The past year has been an eventful year in the boxing scene, with many climbing the ranks and making a name for themselves on the biggest stage.
But which athletes’ online fanbase has grown the quickest over the last 12 months?
Thanks to new research from Betway, it was revealed that Dmitry Bivol saw the biggest percentage rise in followers, as his Instagram follower count had a huge increase of 282.97%!
The following table ranks the top athletes in order of % change of follower count over the past year:
| Rank | Name | Growth in online following | Total Instagram followers | Engagement rate |
| 1 | Dmitry Bivol | 282.97% | 604,000 | 5.25% |
| 2 | Stephen Fulton Jr | 59.07% | 107,000 | 1.73% |
| 3 | Shakur Stevenson | 52.20% | 814,000 | 3.22% |
| 4 | David Benavidez | 39.65% | 303,000 | 5.34% |
| 5 | Gervonta Davis | 27.40% | 4,200,000 | 6.43% |
| 6 | Kosei Tanaka | 27.35% | 16,000 | 5.03% |
| 7 | George Kambosos Jr | 26.25% | 543,000 | 4.70% |
| 8 | Artur Beterbiev | 25.79% | 562,000 | 2.29% |
| 9 | Gilberto Ramirez | 24.84% | 226,000 | 3.11% |
| 10 | Errol Spence Jr | 19.60% | 941,000 | 4.18% |
| 11 | Jake Paul | 16.24% | 22,300,000 | 1.42% |
| 12 | Jermell Charlo | 14.34% | 474,000 | 2.92% |
| 13 | Oleksandr Usyk | 13.73% | 1,900,000 | 2.55% |
| 14 | Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez | 13.73% | 14,500,000 | 1.87% |
| 15 | Terence Crawford | 13.52% | 852,000 | 1.56% |
| 16 | Logan Paul | 11.78% | 25,100,000 | 3% |
| 17 | Anthony Joshua | 10.48% | 15,000,000 | 0.81% |
| 18 | Gennadiy Golovkin | 10.35% | 4,700,000 | 3.43% |
| 19 | Teofimo Lopez | 6.81% | 822,000 | 2.42% |
| 20 | Kazuto Ioka | 6.76% | 94,900 | 4.56% |
| 21 | Tyson Fury | 6.36% | 5,800,000 | 0.41% |
| 22 | Jermall Charlo | 5.28% | 495,000 | 2.57% |
| 23 | Josh Taylor | 3.54% | 236,000 | 2.64% |
| 24 | Andy Ruiz | 3.38% | 1,800,000 | 1.37% |
| 25 | Vasiliy Lomachenko | 0.92% | 2,100,000 | 2.10% |
| 26 | Naoya Inoue | 0.59% | 586,000 | 1.02% |
| 27 | Deontay Wilder | -1.98% | 2,700,000 | 1.79% |