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Top 25 Italian football influencers

In Italy, football is the conversation that never stops, from Serie A to the national team.

The list mixes Serie A players and Italians abroad, former champions turned pundits, and football creators who live off reels and social commentary.

The biggest names come from the pitch, but the strongest reactions often sit with the younger players and pure content creators, who post constantly for the same community of fans.

Denis GolubevDenis Golubev4 min readLast updated: Jun 16, 2026

How this list was built

A public shortlist from the ClickAnalytic creator database

ClickAnalytic tracks 400M+ creator profiles. We found 4,392 profiles matching this ranking and selected 25 for the public shortlist; inside the platform you can search the full set, compare audience quality and unlock verified contacts.

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The ranking

Italian creators here engage their audience 3.9x more than the platform average

Across the 4,392 Italian football creators we track, audiences engage about 3.9x more per post than a typical account of the same size, and their followers read as about 79% real on average.

Lorenzo Insigne
#1
lorinsigneofficial
Lorenzo InsigneMega
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1.9M
Followers
1.76%
Engagement rate
941.0K
Avg views
$12.2K+
Typical $/post

Official Account #LorenzoInsigne For collaborations & ADV @li24adv @pescaracalcio1936

Audience location
Italy68.0%
Audience gender
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20.0%
Average: some noise
fake followers / suspicious accounts

Best for: Football and sports sponsors. Attacking winger with an official account and an ADV contact already in the bio. A wide, recognisable account, a fit for sports sponsors and brands looking for a known face of Italian football.

Ivan Perišić
#2
ivanperisic444
Ivan PerišićMega
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1.8M
Followers
1.66%
Engagement rate
643.9K
Avg views
$12.2K+
Typical $/post

4 HNK Hajduk Split 14 Croatian National Team

Audience location
Italy33.0%
Audience gender
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25.0%
Poor: high risk
fake followers / suspicious accounts

Best for: International football. Croatia international with a following that blends Italian and Eastern European fans. A fit for sports brands that want to reach supporters beyond national borders.

Gianluca Lapadula
#3
gianluca_lapadula_official
Gianluca LapadulaMega
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1.7M
Followers
1.29%
Engagement rate
364.1K
Avg views
$12.2K+
Typical $/post

⚽️ @speziacalcio 🇵🇪 @labicolor 💥 @gl9_official 📩 marketing: 👟 @adidaspe 📩 agente:

Audience location
Italy69.0%
Audience gender
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27.0%
Poor: high risk
fake followers / suspicious accounts

Best for: Football and structured collaborations. Striker with an audience that blends Italian and Peruvian fans. He already lists marketing and agent contacts in the bio, handy for anyone seeking organised collaborations.

Fabian Ruiz Peña
#4
fabianruiz52
Fabian Ruiz PeñaMega
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1.6M
Followers
2.21%
Engagement rate
273.6K
Avg views
$12.2K+
Typical $/post

Jugador del @psg y de la @sefutbol 🇪🇸 @adidasfootball athlete

Audience location
Italy61.0%
Audience gender
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19.0%
Average: some noise
fake followers / suspicious accounts

Best for: Technical sponsors and football abroad. PSG and Spain midfielder, an adidas athlete as noted in the bio. A fit for technical brands and campaigns aimed at an international football audience.

Federico Dimarco 32
#5
federicodimarco
Federico Dimarco 32Mega
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1.4M
Followers
9.78%
Engagement rate
1.4M
Avg views
$12.2K+
Typical $/post

⚫️🔵 @inter 🌍 @giulymazzocato, Chloe & Nicholas 🐶 Jordan 💎 @rocnationsi

Audience location
Italy76.0%
Audience gender
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29.0%
Poor: high risk
fake followers / suspicious accounts

Best for: Football and a reactive community. Inter full-back with very high interaction for his size, a sign of a deeply engaged football community. Strong for sports campaigns that want reaction as well as reach.

Daniele Rugani
#6
daniruga
Daniele RuganiMega
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1.2M
Followers
1.27%
Engagement rate
1.3M
Avg views
$12.2K+
Typical $/post

Player of @acffiorentina 🇮🇹

Audience location
Italy54.0%
Audience gender
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27.0%
Poor: high risk
fake followers / suspicious accounts

Best for: Club football. Fiorentina defender with a clean, club-focused profile. A fit for sports sponsors and initiatives aimed at fans of the Italian league.

