Professional Golfers Instagram dataset for engagement research

These datasets were developed to study user engagement with professional golfers on Instagram. Data were collected from multiple sources: OWGR, Rolex Rankings, PGA Tour, LIV Golf, and LPGA Tour for personal and sport-performance information; Spotrac for economic data; and Instagram for golfers’ posting activity and engagement metrics during 2024. The data coming from Instagram have been anonimized. The resulting datasets comprise 9,730 posts from male golfers and 6,617 posts from female golfers. Each dataset includes two files: a CSV file containing the data and a text file describing the variables. The delimiter used in the CSV files is a comma (",").