10 women with the most followers on Instagram
From Selena Gomez to Beyonce to the Kardashian sisters, here are the photo-sharing app’s most popular celebs
Selena Gomez is the reigning queen of Instagram again! The singer and actress recently broke records when she reached 400 million followers and officially became the most followed woman on the app.
She joined an elite group of just two other celebs to reach the big milestone: Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. And while no other woman has broken the 400 million mark yet, they’re not far behind!
Impressively, the top 10 most followed Instagram women all have at least 200 million followers — and the list includes one of Selena’s BFFs, as well as a few Kardashians!
Here are all the women with the most followers in the app…
10 Kourtney Kardashian – 216 million
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Kourtney Kardashian is making the cut when it comes to the most followed women on Instagram. She is one of every five KarJenners to make the top 10, with 216 million followers. Lately, Kourtney has been known for her posts about wellness — as well as her hot PDA pics with husband Travis Barker.
9. Jennifer Lopez – 238 million
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Jennifer Lopez has amassed 238 million followers over her years on the app and has shared everything from fashion content to cute pictures of her husband Ben Affleck. While she’s posted hundreds of photos, her Instagram went dark in early 2023 — but it turns out it was just promoting her new album, This Is Me…Now.
8th. Taylor Swift – 250 million
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Taylor Swift may have 250 million followers on Instagram, but she typically only posts to the app when she has a project to share. She’s known for hinting at her upcoming releases in her posts and tries to keep everything else low-key. She even disabled her comments and doesn’t follow anyone.
7. Kendall Jenner – 280 million
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Although Kendall Jenner has taken a break from Instagram, she’s still one of the most followed women on the app. As for why she’s quite on social media at times, Kendall says it’s just nice not to be “too dependent on it.”
“I just wanted to detox. I felt like…I just wanted a little break,” she said on The Ellen Show in 2016. “I would wake up in the morning and look at it first thing. I went to bed and it was the last thing I looked at. I felt a little too dependent on it. It’s kind of really nice to be away from that. I’m so much more off my phone – start getting involved in real life.”
6. Khloe Kardashian – 298 million
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With nearly 300 million followers, Khloé Kardashian has garnered a lot of hate on Instagram. Despite the daily comments surrounding her performance, Khloé continues to post and says she prefers to “emphasise the positive” with encouraging messages on social media.
“I think the world has too much negativity at our fingertips right now. Just as much negativity, there is positivity but we don’t emphasize it as much as we do the negative… Just as much as I need a little boost in my time I would embrace any of these [298] Millions of followers I have might want to see what I want to see,” Khloé told People.
5. beyonce – 301 million
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Beyoncé’s heavily curated Instagram feed has garnered her 301 million followers, despite not being the app’s most active user. She’s even set records on IG, with her second pregnancy announcement at one point being the most popular photo of all time.
4. Kim Kardashian – 349 million
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Kim Kardashian may not have the most Instagram followers of all time, but she definitely built her career around the app. These days, Kim says she can make more money from one social media post than she can from the entire season of her reality show. It is estimated that she can bring in anywhere from $300,000 to $1 million from sponsored posts.
“We wouldn’t be who we are today without Keeping Up With the Kardashians, and that’s why we continue to share our lives. While realistically we can post something on social media and make more than we can in an entire season,” Kim said of “My guest needs no introduction to David Letterman.”
3. Ariana Grande – 362 million
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Ariana Grande ranks third with over 362 million followers. In 2019, she was once the most followed woman on the app, but has since been usurped by other stars. While not the most followed, she has set some other Instagram records. After tying the knot in 2021, a photo from her wedding briefly became a post that quickly racked up 10 million likes — and remains one of the most popular photos of all time.
2. KylieJenner – 382 million
Kylie Jenner was once the most followed woman on Instagram, but she recently fell from the top spot. In fact, amidst the drama between her friend Hailey Bieber and Selena Gomez, Kylie actually lost a large number of followers. When fans thought she was making fun of Selena on her Instagram story, she ended up losing about a million followers. Kylie and Selena later clarified that they hit it off and Kylie won her followers back.
1. Selena Gomez – 402 million
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In February 2020, Selena Gomez reclaimed her place as the most followed woman on Instagram and just a month later she became the first woman to reach 400 million followers on the app. Selena, who previously left social media, showed her appreciation to her followers by sharing a slideshow of photos posing with fans.
“I wish I could hug all 400 million of you,” Selena wrote.
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