Alessandro Nesta
#7
nesta
Alessandro NestaMega
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1.2M
Followers
1.26%
Engagement rate
293.7K
Avg views
$12.2K+
Typical $/post

PR & Collabs: @thesobeclub

Audience location
Italy44.0%
Audience gender
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28.0%
Poor: high risk
fake followers / suspicious accounts

Best for: Legends and football heritage. Former world-champion defender, now a recognisable face with a PR contact in the bio. A fit for aspirational and celebratory campaigns tied to the history of Italian football.

Roberto Baggio
#8
robybaggio_official
Roberto BaggioMega
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985.3K
Followers
1.00%
Engagement rate
196.7K
Avg views
$5.9K-12.2K
Typical $/post

For any business inquiries, please contact @v_baggio 💙

Audience location
Italy88.0%
Audience gender
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10.0%
Good: clean audience
fake followers / suspicious accounts

Best for: Icons and a very real audience. An Italian football legend with one of the highest real-audience shares on the list. A prestige profile for institutional and image campaigns rather than frequent posting.

Giovanni Di Lorenzo
#9
dilorenzo22
Giovanni Di LorenzoMega
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866.8K
Followers
4.94%
Engagement rate
1.3M
Avg views
$5.9K-12.2K
Typical $/post

@officialsscnapoli

Audience location
Italy75.0%
Audience gender
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20.0%
Average: some noise
fake followers / suspicious accounts

Best for: Football and club support. Napoli captain with an audience tightly tied to the team and good reactivity. A fit for sports sponsors and campaigns across the Campania region.

Simon Kjær
#10
simonkjaer.official
Simon KjærMega
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697.4K
Followers
5.28%
Engagement rate
445.7K
Avg views
$5.9K-12.2K
Typical $/post

Former player and captain of Denmark, @herrelandsholdet 🇩🇰 Twitter: simonkjaer1989

Audience location
Italy66.0%
Audience gender
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12.0%
Good: clean audience
fake followers / suspicious accounts

Best for: Football and a Northern European audience. Former Denmark captain with a wide community and a high real-audience share. Useful for brands that want to blend Italian and Scandinavian fans.

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Lorenzo Pellegrini
#11
lorepelle7
Lorenzo PellegriniMega
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637.2K
Followers
2.74%
Engagement rate
931.2K
Avg views
$5.9K-12.2K
Typical $/post
Audience location: Italy 70.0%fake followers / suspicious accounts: 23.0%Average: some noise

Football player of @officialasroma and @gp.soccer ⚽️ #LP7

Best for: Football and Roma support.

Roma midfielder and club symbol, with a strongly identity-driven audience tied to the club. A fit for sports sponsors and initiatives aimed at Giallorossi fans.

Facu Colidio
#12
facucolidio
Facu ColidioMega
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631.5K
Followers
14.40%
Engagement rate
1.6M
Avg views
$5.9K-12.2K
Typical $/post
Audience location: Italy 42.0%fake followers / suspicious accounts: 20.0%Average: some noise

🇦🇷

Best for: Reactive community and South American football.

Argentine striker with interaction among the highest on the list relative to his size. Strong for campaigns seeking a small but very reactive community.

Andrea Panciroli
#13
ilpancio
Andrea PanciroliMega
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613.9K
Followers
2.03%
Engagement rate
254.7K
Avg views
$5.9K-12.2K
Typical $/post
Audience location: Italy 94.0%fake followers / suspicious accounts: 16.0%Average: some noise

Quello che dico non deve avere senso perché faccio il comico 🎙️ Host•Comico•Telecronista ⚽️ @ocwsport @calcio.selvaggio 💡 @senzaluci In Elenco AGCOM

Best for: Comedy and social commentary.

Comedian and commentator who tells football with humour, with one of the highest real-audience shares. A fit for entertainment campaigns and sports media that bank on reactivity.

Antonio Cassano
#14
antoniocassano
Antonio CassanoMega
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582.5K
Followers
2.46%
Engagement rate
900.4K
Avg views
$5.9K-12.2K
Typical $/post
Audience location: Italy 91.0%fake followers / suspicious accounts: 12.0%Good: clean audience

DIGITAL: @_____pair_____

Best for: Pundits and football culture.

Former playmaker now a closely followed voice in the football debate, with a real audience among the highest on the list. A fit for opinion formats, sports media and campaigns built around football storytelling.

Radu Dragusin
#15
radudragusin3
Radu DragusinMega
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535.7K
Followers
5.55%
Engagement rate
693.4K
Avg views
$5.9K-12.2K
Typical $/post
Audience location: Italy 55.0%fake followers / suspicious accounts: 22.0%Average: some noise

Player of @spursofficial 🤍 Hard work beats talent ⚔

Best for: Football abroad and young defenders.

