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Selena Gomez and Taylor Swift are the two top-followed people in the world.
Instagram stars freaked out in December 2014 after the site began cracking down on spam accounts.
While some of the most-followed Instagram accounts lost thousands and even millions of followers in the days after, you can hardly tell a year later.
The popularity of these top Instagrammers has exploded.
Last year, Kim Kardashian was the most-followed Instagrammer with 23 million followers. She’s been dethroned, and the new number one has more than 60 million.
To calculate the most followed people, we took Socialblade’s list of the 100 most-followed Instagram accounts and removed brands, groups of people (like bands and sports teams), accounts that aggregate other people’s content (like @nailsvideos), and other non-human entities. That left us with 73 of the most popular Instagrammers from around the world.
(Former Business Insider reporter Maya Kosoff wrote a previous version of this piece.)
73. “Jersey Shore” star Snooki
Handle: @snookinic
Followers: 9.1 million
72. Brazilian actor Caio Castro
Handle: @caiocastro
Followers: 9.2 million
71. Victoria Beckham
Handle: @victoriabeckham
Followers: 9.3 million
70. Channing Tatum
Handle: @channingtatum
Followers: 9.4 million
69. Ellie Goulding
Handle: @elliegoulding
Followers: 9.4 million
68. Colombian singer Maluma
Handle: @maluma
Followers: 9.5 million
67. Brazilian actress Tata Werneck
Handle: @tatawerneck
Followers: 9.5 million
66. Wiz Khalifa
Handle: @mistercap
Followers: 9.5 million
65. Brazilian singer Ivete Sangalo
Handle: @ivetesangalo
Followers: 9.7 million
64. Amber Rose
Handle: @amberrose
Followers: 9.8 million
63. Actress Bella Thorne
Handle: @bellathorne
Followers: 9.9 million
62. Soccer player Marcelo Vieira Jr.
Handle: @marcelotwelve
Followers: 9.9 million
61. Spanish soccer star Andres Iniesta
Handle: @andresiniesta8
Followers: 9.9 million
60. Brazilian actress Marina Ruy Barbosa
Handle: @marinaruybarbosa
Followers: 10 million
59. Vine star Cameron Dallas
Handle: @camerondallas
Followers: 10.2 million
58. Indonesian singer and TV personality Syahrini
Handle: @princessyahrini
Followers: 10.4 million
57. Indonesian singer Ayu TIngting
Handle: @ayutingting92
Followers: 10.5 million
56. French soccer player Karim Benzema
Handle: @karimbenzema
Followers: 10.5 million
55. Ciara
Handle: @ciara
Followers: 10.6 million
54. “Pretty Little Liars” actress Shay Mitchell
Handle: @shaym
Followers: 10.8 million
53. FC Barcelona soccer star Luis Suarez
Handle: @luissuarez9
Followers: 11 million
52. Brazilian singer Anitta
Handle: @anitta
Followers: 11.2 million
51. Boxer Floyd “Money” Mayweather
Handle: @floydmayweather
Followers: 11.2 million
50. Actress Ashley Benson
Handle: @itsashbenzo
Followers: 11.3 million
49. Kardashian mom Kris Jenner
Handle: @krisjenner
Followers: 11.3 million
48. Brazilian soccer player Ronaldinho Gaucho
Handle: @ronaldinhooficial
Followers: 11.4 million
47. Zac Efron
Handle: @zacefron
Followers: 11.4 million
46. Beauty blogger Huda Kattan
Handle: @hudabeauty
Followers: 11.9 million
45. Vine star Zach King
Handle: @zachking
Followers: 12.1 million
44. Swedish soccer star Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Handle: @IAmZlatanIbrahimovic
Followers: 12.1 million
43. Brazilian soccer player David Luiz
Handle: @davidluiz_4
Followers: 12.2 million
42. “Pretty Little Liars” Actress Lucy Hale
Handle: @lucyhale
Followers: 12.5 million
41. Brazilian actress Bruna Marquezine
Handle: @brumarquezine
Followers: 13.2 million
40. Model Gigi Hadid
Handle: @gigihadid
Followers: 13.8 million
39. Scott Disick
Handle: @letthelordbewithyou
Followers: 14 million
38. Real Madrid player Gareth Bale
Handle: @garethbale11
Followers: 14.3 million
37. One Direction member Niall Horan
Handle: @niallhoran
Followers: 14.4 million
36. Lady Gaga
Handle: @ladygaga
Followers: 14.8 million
35. Vanessa Hudgens
Handle: @vanessahudgens
Followers: 15.9 million
34. One Direction member Harry Styles
Handle: @harrystyles
Followers: 15.9 million
33. “King of Instagram” Dan Bilzerian
Handle: @danbilzerian
Followers: 15.9 million
32. Shakira
Handle: @shakira
Followers: 16.7 million
31. Vin Diesel
Handle: @vindiesel
Followers: 17.8 million
30. LeBron James
Handle: @kingjames
Followers: 18.3 million
29. Colombian soccer player James Rodríguez
Handle: @jamesrodriguez10
Followers: 19.2 million
28. Drake
Handle: @champagnepapi
Followers: 19.4 million
27. David Beckham
Handle: @davidbeckham
Followers: 20 million
26. Singer, actress and dancer Zendaya
Handle: @zendaya
Followers: 21.3 million
25. Justin Timberlake
Handle: @justintimberlake
Followers: 22.2 million
24. Chris Brown
Handle: @chrisbrownofficial
Followers: 23.8 million
23. Ellen Degeneres
Handle: @theellenshow
Followers: 25.2 million
22. Model Cara Delevingne
Handle: @caradelevingne
Followers: 27.2 million
21. Kevin Hart
Handle: @kevinhart4real
Followers: 30.8 million
20. Rihanna
Handle: @badgalriri
Followers: 34.1 million
19. Demi Lovato
Handle: @ddlovato
Followers: 34.6 million
18. Kourtney Kardashian
Handle: @kourtneykardash
Followers: 34.6 million
17. FC Barcelona player Leo Messi
Handle: @leomessi
Followers: 37.3 million
16. Miley Cyrus
Handle: @mileycyrus
Followers: 37.4 million
15. Jennifer Lopez
Handle: @jlo
Followers: 37.6 million
14. Katy Perry
Handle: @katyperry
Followers: 41.3 million
13. Khloe Kardashian
Handle: @khloekardashian
Followers: 42.8 million
12. Brazilian soccer player Neymar Jr.
Handle: @neymarjr
Followers: 43.3 million
11. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
Handle: @therock
Followers: 43.8 million
10. Nicki Minaj
Handle: @nickiminaj
Followers: 49 million
9. Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo
Handle: @cristiano
Followers: 49.4 million
8. Kendall Jenner
Handle: @kendalljenner
Followers: 49.5 million
7. Kylie Jenner
Handle: @kyliejenner
Followers: 52 million
6. Justin Bieber
Handle: @justinbieber
Followers: 58.8 million
5. Ariana Grande
Handle: @arianagrande
Followers: 60.4 million
4. Beyonce
Handle: @beyonce
Followers: 60.8 million
3. Kim Kardashian
Handle: @kimkardashian
Followers: 61.1 million
2. Selena Gomez
Handle: @selenagomez
Followers: 66.1 million
1. Taylor Swift
Handle: @taylorswift
Followers: 67.1 million
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