Ranked: The Love Island 2023 cast members who’ve gained the most Instagram followers

The Love Island 2023 cast were hit with an Instagram ban this year, meaning nobody was looking after their accounts whilst they were in the villa. This was to help Islanders with the onslaught of comments they get on their pages, but has overall meant they’ve seen a huge dent in their usual follower counts.

You expect Islanders to leave the villa and be in the dizzy heights of millions of followers. The least followed Islanders are barely scraping five-figures, and the most followed are still all way below a million.

Here is a ranking of who from the cast of Love Island 2023 has gained the most Instagram followers.

Shaq Muhammad – 134k 

Technically, Shaq is one the list of the most followed cast of Love Island 2023 on Instagram, but his follower count is still pitiful. I don’t think I’ve ever seen before a finalist with only just over 100k followers. This social media ban for the Islanders really has hit.

Tanya Manhenga – 162k 

Up next is another finalist, and Shaq’s other half, Tanya. They only got two per cent of the public vote in the final, so clearly aren’t the most popular Love Island couple ever, but this follower count is low!

Ron Hall – 190k 

Ron literally came second. I am shook he’s not even got 200k followers. Right now Ron has 190k followers – let’s hope that rises more in the coming days.

Tanyel Revan – 239k

Despite being dumped fairly early on, Tanyel has still gained a decent amount of followers. She was an OG Islander, and was in the villa for over three weeks.

Kai Fagan – 250k 

The first Islander on this list who is over the 250k mark is winner Kai, and honestly, I’m a bit shocked he’s all the way down here. Where is the justice? 250k followers for half of a winning couple?!

Olivia Hawkins – 255k 

Olivia is quite near the middle of the ranking, with just over a quarter of a million followers. Maxwell, who she left the show with, is one of the least followed Islanders from the cast this year.

Sanam Harrinanan – 258k

This truly isn’t justice, as up next is other winning half, Sanam. You mean to tell me the new champs don’t even have a million followers between them? What is going on?!

Tom Clare – 290k 

Footballer Tom has 290k followers since being on the show. He might not be the most followed of the cast this year, but he’s gained Samie – so he can’t complain.

Lana Jenkins – 329k 

Finalist Lana is the fifth most followed Islander this year, currently sitting on just over 300k followers. She has nearly double the amount of followers as Ron, who she’s now official with.

Claudia Fogarty – 332k

Up next is Claudia, who has clearly seen the benefit of being dumped a few days earlier, and having her phone back for a while. She’s been posting on Instagram loads since she left the villa, and now has over 300k followers.

Samie Elishi – 363k 

Samie is the third most followed Love Island 2023 cast member on Instagram currently. She has 363k followers right now – which isn’t too bad for a bombshell this year!

Will Young – 477k

In second is our fav farmer, Will – who obviously was very well followed before he was in the villa. He currently has 477k followers, and it’s no surprise his count is rapidly growing, since he’s sharing such wholesome content of Jessie on the farm.

Jessie Wynter – 680k

Aussie bombshell Jessie, who very nearly made it to the final with Will, is currently leading the way. She has over 200k more followers than the other Islanders, but she did have a bit of  a head start, having appeared on the Australian version of the show.

Follower counts correct at time of publishing. For all the latest Love Island news and gossip and for the best memes and quizzes, like The Holy Church of Love Island on Facebook.

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