Funke Akindele Beats Mercy Aigbe, Mercy Johnson, Other Actresses As She Ranks Highest on Instagram Rich List

Thursday, August 19, 2021 at 11:17 AM by Taiwo Owolawi

Popular Nigerian actress, Funke Akindele, was named as one of the stars on Instagram’s highest-paid influencer list
The movie star ranked number 70 ahead of her counterparts in the Nollywood industry with earnings of over N34 million per post
Some of the Nigerian stars Funke Akindele beat on the list include Mercy Johnson, Mercy Aigbe, Adesua Etomi and more

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Top Nigerian movie star, Funke Akindele, recently added another feather to her hat after being listed as one of the highest-paid influencers on Instagram’s rich list.

According to the list which was released by Hopper HQ, Funke Akindele ranked number 70 on a list that featured people from all walks of life and in different industries including Sports, Food, Music, Fashion, Travel and more.

The list made sure to show how much Instagram personalities earned per post and Funke Akindele who has over 13 million followers is said to earn $83,600 (N34,380,500) per post.

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Funke Akindele on Instagram rich list — Funke Akindele ranks highest earning Nollywood actress on Instagram rich list. Photos: @realmercyaigbe, @funkejenifaakindele, @mercyjohnsonokojie
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Other Nigerian stars such as Davido, Tiwa Savage, Wizkid and more also made the list. However, Akindele was the highest-ranking Nollywood actress.

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Also on the list was Mercy Johnson who ranked 90th with $65,300 (N26.8m) per post and Mercy Aigbe at number 92 with $61,500 (N25.2m) per post.

Adesua Etomi Wellington was also listed at number 136 with earnings of $26,700 (N10.9m) per post and ex-BBNaija star and actress, Bisola Aiyeola, at number 160 with $19,200 (N7.8m) earnings.

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Asides from being the son of a billionaire, Davido also works very hard to make his own money and the father of three makes plenty of it.

According to Instagram, he is the highest-paid influencer from Nigeria on the platform. The photo-sharing platform recently released a list called 2021 Instagram Richlist.