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#4 Chicago Bulls - 5.7 million
Chicago Bulls' has a huge fan base amongst NBA teams. The franchise achieved incredible success less than three decades ago and remains an iconic NBA team till date.
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The Bulls have 5,766,185 followers on Instagram.
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Among the Top-5 on this list, ironically, the Bulls are the least active franchise on Instagram.
#3 Cleveland Cavaliers - 8.4 million
The Cavs have a similar situation to the Chicago Bulls. However, they aren't enjoying a fantastic run of results at the moment; they remain popular among NBA fans and basketball followers in general.
Of course, the Cleveland Cavaliers have missed the NBA Playoffs in the last two years, but they had four straight NBA Finals appearances from 2015 to 2018, led by LeBron James. Cleveland won its only NBA championship in 2016.
They are quite active on Instagram, ranking second among this list in terms of posts (12,800) merely behind the OKC Thunder (17,600).
#2 Los Angeles Lakers - 15.3 million
The Los Angeles Lakers aren't on the lead. The reigning NBA champions have 15,389,557 followers on Instagram.
In a ranking published last year, the LA Lakers had 9.9 million followers, and now they have earned close to six million new followers, thanks to LeBron James.
It is natural to see the team's impact and popularity grow among basketball fans on social media, the Lakers are arguably the greatest organization in NBA history, winning a record 17 NBA championships (tied with the Celtics for the record).
They have 9,226 posts on Instagram, which ranks below the Top 6 in terms of IG posts.
#1 Golden State Warriors - 15.5 million
Yes, the Golden State Warriors are the most popular NBA franchise on Instagram.
The Dubs have 15,536,353 followers on Instagram, more than any other NBA team.
Despite being recognized as a losing franchise for many years, the Warriors went for 40 years without winning an NBA championship before 2015.
The Warriors made the NBA Playoffs seven times in the last eight NBA seasons and played for five finales (from 2015 to 2019), and won three championships.
They have also had iconic players, the most popular amongst their fans would be Stephen Curry.
In November 2019, the Warriors had more than 13 million followers on IG already.
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