RAF 06 tournament featuring Tsarukyan boosts league’s Instagram by 18%

After the RAF 06 tournament featuring Arman Tsarukyan, the number of followers of the rafwrestlingusa Instagram account increased significantly.

According to social media analytics, the account’s audience grew by 18% within several days after the tournament.

As of February 28, the page had 175,880 followers, and by March 6 the number had reached 207,485. This means the account gained 31,605 new followers in about six days.

The biggest spike occurred on March 1, the day of the tournament, when the account gained more than 21,000 followers in a single day.

Source: Social Blade

Significant growth was also observed on Arman Tsarukyan’s personal account. Recently his profile had been growing by an average of about 14,580 followers per day, but on the day of the tournament and the following days the growth exceeded the usual rate:

• March 1 — +26,328

• March 2 — +22,641

• March 3 — +18,502

Currently, Tsarukyan’s page has around 4.4 million followers, while the average monthly growth of his audience is about 437,000 followers. Arman actively manages his social media accounts and has significantly increased his global popularity.

The RAF 06 freestyle wrestling tournament took place on March 1 in Arizona. Arman Tsarukyan defeated Giorgio Poullas, after which a mass brawl broke out between the fighters and members of their teams. The video of the incident quickly spread across social media.