Luke Littler Is The Most Popular Darts Player In The World As He Tops The List Of The Top 25 Most Followed Darts Players

Despite only being 17-years-old, Luke Littler is the most popular darts player in the world based off Instagram followers. Join us as we examine the Top 25 most followed darts players in the world on Instagram.

Note that this list doesn’t include any players who has officially retired. This includes the likes of Phil Taylor, Wayne Mardle and others. There are also several high-calibre players such as Gary Anderson and Dave Chisnall who don’t have an Instagram account.

Luke ‘The Nuke’ Littler Boasts Over 1.3 Million Instagram Followers

A little over a year ago, not a lot of people knew anything about Luke Littler. Fast forward to now, and he is the most popular professional darts player in the world, boasting the highest following on Instagram too.

Despite just being 17-years-old, ‘The Nuke’ has taken the darting world by storm and is now top of the most followed darts players list. Littler has gone from an unknown youngster with potential, the the face of professional darts in the blink of an eye.

Little boasts a grand total of 1.3 million followers on his Instagram account @lukethenukelittler. This is well over double the amount of the second most popular darts player based on Instagram followers, showing just how popular Littler is and how he is well and truly the new face of darts.

Not only is Littler the most followed darts player on Instagram by a country mile, but he is also the first professional darts player in history to hit one million. There is quite a drop from the magic million down to the next most popular darts player in terms of followers.

In a way, Luke Littler has transcended the sport of darts. It has gone from a popular game that fans loved to watch, mainly at Christmas time, to one of the most watched sports in the UK outside of Premier League football.

The way that ‘The Nuke’ shot onto the scene at the 2024 World Darts Championship at Ally Pally was quite incredible. Reaching the final on debut, only to be defeated by the most dominant player in darts right now in Luke Humphries, is quite an achievement.

Is it any wonder Luke Littler is by far and away the most followed darts player in the world right now?

🚨 LITTLER HITS A NINE-DARTER! 🚨

Luke Littler hits a nine-darter in the Premier League final! 🤯

📺 https://t.co/gbUt9q25Jh#PLDarts | Play-Offs | Final pic.twitter.com/MmoJUlGoIi

— PDC Darts (@OfficialPDC) May 23, 2024

Michael van Gerwen, Gerwyn Price, Gabriel Clemens & Michael Smith Make Top 5 Most Followed Darts Players Globally

Luke Littler is of course head and shoulders above any of his contemporaries when it comes to popularity amongst darts players. Littler currently boasts over 750,000 more followers than the second most followed darts player – Michael van Gerwen.

‘MVG’ boasts an Instagram following of 534,000 which makes him the second most popular player in the world. Before the emergence of ‘The Nuke’, van Gerwen himself was by far and away the most popular professional darts player on the circuit.

However, with the emergence of Littler in the past year and the likes of Luke Humphries, Michael Smith and a few others now regularly beating the Dutchman, his popularity may have stalled somewhat. He is still the most successful active darts player by quite some distance, with his accolades second only to the legendary Phil Taylor overall.

The third most popular darts player based off their Instagram following is the Welshman Gerwyn Price. ‘The Iceman’ is quite a marmite character, with many fans loving him, but plenty also loathing him. Like him or not, Price is a world class darts player.

The same can be said for Michael Smith who like Price and van Gerwen is also a world champion. He rounds off the Top 5 most followed darts players in the world with 252,000 followers, just behind a somewhat shock inclusion in Gabriel Clemens.

Clemens boasts 260,000 Instagram followers which makes him the fourth most popular darts player in the world based on their social media following. He is just 46,000 behind Price (306,000), and could even break into the Top 3 if he was to win a big tournament in the coming years.

Luke Humphries, Peter Wright & Stephen Bunting Also Make Top 10 Most Followed Darts Players On Instagram

Some other huge names in the world of arrows have also make it into the Top 10 most followed darts players on Instagram as of today.

The aforementioned world champion and current world number one Luke Humphries comes in at number six. ‘Coolhand’ has seen a huge rise in his popularity of late, partly down to his sheer dominance and excellence on the oche. Continue in this vein and his following will continue to steadily increase.

🎯 #OnThisDay last year: Luke Humphries won his first major title, the #WorldGrandPrix.

He went on to win the Grand Slam, Players Championship, World Championship, World Cup and World Matchplay all in the following 9 months.

Ridiculous.pic.twitter.com/eINkbmVDnw

— The Sportsman (@TheSportsman) October 9, 2024

Next up is Peter ‘Snakebite’ Wright, the former two-time world champion. The Scotsman boasts a hefty Instagram following of 185,000 as of today. Wright is a colourful character with his mohawk and array of outfits, making him a popular player and a firm fan favourite.

Veteran Raymond van Barneveld is next at eighth with 174,000 active Instagram followers. Just 1,000 behind him with 173k is ever likeable Nathan Aspinall. Both ‘Barney’ and ‘The Asp’ remain two of the most followed darts players in world as of today.

Rounding off the Top 10 most popular darts players based on their Instagram following is none other than Stephen Bunting. Talk about a fans favourite, ‘The Bullet’ has seen a huge upturn in both his game on the dart board and his fandom too.

That makes up the Top 10 most followed darts players in the world right now.

Fallon Sherrock Only Female Player In Top 25 Most Followed Darts Players

The full list of the current Top 25 most followed darts players in the world can be seen below. Notably, there is only one female darts player on the list, and no prizes for guessing who it is.

That’s right, it is of course Fallon Sherrock. Sherrock took the darting world by storm back in December 2019, becoming the first woman in history to beat a man at the PDC World Darts Championship.

Sherrock certainly smashed the glass ceiling with this feat, defeating Ted Evetts in Round 1 before following that up in Round 2 by defeating the seeded Mensur Suljovic.

This run in the 2020 World Darts Championship saw Sherrock’s popularity reach new heights, with her achievements going viral all across the world. In turn, her social media following increased massively, hence why she sits as the 11th most followed darts player in the world right now.

Below is a full list of the Top 25 most popular darts players according to their Instagram following. This will undoubtedly change a lot over the next few months and years, but these numbers are correct as of today.

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Top 25 Most Followed Darts Players On Instagram 2024