Virat Kohli Instagram Row: There was an outcry on social media due to the news of Virat Kohli’s Instagram account being closed. Early on Friday (January 30), news came that Kohli’s Instagram account was not visible, after which a lot of speculation started. Someone speculated that Kohli suddenly retired from Instagram, while someone called it a glitch of Instagram. However, now King Kohli’s account is back.

After the Indian cricketer’s account came back, a claim started going viral on social media, in which it was told that as soon as Kohli’s account was closed, Instagram suffered a loss of Rs 70 lakh in one go. So let us know what is the whole matter of this loss of Rs 70 lakh.

How did Instagram suffer?

In fact, as soon as Kohli’s account was closed, it was claimed on social media that Instagram itself lost 7 million i.e. 70 lakh followers in just one hour. The claim said that Kohli’s fans took this step while playing a front against Insta. Some pictures went viral, showing how Instagram followers dropped from 705 million to 698 million. However, we do not confirm this claim in any way.

After Virat Kohli deactivates his Instagram account, Instagram official page loses 7M followers in one hour! pic.twitter.com/6TXGLySNA7

— S@urabh (@___100rabh) January 30, 2026

Most followed account on Instagram

Let us tell you that the most followed account on Instagram is of Instagram itself. At present, till the time of writing this news, the Instagram account has 698 million followers.

Virat Kohli is the most followed cricketer

Whereas Virat Kohli is the most followed cricketer on Instagram. At present he has 274 million followers. Former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar is at second place in this list. More than 51 million people follow Sachin. The thing to note is that there is a difference of about 222 million followers between the first and second accounts in the list.