball Rugby American Football Check Fake Followers Get contacts	Football & Soccer Handball Sports Volleyball Rugby American Football	Followers 10,184,112	ER 0.53%	Country	City Manchester	Check Fake Followers Get contacts
45	45 OneFootball @onefootball Followers: 10,103,993 • ER: 0.3% City of London Football & Soccer Handball Volleyball Rugby American Football Baseball Check Fake Followers Get contacts	Football & Soccer Handball Volleyball Rugby American Football Baseball	Followers 10,103,993	ER 0.3%	Country	City City of London	Check Fake Followers Get contacts
46	46 Bruno Fernandes @brunofernandes8 Followers: 9,776,970 • ER: 2.61% Manchester Football & Soccer Handball Sports Volleyball Rugby Baseball Check Fake Followers Get contacts	Football & Soccer Handball Sports Volleyball Rugby Baseball	Followers 9,776,970	ER 2.61%	Country	City Manchester	Check Fake Followers Get contacts
47	47 Ilkay Gündogan @ilkayguendogan Followers: 9,516,110 • ER: 2.77% Manchester Football & Soccer Handball Sports Volleyball Rugby Baseball Check Fake Followers Get contacts	Football & Soccer Handball Sports Volleyball Rugby Baseball	Followers 9,516,110	ER 2.77%	Country	City Manchester	Check Fake Followers Get contacts
48	48 JLingz @jesselingard Followers: 9,116,960 • ER: 1.21% City of London Social Clubs Football & Soccer Handball Sports Volleyball Rugby Check Fake Followers Get contacts	Social Clubs Football & Soccer Handball Sports Volleyball Rugby	Followers 9,116,960	ER 1.21%	Country	City City of London	Check Fake Followers Get contacts
49	49 John Terry @johnterry.26 Followers: 8,664,038 • ER: 0.22% City of London Football & Soccer Handball Volleyball Tennis Rugby Cricket Check Fake Followers Get contacts	Football & Soccer Handball Volleyball Tennis Rugby Cricket	Followers 8,664,038	ER 0.22%	Country	City City of London	Check Fake Followers Get contacts
50	50 Alexis Mac Allister @alemacallister Followers: 8,536,921 • ER: 4.06% Leeds Football & Soccer Handball Sports Volleyball Rugby American Football Check Fake Followers Get contacts	Football & Soccer Handball Sports Volleyball Rugby American Football	Followers 8,536,921	ER 4.06%	Country	City Leeds	Check Fake Followers Get contacts

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Frequently asked questions

Who are the top Rugby Instagram influencers in the United Kingdom?

By followers: @premierleague (78M), @manchesterunited (64.5M), @mancity (56.2M). By engagement rate: @garnacho7 (8.25%), @fabriziorom (7.99%), @enzojfernandez (5.34%). Data: infloo, September 2026.

What is a typical engagement rate for Rugby influencers in the United Kingdom?

The median is 0.57%; half of the 50 largest creators by followers fall between 0.25% and 2.39%. Data: infloo, September 2026.

How many Rugby Instagram influencers does infloo track in the United Kingdom?

979 as of September 2026. The ranking shows 50 of them, sorted by followers.

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