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Instagram has released the numbers for the top-followed accounts of 2016, and pop star Selena Gomez has snagged the top spot with 103 million followers, unseating Taylor Swift (93.6 million).
2016-12-02
Women dominated the top spots, taking the first five spots and eight of the top 10. Cristiano Ronaldo (No. 6) and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (No. 8) were the only men who made the list.
As to whose star is rising the fastest, Gomez and Ronaldo gained the most followers in 2016, at 50 million and 42 million respectively, according to People.
Here is the full list:
No. 10: Kendall Jenner — 68.9 million followers
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No. 9: Nicki Minaj — 69 million followers
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No. 8: Dwayne Johnson — 71 million followers
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No. 7: Kylie Jenner — 79.5 million followers
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No. 6: Cristiano Ronaldo — 82.3 million followers
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No. 5: Kim Kardashian — 87.8 million followers
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No. 4: Beyoncé — 88.9 million followers
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No. 3: Ariana Grande — 89.6 million followers
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No. 2: Taylor Swift — 93.6 million followers
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No. 1: Selena Gomez — 103 million followers
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Nathan is the media and advertising editor for Business Insider and was previously the entertainment editor, as well as an editor and reporter for the tech section.He runs BI's media business team, which primarily covers the creator economy and the business of social media, the evolution of streaming, and the future of advertising.He edits the CMO Insider newsletter, which features exclusive reporting on marketing and the creator space.He has overseen several award-winning projects at BI.He coedited Jason Guerrasio's feature on the rise and fall of MoviePass, which won a New York Press Club Award and a National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Award from the Los Angeles Press Club.BI's reporting on MoviePass served as the basis for the HBO documentary "MoviePass MovieCrash." Nathan is interviewed in the documentary and was a consultant during production.He's worked on other stories that have won or been finalists for NAEJ Awards from the LA Press Club.They include:
He mainly edits the work of reporters Lucia Moses, Lara O'Reilly, Dan Whateley, Sydney Bradley, and James Faris.Nathan graduated from Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications with a master's degree in journalism in 2015, and from Columbia University in 2011.
