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Luke Littler has encouraged his fans to follow Luke Humphries after the pair shared a wholesome conversation over Instagram DM's.
It is almost a week since Littler suffered a heartbreaking 7-4 defeat to world number one Humphries in the PDC World Darts Championship final.
The 16-year-old still walked away with a life-changing £200,000 after beating Christian Kist, Andrew Gilding, Matt Campbell, Raymond van Barneveld, Brendan Dolan and Rob Cross.
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And he also came away from this winter's tournament with a huge social media following.
Littler gained a total of 199,745 followers on January 3, which made him the most followed darts players on the platform, and now boasts a following of over a million.
As he continues to increase his presence on social media, Littler wants to lend a helping hand to others, including the man who defeated him on the Ally Pally stage.
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Taking to his Instagram story on Tuesday, the Runcorn-born thrower wrote: "Come on everybody give you the world champ some followers."
Littler would also post a screenshot of his conversation with Humphries, who responded to his recent one million follower announcement.
Humphries wrote: "Bro you need to tell some of them to follow me. That's mad. Congratulations man."
With an engagement rate of 13%, Littler has the potential to earn up to £2,000 for each sponsored post on his Instagram account, according to CasinoAlpha.
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Littler showed maturity beyond his years after the final, when he was asked to give his response to losing against Humphries.
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"It’s been unbelievable, I just wanted to win one game and come back after Christmas, that was the only goal I set, so this is a massive bonus," he said.
"No one likes losing, I have not really lost much, so to lose on that stage I can’t really be angry, the only thing I am angry about is that I lost a lot of legs on my throw, and I was just chasing Luke.
"I have won six games here so why can’t I go and win seven here in years to come? I have gained a lot of experience and stage experience, I am in the top 32 now so I could be in everything."
Littler added: "The past three to four weeks have been unbelievable, and now I just can’t wait to go home. I'm sorry I couldn’t give the crowd what they wanted."
Topics: Darts, Luke Littler