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Abbie Meehan

Channel 4 Derry Girls stars' social media profits as one actress earns £4,000 per post

With the second episode of the latest season of Derry Girls set to air on Tuesday night, the cast of the hit Channel 4 show have been updating their followers via social media.

With a combined hit of 2.7 million followers on Instagram alone, the Derry Girls gang are active on social media, and post some advertisement photos - which are handsomely paid.

So the exciting behind-the-scenes posts of Jamie-Lee (Michelle) with Liam Neeson on set, and the Our Lady Immaculate students posing for Smash Hits Magazine, are also joined with a price tag.

READ MORE: Derry Girls viewers in awe as Liam Neeson stars in first episode of Channel 4 show

But who makes the most?

New research produced by online casino experts at AskGamblers into the stars' social media profiles discovered that Nicola Coughlan could potentially earn up to £4,136 for a sponsored Instagram post reaping the benefits of her 2 million followers.

The actress, who is also known for her Bridgeton role, takes first place in the rankings as the cast's highest-earning member, earning a potential £4,136 per paid Instagram post.

With the highest number of Instagram followers at 2 million, Coughlan's engagement rate sits at 7.84 per cent. On average, per post, Coughlan receives 127,435 likes per upload, meaning her fans love to stay active on her socials.

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Saoirse-Monica Jackson, who plays Erin Quinn, sits in second place with a potential earning of £1,052 per sponsored post thanks to her 274,902 Instagram followers. Jackson's likes average at 20,776 per post, giving her a 7.57 per cent engagement rating.

The third most influential Derry Girls cast member is Dylan Llewellyn, who plays James Maguire in the show, who can earn potentially £754 per sponsored social media post. Llewellyn receives 18,870 likes per post, which gives him an engagement rating of 9.62 per cent - the highest in the cast.

Jamie-Lee O'Donnell, who portrays Michelle Mallon, has 190,365 Insta-fans, meaning that she can make up to £731 per sponsored upload, placing her in fourth. Alongside raking in 16,908 likes on average per post, O'Donnell's engagement rate sits at the second-highest out of the cast members at 8.94 per cent.

In fifth place is Louisa Harland, who plays Orla McCool in the show, and receives up to £545 per paid Instagram post due to her large following of 141,823. Despite having the lowest amount of followers in the rankings, Harland still receives an average of 9,387 likes per Insta-post and has an engagement rating of 6.63 per cent.

You can tune into the second episode of Derry Girls on Tuesday, April 19, at 9:15pm on Channel 4.

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