THIS Squid Game Star Is Earning £31,528 Per Insta Post!

Netflix hit Korean series Squid Game see’s hundreds of cash-strapped players accept a strange invitation to compete in children’s games for a whopping 40-million-dollar prize. The twist? You lose, you die at the hands of alien-looking masked men…

Area52 has analysed the Squid Game cast using Influencer Marketing Hub’s Instagram earnings calculator and worked out who is earning the most per Instagram post. The results are in, and it seems the cast are worth a whole lot more than their cash-strapped on-screen personas…

Squid Game stars name Squid Game character name Insta handle Insta following Earnings per insta post (£)
HoYeon Jung Kang Sae-byeok @hoooooyeony 8,600,000 31,528
Lee Yoo-mi Ji-yeong @leeyoum262 3,500,000 11,848
Heo Sung-tae Jang Deok-su @heosungtae 686,000 3,920
Lee Byung-hun The Front Man @byunghun0712 305,000 1,523
Anupam Tripathi Abdul Ali @sangipaiya 1,300,000 0*
Wi Ha-joon Hwang Jun-ho @wi__wi__w 4,200,000 0*
Lee Jung-jae Seong Gi-hun 0*
Park Hae-soo Cho Sang-woo 0*
Oh Young-soo Oh Il-nam 0*
Kim Joo-ryung Han Mi-nyeo 0*

*no Instagram earnings data available

HoYeon Jung had already gained quite a name for herself before being cast in the Netflix hit series Squid GameHoYeon Jung is a South Korean model, actress and reality star, she came second in the fourth series of Korea’s Next Top Model in 2013. With 8,600,000 Instagram followers and 931 posts she can earn on average £31,528 per Instagram post.

Lee Byung-hun is the South Korean actor and singer who plays The Front Man in the Squid Games with 305,000 Instagram followers, 238 Instagram posts Lee Byung-hun could earn £1,523 per Instagram post.

Lee Yoo-mi is a 27 year old actress in South Korea who plays Ji-yeong in the Squid GamesLee Yoo-Mi has 3,500,000 instagram followers and can earn on average £11,848 per instagram post which is 3,240 times less than the prize money.

With over 60 film and television credits, Heo Sung-tae who plays Jang Deok-su has over 686,000 Instagram followers, 742 Instagram posts and can earn on average £3,920 per Instagram post.