Top sports social media influencers

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

Megan Rapinoe

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Since helping the US Women’s national soccer team take home another World Cup, Megan Rapinoe has become an increasingly recognized name not only in soccer circles but the national stage—and, of course, on social media. Though nothing close to a newcomer—Rapinoe’s talent has been on both the national and international circuit for over a decade—her activism and philanthropy efforts have made her one of 2019’s most influential athletes.