Tottenham and Romania defender with good reactivity and a growing audience. A fit for sports brands backing a young, international profile.

Federico Barba
#16
fedebarba19
Federico BarbaMacro
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472.5K
Followers
13.40%
Engagement rate
1.8M
Avg views
$2.6K-5.7K
Typical $/post
Audience location: Italy 70.0%fake followers / suspicious accounts: 30.0%Poor: high risk

🇮🇹 Facebook: FedericoBarbaOfficial

Best for: Very reactive community.

Defender with very high interaction relative to his size, a sign of a small but loyal audience. Useful for targeted campaigns that want reaction over raw reach.

Allan Marques
#17
allanmarques91
Allan MarquesMacro
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471.3K
Followers
3.14%
Engagement rate
318.1K
Avg views
$2.6K-5.7K
Typical $/post
Audience location: Italy 57.0%fake followers / suspicious accounts: 22.0%Average: some noise

Atleta de Futebol

Best for: Football and a Brazilian audience.

Brazilian midfielder with a following tied to the Italian league and Brazil. A fit for sports brands that want to reach fans across two markets.

Alex Meret
#18
alex_meret
Alex MeretMacro
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441.5K
Followers
6.64%
Engagement rate
134.9K
Avg views
$2.6K-5.7K
Typical $/post
Audience location: Italy 83.0%fake followers / suspicious accounts: 19.0%Average: some noise

Best for: Goalkeepers and specialist sponsors.

Napoli goalkeeper with good reactivity for the role. A fit for glove brands, goalkeeper gear and sports sponsors tied to the club.

Sebastiano Esposito
#19
espositosebastiano
Sebastiano EspositoMacro
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436.6K
Followers
3.95%
Engagement rate
315.9K
Avg views
$2.6K-5.7K
Typical $/post
Audience location: Italy 84.0%fake followers / suspicious accounts: 16.0%Average: some noise

@cagliaricalcio ❤️💙 Nano🐶 9️⃣4️⃣ for collab:

Best for: Young talents and collaborations.

Striker on loan with a collaboration contact already in the bio and a high real-audience share. A good pick for brands that want to back a rising young player.

Pepe Reina
#20
preinaofficial
Pepe ReinaMacro
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431.7K
Followers
2.00%
Engagement rate
102.2K
Avg views
$2.6K-5.7K
Typical $/post
Audience location: Italy 57.0%fake followers / suspicious accounts: 24.0%Average: some noise

💛 @villarrealcf Academy Coach 📩 Imagen/Comunicación:

Best for: Goalkeepers and a Spanish audience.

Former goalkeeper now a goalkeeping coach at Villarreal, with a following that blends Italy and Spain. A fit for specialist goalkeeper brands and bilingual campaigns.

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Pio Esposito
#21
pioesposito
Pio EspositoMacro
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419.0K
Followers
29.71%
Engagement rate
917.9K
Avg views
$2.6K-5.7K
Typical $/post
Audience location: Italy 91.0%fake followers / suspicious accounts: 21.0%Average: some noise

@inter @nike

Best for: Fast-rising young players.

Young Inter striker with by far the highest interaction on the list, a sign of an audience following his rise closely. Strong for brands that want to back an emerging talent.

FiusGamer
#22
fiusgamer
FiusGamerMacro
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412.7K
Followers
3.03%
Engagement rate
264.2K
Avg views
$2.6K-5.7K
Typical $/post
Audience location: Italy 95.0%fake followers / suspicious accounts: 19.0%Average: some noise

Ocho

Best for: Gaming and football for a young audience.

Creator who mixes football, video games and challenges for a young, very reactive community. A fit for consoles, football titles and tech brands aimed at younger viewers.

Edoardo Bove
#23
edo_bove
Edoardo BoveMacro
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392.5K
Followers
6.25%
Engagement rate
396.3K
Avg views
$2.6K-5.7K
Typical $/post
Audience location: Italy 80.0%fake followers / suspicious accounts: 21.0%Average: some noise

@watfordfcofficial Football player @adidasita athlete

Best for: Football and emerging profiles.

Midfielder and adidas athlete, with good reactivity and a growing profile. A fit for technical sponsors and campaigns backing a young Serie A name.

Fabio Quagliarella
#24
fabioquagliarella27_official
Fabio QuagliarellaMacro
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377.9K
Followers
1.71%
Engagement rate
191.7K
Avg views
$2.6K-5.7K
Typical $/post
Audience location: Italy 84.0%fake followers / suspicious accounts: 20.0%Average: some noise

Iscriviti a @fantastabia tramite il mio link e inserisci il codice sconto FABIO10 PAGHI 90€ AL POSTO DI 100€

Best for: Veterans and a loyal audience.

