Top sports social media influencers

Few do social media better in their respective sports, and the entire sports world, than these 28 athletes.

John Cena

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We’ll skip the “Is wrestling really sport” debate and just give John Cena the recognition he deserves. (Unless…you want to tell him that he’s being omitted.) The WWE standout and actor has taken a very fan-friendly approach with his social media presence, exposing the daily struggle that ordinary folk might have to wake up with now and again. Cena’s personality has also made him some additional pocket change in the marketing/influencing world. With over 65 million followers on social media, Cena can cross the Athlete-Actor cosmos, which makes him the dual-threat many businesses would love to have tagged in their social media posts.