Phoenix Mercury G Diana Taurasi, fresh off being voted greatest WNBA player of all time by fans, leads all '21 WNBA Finals players in follower growth percentage on Instagram and Twitter through the regular season. Chicago Sky F Candace Parker, who gained 89,014 followers across both platforms, had the largest growth in terms of total followers, while Mercury G Skylar Diggins-Smith leads all Finals players in total followers by a wide margin, currently 233,221 on Instagram and 206,429 on Twitter.
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| PLAYER SOCIAL FOLLOWINGS | ||||
| ATHLETE | START OF SEASON TW | START OF FINALS TW | +/- | % INCREASE |
| Skylar Diggins-Smith (Mercury) | 571,911 | 572,729 | 818 | 0.10% |
| Candace Parker (Sky) | 351,488 | 366,300 | 14,812 | 4.20% |
| Brittney Griner (Mercury) | 77,039 | 79,170 | 2,131 | 2.80% |
| Diana Taurasi (Mercury) | 74,636 | 86,628 | 11,992 | 16.10% |
| Diamond DeShields (Sky) | 22,322 | 25,220 | 2,898 | 13.00% |
| ATHLETE | START OF SEASON IG | START OF FINALS IG | +/- | % INCREASE |
| Skylar Diggins-Smith | 1,014,037 | 1,062,708 | 48,671 | 4.80% |
| Candace Parker | 755,285 | 829,487 | 74,202 | 9.80% |
| Brittney Griner | 310,230 | 341,176 | 30,946 | 10.00% |
| Diana Taurasi | 155,256 | 206,454 | 51,198 | 33.00% |
| Diamond DeShields | 66,829 | 72,353 | 5,524 | 8.30% |