A long-career striker with a devoted audience and a bio that already uses discount codes and links. A fit for brands wanting an experienced face used to direct promotions.

Stefanobeltrame
#25
stefano_beltrame
StefanobeltrameMacro
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370.2K
Followers
1.43%
Engagement rate
205.6K
Avg views
$2.6K-5.7K
Typical $/post
Audience location: Italy 71.0%fake followers / suspicious accounts: 23.0%Average: some noise

Professional football player @biellese1902 Biella 🇮🇹 🏠 📥 Mkt: @10.agency

Best for: Niche football and management.

Professional player with a management contact in the bio and a smaller but defined audience. A fit for targeted collaborations handled through an agency.

Niche analytics

Who's on this list

Under the same passion sit very different profiles. At the top are the most-followed players, from Lorenzo Insigne to Federico Dimarco, alongside those playing abroad like Fabian Ruiz, Simon Kjaer and Radu Dragusin: accounts with hundreds of thousands or millions of followers, built on fame earned on the pitch and carried onto Instagram across matches, training and private life.

Next to the active players is a second group that explains why this list stays useful for anyone working with brands: former champions like Roberto Baggio, Alessandro Nesta and Antonio Cassano, now recognisable faces and pundits, and football creators like Andrea Panciroli and FiusGamer, who turn analysis, humour and football gaming into content made for the community. These younger profiles and the pure creators are often the ones posting the highest interaction in the group, because they publish for fans rather than a general audience.

70%
avg Italian football audience
5.2%
avg engagement rate
79%
avg real audience
$5.9K-12.2K
estimated price per post

ClickAnalytic pricing model, how we worked this out

What they post
Match clipsTraining and behind the scenesPrivate life and familyAnalysis reels and social commentaryFootball humour and memesFootball gamingCollaborations and sponsors
Who they are

Serie A players

Active players in Italy, from Insigne to Dimarco to Sebastiano Esposito, with an audience tied to the club and the national team.

Italians abroad and foreigners in Italy

Profiles like Fabian Ruiz, Simon Kjaer, Radu Dragusin and Allan Marques, who blend Italian fans with international communities.

Former champions and pundits

Club legends like Roberto Baggio, Alessandro Nesta and Antonio Cassano, now TV faces and trusted voices on Italian football.

Goalkeepers and specialists

Number ones like Alex Meret and Pepe Reina, niche profiles but highly recognisable among dedicated fans.

Football creators

Comedians, social commentators and analysts like Andrea Panciroli, who bring analysis and humour to the feed with often very high interaction.

Gaming and football entertainment

Creators like FiusGamer who mix football, video games and challenges, with a young and very reactive community.

Creator sizes

Nano

Emerging creators · 1K-10K

0 in this list

Micro

High-efficiency creators · 10K-50K

0 in this list

Mid + Macro

Scale creators · 50K-500K

10 in this list

Mega

Celebrity-level creators · 500K+

15 in this list

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Brand fit

Best brand fits for Italian football influencers

How to read these matches: they are suggestions drawn from bios and content themes, meant to guide a first selection, not to certify past collaborations.

Sportswear and football gear
Best fit

Players and goalkeepers are the natural ground for technical brands, boots, balls and gloves: several already name sponsors like adidas or Nike in their bios.

Nutrition and performance supplements
Best fit

Active players and football faces speak to an audience focused on training and recovery, a fit for supplements and sports nutrition.

Betting, fantasy football and sports media
Strong

Analysis creators and social commentators gather highly engaged fans, in line with prediction platforms, fantasy football and sports publishers.

Gaming and technology
Strong

Profiles like FiusGamer combine football and video games, useful for consoles, football titles and tech brands aimed at a young male audience.

Lifestyle, cars and watches
Good

The best-known players can carry aspirational campaigns for fashion, cars and accessories, where image matters as much as reach.

Events, ticketing and sports tourism
Niche

Former champions and pundits with tours and live appearances fit events, ticketing and initiatives tied to fan travel.

Matches are suggested from bios and content themes, not from an invented sponsorship history.

Proprietary data

The Italian football creator economy in numbers

The interactions below describe the 25 profiles in the ranking, not the whole world of Italian football. The useful comparison is between the 25 shown and the 4,392 Italian football creators we track: it shows where interaction and audience quality concentrate, not a national average.

