Comedian & Actor AY Makun Celebrates 9 Million Followers On Instagram

Nigerian comedian and box office king AY Makun is marking his massive followership on Instagram.

A graduate of Delta State University, Abraka, AY ventured into the entertainment scene with standup performances, before venturing into acting.

Since becoming an actor, the star’s movies have enjoyed success, making him one of the most bankable actors in Nollywood.

AY starred alongside Ramsey Nouah, Jim Iyke, Falz, Williams Uchemba, and Ireti Doyle in the Merry Men movies (now streaming on Netflix), and met with the Chinese film industry a few months ago for collaboration with Nollywood.

Taking to his Instagram page on Wednesday, July 22, 2020, the comedian celebrated amassing 9 million followers on the social media platform with the words:

It still feels good to be the most followed standup comedian in Africa, and the most followed actor (male) in Nigeria. Thanks to my 9 Million followers on instagram, 5.7 million on Facebook, 1.5 million on twitter and 680k subscribers on youtube making it over 16 Million followers across board. God bless you guys for always supporting the Ay brand.”

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It still feels good to be the most followed standup comedian in Africa, and the most followed actor (male) in Nigeria. Thanks to my 9 Million followers on instagram, 5.7 million on Facebook, 1.5 million on twitter and 680k subscribers on youtube making it over 16 Million followers across board. God bless you guys for always supporting the Ay brand. Now the igbo man in me is telling me to start charging for business promotions, the same way I know that someone will be asking me for giveaway to celebrate the new feet today? Okay 10k each for 20 lucky followers of the Ay brand across all my social media platforms and free advertising on my sory for 30 people

A post shared by Ayo Makun (@aycomedian) on Jul 22, 2020 at 2:05am PDT