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Ariana Grande surpasses Selena Gomez as most-followed woman on Instagram

Cape Town – Ariana Grande is officially the most-followed woman on Instagram, surpassing Selena Gomez.

Ariana – who, at the time of publishing, had 146 334 518 followers – took the title over from Selena – who, at the time of publishing, had 146 288 002 followers – on Monday, Billboard reports.

The report further reveals that the 7 rings hitmaker gained more than 13 million new followers in the last four months on the social media platform.

But while Ariana is the top followed female, she is still outpaced by professional soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo - who dethroned Selena as the most-followed person on Instagram in 2018 and had 155 927 389 followers at the time of publishing.

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Selena Gomez loses two-year reign as most followed celeb on IG

Cape Town - Selena Gomez has been dethroned as the most followed person on Instagram. 33-year-old soccer star, Cristiano Ronaldo has taken the top spot on the social media platform with 144 320 746 Instagram followers. Selena - who announced she would be taking a break from social media last month - is now second with 144 312 745 Instagram followers, E!

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