Justin Bieber has received the social media equivalent of a lump of coal in his stocking.
The
Biebs, his ex-girlfriend Selena Gomez, Kim Kardashian, Rihanna, and
other big names lost thousands — and in some cases more than a million —
Instagram followers in one fell swoop Thursday, as the company deleted
inactive, fake, and spam accounts. Instagram announced last week that it
would be making the move after reaching 300 million total users.
Bieber,
who was previously the most followed person on the photo sharing site,
lost more than 3.5 million followers in the so-called “Instagram
Rapture,” to bring him to a total of 20 million. His losses meant that
Kardashian, who had been right on his heels before the spammers were
removed, surpassed him. However, the reality star lost 1.3 million
followers herself, giving her a total of 22.2 million followers,
according to a graphic created by web developer Zach Allia and picked up by Business Insider.
In addition to Bieber and Kardashian, here are some of the other celebrities who lost a large number of followers:
Akon: 2.5 million
Ariana Grande: 1.5 million
Rihanna: 1.2 million
Selena Gomez: 1.1 million
Sean “Puff Daddy” Combs 1 million
Kendall Jenner: 907,000
Bruno Mars: 881,000
Beyoncé: 832,000
Kylie Jenner: 827,000
Harry Styles: 820,000
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