Despite Having 374M Instagram Followers, Dwayne Johnson Misses Out on a Prestigious ‘Influential’ List for the Fourth Time in a Row as Lionel Messi and Patrick Mahomes Bag a Spot

Argentine football star Lionel Messi and Hollywood superstar Dwayne Johnson were on opposite sides of luck in 2022. While the soccer player lifted his first World Cup trophy, thus fulfilling his longtime wish, the People’s Champ was mired in controversies that saw him having a public fallout involving a character he dreamt of playing for over a decade. And it seems the consequences have also reflected on a prestigious list. While Messi found a spot, the WWE legend was snubbed for the fourth straight year on this list.

No place for Dwayne Johnson on Time 100 as other athletes make the cut

Time Magazine dropped its list of 100 most influential people on April 13. The ensemble was broken down into six categories: Artists, Icons, Pioneers, Leaders, Titans, and Innovators. Even though some of these terms fit right for Dwayne Johnson, he didn’t find a spot.

However, soccer star Kylian Mbappe, NFL’s Patrick Mahomes, and a few other athletes were part of the list apart from Messi. Mbappe was the top scorer of last year’s football World Cup, while Mahomes won his second NFL Super Bowl earlier this year.

In comparison, the Brahma Bull got into a nasty exchange with studio executives at DC-Warner Bros. after his superhero film Black Adam tanked at the box office. Reports of a illp-fated power struggle behind the scenes with DC and Black Adam’s failure led to angry executives shelving all plans for a Black Adam sequel, as several dirty laundries was aired in public.

This brought an end to The Rock’s short-lived tenure as DC’s iconic antihero character.

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Meanwhile, Johnson was part of the prestigious TIME list in 2019. In her foreword, Johnson’s co-star Gal Gadot stated that there are “very few who are as busy” as the 50-year-old movie star in Hollywood. 

Dwayne Johnson’s massive social media following fails to become ‘influential’

The Jungle Cruise star is part of the elite athlete-turned-actor club and enjoys the best of both worlds. He is the fifth most followed person on Instagram with 374M followers. The only people with more followers are athletes Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, and showbiz personalities, Selena Gomez and Kylie Jenner.

So, wasn’t his massive social media following enough to merit him a place on the list? As mentioned above, the Time 100 comprises people who have achieved something significant in the past year.

The list is full of names of Johnson’s colleagues- Michael B. Jordan, Drew Barrymore, Austin Butler, Aubrey Plaza, Salma Hayek Pinault, Colin Farrell, Jennifer Coolidge, Ke Huy Quan, and many more. Their combined social media following might not be enough to eclipse Dwayne Johnson’s 460 million followers. However, each of these individuals has had a breakthrough moment in the past year.

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Let’s hope the People’s Champ gets his moment this year and finds a place on the prestigious list.