The 73 most popular people on Instagram

Some Instagram stars freaked out in December 2014 when the site began cracking down on spam accounts.

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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 No. 1 has more than 60 million.

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To calculate the most followed people, we took Socialblade's list of the 100 most followed accounts and removed brands, groups of people (like bands and sports teams), accounts that aggregate other people's content, and other nonhuman entities. That left us with 73 of the most popular Instagrammers from around the world.

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Maya Kosoff wrote a previous version of this post.

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73. "Jersey Shore" star Snooki

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Handle: @snookinic

Followers: 9.1 million

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72. Brazilian actor Caio Castro

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Handle: @caiocastro

Followers: 9.2 million

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71. Victoria Beckham

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Handle: @victoriabeckham

Followers: 9.3 million

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70. Channing Tatum

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Handle: @channingtatum

Followers: 9.4 million

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69. Ellie Goulding

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Handle: @elliegoulding

Followers: 9.4 million

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68. Colombian singer Maluma

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Handle: @maluma

Followers: 9.5 million

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67. Brazilian actress Tata Werneck

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Handle: @tatawerneck

Followers: 9.5 million

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66. Wiz Khalifa

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Handle: @mistercap

Followers: 9.5 million

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65. Brazilian singer Ivete Sangalo

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Handle: @ivetesangalo

Followers: 9.7 million

 

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64. Amber Rose

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Handle: @amberrose

Followers: 9.8 million

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63. Actress Bella Thorne

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Handle: @bellathorne

Followers: 9.9 million

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62. Soccer player Marcelo Vieira Jr.

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Handle: @marcelotwelve

Followers: 9.9 million

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61. Spanish soccer star Andres Iniesta

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Handle: @andresiniesta8

Followers: 9.9 million

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60. Brazilian actress Marina Ruy Barbosa

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Handle: @marinaruybarbosa

Followers: 10 million

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59. Vine star Cameron Dallas

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Handle: @camerondallas

Followers: 10.2 million

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58. Indonesian singer and TV personality Syahrini

Handle: @princessyahrini

Followers: 10.4 million

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57. Indonesian singer Ayu TIngting

Handle: @ayutingting92

Followers: 10.5 million

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56. French soccer player Karim Benzema

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Handle: @karimbenzema

Followers: 10.5 million

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55. Ciara

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Handle: @ciara

Followers: 10.6 million

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54. "Pretty Little Liars" actress Shay Mitchell

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Handle: @shaym

Followers: 10.8 million

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53. FC Barcelona soccer star Luis Suarez

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Handle: @luissuarez9

Followers: 11 million

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52. Brazilian singer Anitta

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Handle: @anitta

Followers: 11.2 million

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51. Boxer Floyd "Money" Mayweather

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Handle: @floydmayweather

Followers: 11.2 million

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50. Actress Ashley Benson

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Handle: @itsashbenzo

Followers: 11.3 million

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49. Kardashian mom Kris Jenner

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Handle: @krisjenner

Followers: 11.3 million

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48. Brazilian soccer player Ronaldinho Gaucho

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Handle: @ronaldinhooficial

Followers: 11.4 million

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47. Zac Efron

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Handle: @zacefron

Followers: 11.4 million

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46. Beauty blogger Huda Kattan

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Handle: @hudabeauty

Followers: 11.9 million

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45. Vine star Zach King

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Handle: @zachking

Followers: 12.1 million

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44. Swedish soccer star Zlatan Ibrahimovic

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Handle: @IAmZlatanIbrahimovic

Followers: 12.1 million

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43. Brazilian soccer player David Luiz

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Handle: @davidluiz_4

Followers: 12.2 million

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42. "Pretty Little Liars" Actress Lucy Hale

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Handle: @lucyhale

Followers: 12.5 million

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41. Brazilian actress Bruna Marquezine

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Handle: @brumarquezine

Followers: 13.2 million

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40. Model Gigi Hadid

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Handle: @gigihadid

Followers: 13.8 million

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39. Scott Disick

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Handle: @letthelordbewithyou

Followers: 14 million

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38. Real Madrid player Gareth Bale

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Handle: @garethbale11

Followers: 14.3 million

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37. One Direction member Niall Horan

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Handle: @niallhoran

Followers: 14.4 million

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36. Lady Gaga

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Handle: @ladygaga

Followers: 14.8 million

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35. Vanessa Hudgens

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Handle: @vanessahudgens

Followers: 15.9 million

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34. One Direction member Harry Styles

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Handle: @harrystyles

Followers: 15.9 million

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33. "King of Instagram" Dan Bilzerian

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Handle: @danbilzerian

Followers: 15.9 million

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32. Shakira

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Handle: @shakira

Followers: 16.7 million

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31. Vin Diesel

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Handle: @vindiesel

Followers: 17.8 million

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30. LeBron James

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Handle: @kingjames

Followers: 18.3 million

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29. Colombian soccer player James Rodríguez

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Handle: @jamesrodriguez10

Followers: 19.2 million

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28. Drake

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Handle: @champagnepapi

Followers: 19.4 million

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27. David Beckham

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Handle: @davidbeckham

Followers: 20 million

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26. Singer, actress and dancer Zendaya

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Handle: @zendaya

Followers: 21.3 million

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25. Justin Timberlake

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Handle: @justintimberlake

Followers: 22.2 million

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24. Chris Brown

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Handle: @chrisbrownofficial

Followers: 23.8 million

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23. Ellen Degeneres

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Handle: @theellenshow

Followers: 25.2 million

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22. Model Cara Delevingne

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Handle: @caradelevingne

Followers: 27.2 million

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21. Kevin Hart

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Handle: @kevinhart4real

Followers: 30.8 million

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20. Rihanna

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Handle: @badgalriri

Followers: 34.1 million

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19. Demi Lovato

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Handle: @ddlovato

Followers: 34.6 million

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18. Kourtney Kardashian

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Handle: @kourtneykardash

Followers: 34.6 million

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17. FC Barcelona player Leo Messi

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Handle: @leomessi

Followers: 37.3 million

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16. Miley Cyrus

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Handle: @mileycyrus

Followers: 37.4 million

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15. Jennifer Lopez

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Handle: @jlo

Followers: 37.6 million

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14. Katy Perry

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Handle: @katyperry

Followers: 41.3 million

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13. Khloe Kardashian

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Handle: @khloekardashian

Followers: 42.8 million

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12. Brazilian soccer player Neymar Jr.

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Handle: @neymarjr

Followers: 43.3 million

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11. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

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Handle: @therock

Followers: 43.8 million

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10. Nicki Minaj

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Handle: @nickiminaj

Followers: 49 million

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9. Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo

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Handle: @cristiano

Followers: 49.4 million

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8. Kendall Jenner

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Handle: @kendalljenner

Followers: 49.5 million

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7. Kylie Jenner

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Handle: @kyliejenner

Followers: 52 million

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6. Justin Bieber

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Handle: @justinbieber

Followers: 58.8 million

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5. Ariana Grande

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Handle: @arianagrande

Followers: 60.4 million

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4. Beyonce

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Handle: @beyonce

Followers: 60.8 million

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3. Kim Kardashian

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Handle: @kimkardashian

Followers: 61.1 million

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2. Selena Gomez

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Handle: @selenagomez

Followers: 66.1 million

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1. Taylor Swift

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Handle: @taylorswift

Followers: 67.1 million

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