Instagram recently did some housekeeping and deleted millions of spam accounts from its social media app. This "Instagram rapture" caused many of the most-followed Instagramers to lose lots of their followers. Even with these spam accounts gone for now Instagram still had more than 300 million active users as of December 2014.
Instagram was launched in 2010 by creators Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger. Later that year the app had a million registered users. The pair sold the social media giant to Facebook in April 2012 for $1 billion. At that time Instagram had more than 100 million active users. So let's take a look at the 20 most followed people on Instagram and how their Net Worth compares to their amount of followers. Oh and by the way, if you have instagram, follow us @celebritynetworth. We're really funny and awesome.
20: Jennifer Lopez
8.9 million followers
Net Worth – $300 million
19: Harry Styles of One Direction
9.8 million followers
Net Worth – $23 million
18: Demi Lovato
9.9 million followers
Net Worth – $20 million
17: Kevin Hart
10.2 million followers
Net Worth – $30 million
10.5 million followers
Net Worth: $250 million
15: Katy Perry
12.2 million followers
Net Worth: $130 million
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14: Nicki Minaj
13.2 million followers
Net Worth: $50 million
13.3 million followers
Net Worth: $18 million
12: Neymar Jr.
13.5 million followers
Net Worth: $50 million
11: Rihanna
13.8 million followers
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10: Miley Cyrus
13.9 million followers
Net Worth: $160 million
9: Kylie Jenner
15.8 million followers
16 million followers
Net Worth: $20 million
17.1 million followers
Net Worth: $3 million
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6: Taylor Swift
17.7 million followers
Net Worth: $200 million
5: Selena Gomez
20 million followers
Net Worth: $16 million
21.1 million followers
Net Worth: $200 million
22.1 million followers
Net Worth: $12 million
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2: Beyonce
22.9 million followers
Net Worth: $450 million
23.5 million followers
Net Worth: $65 million
Oh and in case you were curious, the top 20 most followed people on instagram have a combined total net worth of $2.14 billion. The "poorest" person on the list is Kylie Jenner with $2 million. The richest person on the list is Beyonce with a net worth of $450 million.
