Roman Reigns is the Universal Champion for more than a year now (instagram)
WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns gains more followers than AEW
The Tribal Chief “Roman Reigns continues his dominance even outside the WWE arena. First, he broke the merchandise sales record and haven’t lost a single title match this year.
Recently digital growth agency LoveUX has revealed that the Universal Champion has gained 1.65 million followers in 2021. The fun fact is WWE’s rival AEW has Instagram followers standing at 1.6 million, which means Reigns has gained more followers in 2021 than AEW has followers on Instagram.
A fan took to Twitter to reveal these stats and mentioned that people don’t believe Roman is more significant than the AEW brand.
“Roman Reigns gained 1.65 mill followers on Instagram #aew Instagram followers stands at 1.6mill Roman Reigns gained more followers in 2021 than aew has followers on IG And I get attacked when I say Roman Reigns >>> aew, it’s fact, that shot is minor league at best”
Roman Reigns’ growth of 1.65 million followers on Instagram is 41.6%. The next wrestler close to Reigns was Eva Marie, with 584,786 new followers for an increase of 12.86%, and Bianca Belair came in at number three with a gain of 542,685 followers, a rise of 116.64%.
The only All Elite Wrestling stars in the top 20 Jade Cargill (#15) increased 50.50% with 219,104 new followers and Tay Conti (19) with 204,721 new followers with an increase of 58.64%.
The full list of Top 20 Active Wrestlers in 2021 that have gained The Most Instagram Followers according to LoveUX are,
| Rank Wrestler | New Followers | %Growth |
| Roman Reigns | 16,51,702 | 41.60% |
| Eva Marie | 5,84,768 | 12.86% |
| Bianca Belair | 5,42,685 | 116.64% |
| Alexa Bliss | 4,64,262 | 9.17% |
| Zelina Vega | 4,42,689 | 37.42% |
| Rhea Ripley | 3,18,014 | 47.99% |
| Drew McIntyre | 3,07,241 | 26.91% |
| Sasha Banks | 2,70,222 | 5.39% |
| Becky Lynch | 2,60,660 | 5.20% |
| Mandy Rose | 2,55,894 | 9.35% |
| Bobby Lashley | 2,49,326 | 37.20% |
| The Miz | 2,47,945 | 7.35% |
| Charlotte Flair | 2,26,938 | 5.17% |
| Goldberg | 2,25,889 | 10.39% |
| Jade Cargill | 2,19,104 | 50.50% |
| Edge | 2,14,829 | 13.44% |
| Randy Orton | 2,14,796 | 3.60% |
| Riddle | 2,11,455 | 52.77% |
| Tay Conti | 2,04,721 | 58.64% |
| Carmella | 1,87,107 | 6.65% |
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