BUSINESS: Research + Stats Ranking Instagram’s Top Earners By Staff Tuesday, October 29, 2019 12:21 PM An analysis by Buzz Bingo recently ranked celebrities by their annual average earnings from Instagram. As the accompany chart from Statista shows, soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo tops the list, raking in an estimated $47.8 million annually from paid Instagram posts.Statista data journalist Niall McCarthy points out that’s more money than he makes playing soccer at Juventus. Ronaldo's 187 million followers give him an enormous reach and companies pay up to $1 million for a single post on his account. On average, he receives $975,000 per post, McCarthy notes.The Kardashian-Jenner family take up three spots of Buzz Bingo’s top five wealthiest celebrity influencer list. Kendall Jenner has received the most payment, charging $611,000 for each of her 26 sponsored posts. Sportspeople (Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, and David Beckham) take three of the top ten spots in Buzz Bingo’s ranking of the influencers with the most sponsored posts on Instagram.When it comes to having the most valuable followers, travel influencers overwhelmingly come out on top, making up nine of the top ten spots on our list of Instagrammers ranked by income per follower. Chelsea Yamase leads, with 100,000 of her followers being worth $1.3 million.