Selena Gomez became the first woman to reach 400 million followers on Instagram on Friday, just weeks after Kylie Jenner unseated the social media platform.
On her heels came Kylie Jenner, who has 382 million fans on the app, which she uses to share photos of her life and promote her makeup brand, Kylie Cosmetics.
Gomez, 30, is the third most followed person on Instagram after soccer players Cristiano Ronaldo, who has 562 followers, and Lionel Messi, who has 442 million people watching his every move.
The achievement comes less than a month after she overtook Jenner as the most followed woman on the social media platform.
The Wolves singer was previously the most followed woman on the site in 2019 before Ariana Grande beat her to the position, with Kylie, 25, later surpassing her.
MAKING HISTORY: Selena Gomez became the first woman to reach 400 million followers on Instagram on Friday
Incredible: In less than a month, she’s gained nearly 20 million more followers
Many of the singer’s fans rejoiced at the news, declaring Selena the “Queen of Instagram”.
Taking to Twitter, one user wrote: “Selena Gomez is once again the most followed woman on Instagram. The Queen is back!”
Another user said: She’s back on her throne. Selena, the queen of Instagram! While a third called her: “The OG Queen of Instagram.”
A fourth said: Selena Gomez is now the most followed artist on Instagram and Tiktok. universal queen.
Although she boasts millions of followers, Selena recently told Vanity Fair that she has taken a step back from social media and only has the TikTok app on her phone.
The star added that she was hit by “mean” comments from trolls and also saw using the platforms too much as a “waste of time”.
“People can call me ugly or stupid and I’m like, whatever,” she said. But these people get the details. They write very specific and meaningful paragraphs. I would cry constantly. I constantly had anxiety… I couldn’t do it anymore. It was a waste of my time.
There are great things about social media — connecting with fans, seeing how happy and excited they are and their stories.
On a roll: Just three weeks ago, she surpassed Kylie Jenner to become the most-followed woman on the social media platform
The catwalk: Selena was previously the most followed woman on the site in 2019 before Ariana Grande overtook her for the position, with Kylie later overtaking her
Follower count: The former Disney star has amassed 381 million followers on the photo-sharing platform, surpassing Kylie’s 380 million.
Special occasion: Gomez celebrated reaching the milestone by sharing a series of throwback snaps to her Instagram on Sunday.
Sadiq: The artist also wrote that she wishes “I can hug 400 million of you all”
‘But it is usually filtered.’ [for me now]. You have created a system. I send everything I do to my assistant who posts it. In terms of comments, my team will put in some encouraging things.
She has now created a “system” where she has an assistant act as a buffer between her and the comments by posting on her behalf.
I never had the chance to go to an actual high school. The world has been my high school for the longest time, and I’m starting to get inundated with information I don’t want.
Privacy: Although she boasts millions of followers, Selena recently told Vanity Fair that she has taken a step back from social media and only has the TikTok app on her phone
I had a hard time breaking up and didn’t want to see either [feedback]—It’s not necessarily about the relationship, but the opinions of me vs [someone] last. There will be thousands of really nice comments, but my mind goes straight to the mean one.
The only thing I have on my phone is TikTok because I find it less hostile. There are great things about social media — connecting with fans, seeing how happy and excited they are and their stories.
‘But it is usually filtered.’ [for me now]. You have created a system. I send everything I do to my assistant who posts it. In terms of comments, my team will put in some encouraging things.
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