Neymar gains one million followers following national team call-up announcement

Following the announcement by Carlo Ancelotti regarding the 2026 World Cup squad, Neymar gained over one million new Instagram followers within 24 hours. Data from the Radar Canarinho platform, cited by O’ Globo, confirms this growth brought his total to approximately 232 million followers. Despite the increase, Neymar remains third globally behind Cristiano Ronaldo with 669 million and Lionel Messi with 506 million followers. Other players called up to the squad also saw significant growth, including Endrick with 461,000 new followers, Rayan with 139,400, and Weverton with 126,600. In total, the 26 selected players added 2.3 million followers collectively during this period. Four individual players from the team each gained more than 100,000 new followers.