The new 'prince' of social media. FC Barcelona winger Lamine Yamal is the player of the moment. With his great performance at Euro 2024, which he won, the 17-year-old Spaniard has been triumphing on Instagram. And since the start of the tournament in Germany on June 14, the young Barça pearl accumulated the largest number of new followers on that social network with 6.2 million.
This is more than double the 'king of Instagram', Cristiano Ronaldo, who added almost three million new followers. Jude Bellingham follows him with +1,855,004, Kylian Mbappé with +1,611,502 and Florian Wirtz with +655,104. With such an increase in influence, Lamine already has 20 million admirers on the social network and to celebrate he decided to raffle off his Adidas F50 football boots to whoever could guess his favorite food. Through a survey on their stories, fans had three options to choose from: Milanesa with potatoes, Fideuá and Macaroni Bolognese. Which do you think is their favorite?
While you think about it, we tell you that the young Barça promise joined the preseason training last Monday, August 5. His teammates, Ferrán Torres and Pedri joined him to try to get ready for the 59th edition of the Joan Gamper Trophy, which will be played this Monday, August 12 at 8:00 p.m. (Spanish time) at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys.
Lamine Yamal: A social media sensation
The leap in quality that the player has made since his arrival to the first team of the culé club has been more than evident both on the field of play and in his popularity. He is one of the most beloved Barça footballers worldwide and all the networks are filled with his videos every time he does wonders in a match. However, it is important to mention that Lamine only has official accounts on Instagram (@lamineyamal) with 20.5 million followers and on Tiktok (@lamine.yamal), where he has 14.3 million followers. Everything else is fan accounts not approved by the player.
Something curious about his numbers on Instagram is that his first post was on January 8, 2023, and since then, 90% of the posts exceed one million likes and each one can reach more than five thousand or ten thousand comments. His most well-received post so far was the carousel of photos he posted after winning Euro 2024, which has 11.8 million likes and more than 66 thousand comments. On TikTok, although he has fewer followers, his reach is greater, reaching 66.3 million likes and a single video reached 104 million views. Without a doubt, Lamine Yamal is a sensation on social media and everything indicates that his numbers will continue to grow every day. Have you followed him yet?