Nollywood Stars You Won't Believe Are Mostly Followed On Instagram In 2022(Photos)

Launched on the 6th of October 2010, Instagram has over the years transformed into a massive, hugely popular social media platform with around 1 billion monthly active users

The American photo and video sharing social networking service owned by Facebook is one social media platform where most celebrities feed their fans and followers real-time information and gists about their lives.

Many Nigerian celebrities, especially, practitioners in Nigerian movie industry, popularly called Nollywood, have also embraced the platform to sell their brand. Indeed, deciding how famous, influential or perhaps successful you are as an entertainer or show biz personality, your social media space engagement and most importantly, followership on platforms like Instagram are very important metrics.

Celebrities with large followership base have effortlessly been smiling to the bank as their fanbase invariably dictates how big their brand is and how much they rake in as endorsement deals or brand influencers while still using the platform to promote their crafts.

Below are five Nollywood stars with the highest Instagram followers in 2022.

Funke Akindele

One of Nollywood’s finest and most versatile actors and producers, Funke Akindele with 15.5 million followers remains one of the titans of the Nigerian entertainment industry. Best known for her role as “Jenifa” in “Jenifa Diaries”, Akindele first starred in the sitcom ‘I Need to Know’ which was aired from 1998 to 2002. In 2009, she won the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and in 2016, she was named Best Actress in a Comedy at the 2016 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards for her character in Jenifa’s Diary. Her continuous rise on Instagram can be connected to her die-hard fans who are loyal to her craft. She recently emerged as the Lagos State deputy governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Mercy Johnson