Selena Gomez became the first woman to have 400 million followers on Instagram.
Following weeks of controversy, Gomez has been pulling ahead fast with Kylie Jenner coming in second place with 382 million Insta fans.
There are still two people with more followers than Gomez on Instagram, soccer players Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, who have 562 followers and 442 million followers respectively.
Gomez, 30, has been the most followed woman before, wearing the crown in 2019 before Ariana Grande and then Jenner took the title. Surprisingly, Gomez’s comeback takes place in the midst of her retreat from social media. She recently told Vanity Fair she only has the TikTok app on her phone and has tried to put “filters” in place to protect herself from trolls and hurtful comments.
“People can call me ugly or stupid and I’m like, Whatever,” Gomez explained. “But these people get detailed. They write paragraphs that are so specific and mean. I would constantly be crying. I constantly had anxiety…I couldn’t do it anymore. It was a waste of my time.”
Gomez recently posted an Instagram carousel of photos with fan groups to celebrate the milestone.
