{"id":11075,"date":"2018-04-13T21:04:08","date_gmt":"2018-04-14T02:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennisfrontier.com\/?p=11075"},"modified":"2018-04-21T20:32:16","modified_gmt":"2018-04-22T01:32:16","slug":"the-top-10-social-media-followings-in-womens-tennis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennisfrontier.com\/archive\/news\/the-top-10-social-media-followings-in-womens-tennis\/","title":{"rendered":"The Top 10 Social Media Followings in Women&#8217;s Tennis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Serena Williams has been the dominant player of her era, but is she the Queen of social media?<\/p>\n<p>Tennis Frontier went on a fact-finding mission to see which players were rocking the realm of Cyberspace with social media followings.\u00a0 We checked out the Twitter, Facebook and Instagram followings of the major players. Overall figures are shown in brackets.<\/p>\n<h2>No.10 Agnieszka Radwanska (Followers: 1,543,660)<\/h2>\n<p>Polish playmaker, Aga Radwanska squeezes into the Top 10 edging out Spanish starlet\u00a0Garbi\u00f1e Muguruza (1,524,314) and Martina Hingis (1,353,066) by virtue of a pretty hefty Facebook following.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Facebook:<\/strong> 948,660<br \/>\n<strong>Twitter:<\/strong> 312,000<br \/>\n<strong>Instagram:<\/strong> 283,000<\/p>\n<p>[divider]<\/p>\n<h2>No.9 Petra Kvitova (1,553,991)<\/h2>\n<p>Czech powerhouse and two-time major winner Petra Kvitova chimes in at Number 9 on the list. Petra has a pretty balanced following across all three of the major social media networks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Facebook:<\/strong>\u00a0664,991<br \/>\n<strong>Twitter:<\/strong> 535,000<br \/>\n<strong>Instagram:<\/strong> 354,000<\/p>\n<p>[divider]<\/p>\n<h2>No.8 Angelique Kerber (1,649,984)<\/h2>\n<p>Former world number one Angelique Kerber ranks 8 on the list. The German star posts in both English and her native language.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Facebook:<\/strong> 834,984<br \/>\n<strong>Twitter:<\/strong> 357,000<br \/>\n<strong>Instagram: <\/strong>458,000<\/p>\n<p>[divider]<\/p>\n<h2>No.7 Simona Halep (2,219,669)<\/h2>\n<p>The pride of Romania, Simona Halep performs solidly on Facebook and Instragram, less so on Twitter where she would rank outside the Top 10.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Facebook:<\/strong> 1,412,669<br \/>\n<strong>Twitter:<\/strong> 196,000<br \/>\n<strong>Instagram: <\/strong>611,000<\/p>\n<p>[divider]<\/p>\n<h2>No.6 Victoria Azarenka (3,500,028)<\/h2>\n<p>Vika has a solid following of over 3.5 million. The Belarusian former world number one is particularly active on Twitter and this reflects in her numbers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Facebook:<\/strong> 1,490,028<br \/>\n<strong>Twitter:<\/strong> 1,410,000<br \/>\n<strong>Instagram: <\/strong>600,000<\/p>\n<p>[divider]<\/p>\n<h2>No.5 Eugenie Bouchard (4,924,200)<\/h2>\n<p>Genie bats way above her tennis accomplishments when it comes to social media.\u00a0 The Canadien weighs in at Number 5 on the overall list and No.3 on Instagram. Photogenic, sassy and a marketers dream.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Facebook:<\/strong> 1,524,200<br \/>\n<strong>Twitter:<\/strong> 1,700,000<br \/>\n<strong>Instagram: <\/strong>1,700,000<\/p>\n<p>[divider]<\/p>\n<h2>No.4 Venus Williams (4,995,700)<\/h2>\n<p>Legendary veteran Venus Williams appears at Number 4 on the list. Not quite as active on social media as some of her counterparts, she still rides high.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Facebook:<\/strong> 2,285,700<br \/>\n<strong>Twitter:<\/strong> 1,770,000<br \/>\n<strong>Instagram: <\/strong>940,000<\/p>\n<p>[divider]<\/p>\n<h2>No.3 Caroline Wozniacki (5,947,376)<\/h2>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"WTA PREMIER , TOKYO : CAROLINE WOZNIACKI AI QUARTI , FUORI JOHANNA KONTA by TennisStreaming\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennisfrontier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/36970290730_10747d0ffa_b_caroline-wozniacki.jpg\" alt=\"caroline wozniacki photo\"  \/>\n<p>Caro&#8217;s recent major winning exploits have given her a boost, but she was doing pretty well in any event. Wozniacki is very active in promotional work and Sports Illustrated photoshoots don&#8217;t harm the cause.<br \/>\nThe Danish star ranks 3.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Facebook:<\/strong> 1,567,376<br \/>\n<strong>Twitter:<\/strong> 3,180,000<br \/>\n<strong>Instagram: <\/strong>1,200,000<\/p>\n<p>[divider]<\/p>\n<h2>No.2 Serena Williams (23,996,996)<\/h2>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Serena Williams by y.caradec\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennisfrontier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/8886683738_d12e720891_b_serena-williams.jpg\" alt=\"serena williams photo\"  \/>\n<p>Serena Williams transcends the sport.\u00a0 Nearly 24 million followers give her a buffer of over 18 million followers to third-placed Caroline Wozniacki. Williams is ranked #1 on both Instagram and Twitter in comparison to her peers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Facebook:<\/strong> 5,296,996<br \/>\n<strong>Twitter:<\/strong> 10,800,000<br \/>\n<strong>Instagram: <\/strong>7,900,000<\/p>\n<p>[divider]<\/p>\n<h2>No.1 Maria Sharapova (26,834,575)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Australian Open Players' Party by Visit Victoria\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennisfrontier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/15692275884_d463ef94a4_b_maria-sharapova.jpg\" alt=\"maria sharapova photo\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Maria Sharapova comes top of the list, courtesy of a mammoth 15 million + Facebook following. The Russian can rightfully claim the title of &#8220;Tennis Queen of Social Media&#8221;. With nearly 27 million overall followers, Sharapova is the marketing gift that just keeps giving.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Facebook:<\/strong> 15,214,575<br \/>\n<strong>Twitter:<\/strong> 8,620,000<br \/>\n<strong>Instagram: <\/strong>3,000,000<\/p>\n<p><small>Photo by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/49768282@N04\/15692275884\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visit Victoria<\/a> <a title=\"Attribution License\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennisfrontier.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-inject\/images\/cc.png\" \/><\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<p>[divider]<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennisfrontier.com\/tennisforum\/threads\/the-top-10-social-media-followings-in-women%E2%80%99s-tennis.6000\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Discuss this article and more in the Tennis Frontier Forum<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Serena Williams has been the dominant player of her era, but is she the Queen of social media? Tennis Frontier went on a fact-finding mission to see which players were rocking the realm of Cyberspace with social media followings.\u00a0 We checked out the Twitter, Facebook and Instagram followings of the major players. 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