He might be the most popular bachelor in America.
“Bachelorette” runner-up Tyler Cameron has 2.2 million Instagram followers — the most of any male in the entire “Bachelor” franchise.
The Florida native, who got dumped by leading lady Hannah Brown, had just 3,018 Instagram followers when his name was first announced as a contestant on the ABC series in February 2019.
“Yeah, it was wild. I feel like at that moment, ‘Bachelorette’ was at its peak,” Cameron, 31, told The Post ahead of the April 18 premiere of his new home-renovation show “Going Home with Tyler Cameron” on Prime Video.
“I think a lot has to do with, you know, Hannah Brown was a great lead … and we had a great villain on our show [Luke Parker]. And so I think it was like a perfect recipe for everything that came my way.”
Just days after his season’s finale aired, in August 2019, he surpassed 2 million followers, “Bachelor” data analyst Suzana Somers, who runs the Instagram handle @bachelordata, told The Post.
“It was a true blessing and something I’m always like, ‘I don’t know how it happened’ still,” Cameron gushed. “It’s just amazing. I’m very grateful for it.”
Many of his Instagram admirers were not happy when he posted on April Fools’ Day that he joined the adult site OnlyFans, not realizing it was a joke.
“A lot of people did take it seriously. A lot of Facebook moms were upset with me,” said Cameron, who also dabbles in modeling.
The same day he applied to “The Bachelorette” — with a “super douchey” photo of himself — Cameron, who was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in 2017 before a shoulder injury ended his football career, also put in for the WWE.
He said he would still be game to join.
“If they want to call me up right now, I’d be down to wrestle. I’ll put on a red Speedo and some red boots and run around and fight,” he said.
In 2019 Cameron moved to the Upper West Side, where he bunked with his former Wake Forest football teammate, “Bachelor” Matt James.
“Matt had a little bean bag available for me, so I slept on it for six months until I figured it out,” he said.
The duo eventually moved to the Lower East Side, where they shared an apartment at the luxury building One Manhattan West.
Cameron quickly became a hot commodity amongst Manhattan’s female population.
“The craziest part of it all was like, when we would do these city runs and we’d have like 200 girls running with us. It was mayhem,” said Cameron, referring to the informal Central Park running club he started.
During COVID, he moved back to his hometown of Jupiter, FL, and started building houses with his contractor father.
“Oh, man, it was hard [to leave]. I love New York. That’s the best city in the whole world,” said Cameron, who especially misses the soup dumplings at Joe’s Shanghai.
The reality star’s future plans include returning to the Big Apple in November to run the NYC Marathon for the third time and possibly taking on the role of “Bachelor” one day.
However, Cameron said he’d only star as the series’ leading man if he could eventually become its host, which he said current host Jesse Palmer should be prepared for.
“He’s a quarterback, he should be used to people trying to take his job … it happened to him his whole career,” he joked.
“He’s kind of becoming America’s dad now, so when he becomes America’s grandpa, maybe I’ll step in.”
