As the “end of the year” lists continue to pour in, fan groups of music’s biggest artists are getting more and more amped up for the opportunity to add new feats to their lengthy lists of bragging rights.
The latest? Instagram numbers.
That’s right, while ‘Good For You’ singer Selena Gomez made good on securing her role as the outlet’s most followed member (with 103 million followers as of time reported), IG was good to a number of other musical artists in 2016 including Ariana Grande, Rihanna, and Beyonce (all of whom released albums this year).
Tuck in to see who owes the social networking site the biggest “thank yous” in 2016:
Artists with most mentions
- Selena Gomez
- One Direction
- Beyoncé
- Rihanna
- Ariana Grande
- Twenty One Pilots
- Taylor Swift
- Drake
- Coldplay
- Sia
- Ne-Yo
- Jennifer Lopez
- Kanye West
- Wale
- Madonna
Top 15 songs with most mentions on Instagram in 2016:
- “Formation” – Beyoncé
- “Sorry” – Justin Bieber
- “Work” – Rihanna ft. Drake
- “Ride” – Twenty One Pilots
- “Pillowtalk” – Zayn
- “Perfect” – One Direction
- “Heathens” – Twenty One Pilots
- “Hello” – Adele
- “My Boo” – Ghost Town DJ’s
- “Panda” – Desiigner
- “Love Yourself” – Justin Bieber
- “Stitches” – Shawn Mendes
- “Dangerous Woman” – Ariana Grande
- “Sorry” – Beyoncé
- “Purple Rain” – Prince
Artists who gained the most new followers
- Selena Gomez (@selenagomez) – Gained more than 50 million followers.
- Ariana Grande (@ariangrande) – Gained for than 40 million followers.
- Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) – Gained more than 38.3 million followers
- Beyonce (@beyonce) – Gained more than 37 million followers
- Nicki Minaj (@nickiminaj) – Gained fore than 29 million followers
- Katy Perry (@katyperry) – Gained more than 25.1 million followers
- Miley Cyrus (@mileycyrus) – Gained more than 24.3 million followers
- Demi Lovato (@ddlovato) – Gained more than 22 million followers
- Jennifer Lopez (@jlo) – Gained more than 20 million followers
- Justin Timberlake (@justintimberlake) – Gained more than 18 million followers