Actresses Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Deepika Padukone and Sara Ali Khan have won Instagrammers of the Year 2019, which acknowledges Instagram’s most engaging community members across the country.
The winners represent individuals who have best embraced Instagram, by using its Stickers, Stories, Feed, Live and IGTV.
With 39 million followers, a global fan base, and many international projects, Bollywood diva, Priyanka emerged as the ‘Most Followed Account’ this year.
Mumbai: Actress Deepika Padukone during the 3D trailer launch of her upcoming film “Padmavati” in Mumbai on Oct 31, 2017.(Photo: )
London: Actress Deepika Padukone during a session where she gave measurements to Madame Tussauds expert artists for the sitting for her figure, in London on July 23, 2018. Wax statue of Deepika Padukone is all set to join the figures of other icons at Madame Tussauds Delhi. (Photo: )
Bollywood actors Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone, right, pose for photographers during a trailer launch of their movie Bajirao Mastani in Mumbai, India, Friday, Nov. 20, 2015. The film is scheduled to be released on Dec. 18. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
Amritsar: A fan gives finishing touches to the portrait of actors Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone, who will tie the knot in a ceremony which will take place over two days on November 14-15 in Italy’s Lake Como; in Amritsar on Nov 13, 2018. (Photo: )
Bollywood actors Deepika Padukone, right, and Ranveer Singh pose at their wedding reception in Bangalore, India, Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2018. The couple got married at Villa Balbianello, a lakeside mansion featured in Star Wars and James Bond films in Lenno, Como lake, northern Italy on Nov. 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
Bollywood actors Deepika Padukone, right, and Ranveer Singh stand for photographs at their wedding reception in Mumbai, India, Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018. The couple got married at Villa Balbianello, a lakeside mansion featured in Star Wars and James Bond films in northern Italy, on Nov. 14. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
Actress Deepika Padukone launched her own website – deepikapadukone. com on the occasion of her birthday.
New Delhi: Actors Deepika Padukone and Ranbir Kapoor during a press conference to promote their upcoming film “Tamasha” in New Delhi, on Nov 23, 2015. (Photo: Amlan Paliwal/)
Deepika’s acid attack survivor look unveiled. (Photo: Twitter/@deepikapadukone)
Deepika’s acid attack survivor look unveiled. (Photo: Twitter/@deepikapadukone)
Mumbai: Actor Ranveer Singh with his wife actress Deepika Padukone at Nykaa Femina Beauty Awards 2019, in Mumbai, on Feb 20, 2019. (Photo: )
Mumbai: Actress Deepika Padukone on the Red Carpet of the Zee Cine Awards 2019 in Mumbai on March 19, 2019. (Photo: )
Actress Priyanka Chopra. (File Photo: )
Actress Priyanka Chopra with American singer-songwriter Nick Jonas during pre-engagement party of Akash Ambani and Shloka Mehta at Antilia in Mumbai on June 28, 2018. (Photo: )
Actress Priyanka Chopra. (File Photo: )
Mumbai: Actress Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas seen at a restaurant in Bandra, Mumbai on June 22, 2018. (Photo: )
Mumbai: Actress Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas seen at a restaurant in Bandra, Mumbai on June 22, 2018. (Photo: )
New Delhi: Actress Priyanka Chopra during Partners’ Forum 2018, in New Delhi on April 11, 2018. (Photo: Amlan Paliwal/)
Mumbai: Actress Priyanka Chopra and her American singer beau Nick Jonas seen at a hotel in Juhu, Mumbai on Aug 17, 2018. (Photo: )
FILE – In this May 1, 2017 file photo, Priyanka Chopra, left, and Nick Jonas attend The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garvßons: Art of the In-Between exhibition in New York. The couple announced on their respective Instagram accounts that they are engaged, Saturday, Aug. 18, 2018. Each posted the same picture, a close-up of them gazing lovingly at each other, an engagement ring on ChopraÄôs finger. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
Actress Priyanka Chopra. (File Photo: )
Priyanka Chopra, Indian Bollywood actor and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, gestures during a press conference in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, May 24, 2018. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)
Indian actress Priyanka Chopra and her fiancé American singer Nick Jonas walk outside the airport upon their arrival in Jodhpur, India, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Mohammed Sharif)
In this Friday, Nov. 30, 2018 handout photo released by Raindrop Media, Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas celebrate during their mehendi ceremony, a day before their wedding, at Umaid Bhawan in Jodhpur, India. (Raindrop Media via AP)
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with actress Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas at their wedding reception in New Delhi on Dec 4, 2018. (Photo: )
Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra and her musician husband Nick Jonas arrive to attend the wedding of Isha Ambani, the daughter of Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani, and Anand Piramal in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018. In a season of big Indian weddings, the Wednesday marriage of the scions of two billionaire families might be the biggest of them all. Isha is the Ivy League-educated daughter of industrialist Mukesh Ambani, thought to be India’s richest man. The groom is the son of industrialist Ajay Piramal, thought to be worth $10 billion. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra and musician Nick Jonas pose for photographs at their wedding reception in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Dec 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
Bollywood actors Deepika Padukone, right, and Ranveer Singh stand for photographs at Priyanka Chopra and musician Nick Jonas wedding reception in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Dec 20, 2018(AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
Mumbai: Actor Shahid Kapoor and wife Mira Rajput arrive at Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas third wedding reception at Taj Lands’ End in Mumbai. on Dec 20, 2018. (Photo: )
Bollywood actors Deepika Padukone, right, and Ranveer Singh stand for photographs at Priyanka Chopra and musician Nick Jonas wedding reception in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Dec 20, 2018(AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
Actress Priyanka Chopra. (File Photo: )
Actress Priyanka Chopra. (File Photo: )
Actress Priyanka Chopra. (File Photo: )
Mumbai: Actress Priyanka Chopra at the wedding festivities of Akash Ambani and Shloka Mehta in Mumbai on March 9, 2019. (Photo: )
Mumbai: Actress Priyanka Chopra at the wedding festivities of Akash Ambani and Shloka Mehta in Mumbai on March 9, 2019. (Photo: )
Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra and musician Nick Jonas pose for photographs at their wedding reception in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Dec 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
Bollywood actresses Priyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone at the film Race 2 special screening in PVR Cinemas, Juhu, Mumbai. (Photo: )
New Delhi: Actress Priyanka Chopra at the Ralph Lauren store opening in New Delhi on Feb 27, 2019. (Photo: Amlan Paliwal/)
Star cricketer Virat Kohli has emerged as the most ‘Engaged Account of the Year’. He provides a sneak peak to the locker room drama, to his gruelling training sessions or an off-field selfie with his wife.
As for Deepika, her impromptu boomerangs at the Cannes Film Festival, flamboyant Instagram stories, slo-mo videos while catching a flight or an ‘Ask Me Anything’ sessions with fans, has won her the ‘Storyteller of the Year’ honour.
“I come to Instagram every day to live, laugh, love and share with the people that are most important to me and I am grateful for all their kindness.
“In 2019, I look forward to connect more, love more and share many more authentic experiences with my beautiful fans,” she said in a statement.
Young actress Sara made her Instagram debut in 2018 and has won ‘Rising Star Award’ for growing her fan base on the community significantly through the year.
“Instagram is a platform that allows me to be myself and to stay connected with audiences in the most direct and organic way. Not to mention it also allows me to salivate over great food, look at interesting and new places to travel to and of course stalk people,” Sara said.
Content creators across food, fashion and entertainment were also lauded. These included Chef Pooja Dhingra, comedian-singer Bhuvan Bam and fashionista Sejal Kumar.