Virat Kohli Earns Rs 82 Lakhs For Each Sponsored Instagram Post

Social media earns a big amount for celebrity users who use their platform to promote commercial products. If you are updated with Virat Kohli’s Instagram you might be aware that the Indian Cricketer has used his Insta handle to promote a clothing line, a luggage manufacturer, a sporting apparel company, a luxury car, a Swiss watch company and even Anushka’s movie “Pari”.

There is no doubt that his promotional content reached to large number of people. Also, Virat Kohli is currently having 2.32 crore followers on Instagram, which is a really huge figure to make out profits from.

Instagram scheduler website HopperHQ has compiled its 2018 Instagram rich list, which gives an indication of who is making how much money with each post of Instagram. It doesn’t come to our surprise that Kohli is ranked 17^th in the world in this list, with earnings reaching over Rs 82 Lakhs per post. According to the list, Indian Cricketer demands up to USD 120,000 which is approximately Rs 82 Lakh to share any sponsored post on social media.

This is a lot more than the world’s highest paid sportsmen – boxer Floyd Mayweathe, who demands USD 110,000 (approx Rs 75 Lakh per post). Cristiano Ronaldo tops this list with USD 750,000 approximately Rs 5 crore per post.

Virat Kohli is ranked ahead of basketball star Stephen Curry and boxing star Floyd Mayweather. If we take only players then amongst them Kohli’s position is ninth.