John Cena, The Rock, and Logan Paul feature in the MOST Influential Current and Ex-Wrestlers

Out of current and ex-professional wrestlers, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson is currently the most influential, based on public interest and online following

John Cena and Logan Paul take second and third, respectively

New research has revealed the most influential current and ex-wrestlers, with Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson coming out on top. The study by wrestling-world.com analyzed social media followings, Wikipedia page views, and Google search volumes from current and former wrestlers to see who the most influential entries are.

First place goes to Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, who has by far and away the largest social media following on the list, with 378,449,225 Instagram followers and 17,088,175 Twitter followers at the time of the study. In the last 30 days, there have been 845,872 visits to his Wikipedia page, and there are, on average, 1,800,000 searches for his name worldwide each month.

Coming in second place is John Cena, who stands as the ‘most influential’ current wrestler on the list, as he is currently signed to the WWE. He has a very strong social following with 18,800,613 Instagram followers and 14,098,792 Twitter followers, and 1,600,000 searches for his name worldwide each month. In the last 30 days, there have been 462,241 visits to his Wikipedia page.

Logan Paul takes third place, with the online personality turned wrestler having 25,594,646 Instagram followers and 6,808,907 Twitter followers at the time of the study. Additionally, the last 30 days has seen 157,321 visits to his Wikipedia page from across the globe, and on average, each month, there have been 740,000 Google searches for his name.

Coming in fourth place is UFC star turned wrestler Ronda Rousey, who comes in with 16,963,293 Instagram followers and 3,377,825 Twitter followers. Each month, there have been 582,000 searches for her name worldwide, and in the last 30 days, there have been 135,355 visits to her Wikipedia page.

Rounding out the top five is Triple H, another ex-wrestler on the list, currently acting as the Chief Content Officer for the WWE. He has 6,783,058 Instagram followers, 7,775,621 Twitter followers, and 205,624 Wikipedia page views in the last 30 days. There are also roughly 519,000 searches for his name each month worldwide.

#	Wrestler	Birth place	Instagram followers	Wiki page views (last 30 days)	Twitter followers	Monthly searches (worldwide)
1	Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson	California	378,449,225	845,872	17,088,175	1,800,000
2	John Cena	Massachusetts	18,800,613	462,241	14,098,792	1,600,000
3	Logan Paul	Ohio	25,594,646	157,321	6,808,907	740,000
4	Ronda Rousey	California	16,963,293	135,355	3,377,825	582,000
5	Triple H	New Hampshire	6,783,053	205,624	7,775,621	519,000
6	Nikki Bella	California	10,711,534	70,564	3,547,356	365,000
7	Roman Reigns	Florida	7,323,762	328,273	4,963,065	1,100,000
8	Randy Orton	Tennessee	6,652,644	127,415	6,312,723	462,000
9	Brie Bella	California	8,607,511	29,703	3,547,356	81,000
10	Stone Cold Steve Austin	Texas	5,721,448	168,877	4,722,793	232,000

Commenting on the findings, a spokesperson for wrestling-world.com said: “While it can be argued that many ex-wrestlers have built a strong platform post their wrestling career like in the case of The Rock, the sheer followings on social media for those still currently active shows how good of a reach wrestling has. Additionally, the strong social followings here also provide a pathway for many wrestlers to earn and grow outside of the competition, with brand deals and more.”

Sources: Wikipedia, WMCloud, Instagram, Twitter, Google Keyword Planner
Credit to wrestling-world.com.