3.9x
Engagement vs platform average
79%
Average real audience
20.6M
Combined reach of the shortlist
Engagement-rate distribution
% of creators above each threshold
100.0%
Above 1%
48.0%
Above 3%
24.0%
Above 6%
Reach - average reel views
% of creators above each views threshold
100.0%Over 50k
100.0%Over 100k
80.0%Over 250k
Audience quality
share of real, credible followers
79.0%mostly real audience
Good

Detailed audience demographics, by age and gender, are available in the database but not shown at this level.

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Across the 4,392 football creators in Italy, audiences engage about 3.9 times more per post than a typical account of the same size, and about 80% have a mostly real audience.

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Many profiles already list a management contact or a dedicated collaboration email in their bio, a sign of creators used to working with brands, and several players flag technical sponsors like adidas or Nike. According to the ClickAnalytic Creator Economy Report, about 39% of creators on Instagram have a public email, in line with the contacts you can read here.

Among the most-followed, players carry the weight, but the most reactive audiences often sit with the younger profiles, the analysis creators and those who mix football and gaming, who post consistently and speak to very defined communities. Several profiles are listed in the AGCOM register, a recurring detail among the more structured Italian football creators.

Our verdict

This ranking works well as a quick map of the most-followed Italian football profiles on Instagram, from the Serie A pitches to the creators born online.

For reach alone, the best-known players and former champions are the natural starting point; for campaigns with highly reactive communities, look to the younger faces, the analysis creators and those who mix football and gaming, who often post the highest interaction in the group.

The 25 in the ranking are only a public selection. To filter by role, audience size, follower quality and verified contact, you can explore the 4,392 Italian football creators we track inside ClickAnalytic.

Methodology

How we selected these creators

How we picked this list. We start from football creators associated with Italy who have an active audience on Instagram, then rank by a combination of followers, interaction rate and audience quality.

Profiles must be recognisable people, players, former players or football creators, recently active, with metrics that belong to the same Instagram account shown. Club pages, newsrooms and football apps are left out.

The 25 in the ranking are the public selection; the full slice of Italian football creators we track is much larger and is accessible inside the platform.

The figures above are a snapshot pulled on June 16, 2026, not a live feed.

For developers & data teams

Put the data behind this ranking in your own stack

The same live data we used to rank Italian football creators, followers, engagement, audience quality and more across 400M+ creators, is available programmatically through the ClickAnalytic Influencer Marketing API.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Everything brands ask before shortlisting Italian football creators.

How is this ranking of Italian football creators ordered?

The 25 profiles are ranked by combining followers, interaction rate and audience quality on Instagram. It is not a simple list by follower count: how much fans react and how real the audience looks both matter.

Why are there players who play abroad in the ranking?

The list gathers football creators tied to Italy with a strong Italian following. That is why you find Italians abroad like Fabian Ruiz at PSG, and foreigners followed heavily in Italy like Simon Kjaer and Radu Dragusin, alongside Serie A players.

Did you include team pages or football newsrooms?

No. This is a ranking of people: players, former players and football creators. We excluded official club pages, publications, fantasy football apps and sports media accounts, which describe teams or companies rather than a single creator.

How do you assess audience quality and fake followers?

For each profile we calculate a real-audience share, the part of the following that looks authentic and is not inflated by suspicious accounts. Across the 25 shown, that share averages around 79 percent. On the full database you can see the same AQS score creator by creator.

Can I contact these football creators for a collaboration?

Many profiles already list a management contact or a collaboration email in their bio, as with Gianluca Lapadula and Sebastiano Esposito. According to the ClickAnalytic Creator Economy Report, about 39% of creators on Instagram have a public email, and on the database you get verified contacts to reach the right profiles without manual searches.

How much does a collaboration with these football creators cost?

It depends on profile size. According to the ClickAnalytic Creator Economy Report, an Instagram post in the 500,000 to 1 million follower band is estimated between 5,900 and 12,200 dollars. It is a reference estimate, not a price list, and it varies by niche and engagement.

How we know this

Where the numbers on this page come from.

ClickAnalytic indexes 400M+ creator accounts across Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. The figures in this ranking come from querying that database, cross-referenced with the Creator Economy Report 2026; card figures reflect the snapshot date shown on this page.

400M+ creator databaseThe source every stat is pulled fromCreator Economy Report 2026Our benchmarks for engagement, pricing and real audienceAudience quality scoringHow we measure real versus fake followersCreator pricing modelHow the estimated price per post is calculated

Photos and figures reflect the data snapshot date and may differ from the current profiles.

Denis Golubev

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Denis Golubev

Marketer at ClickAnalytic, turning live data on 400M+ creators into rankings brands can actually act on.

Last updated Jun 16, 20264 min read
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