Nicki Minaj's Instagram account is no longer active, but claims that she lost 10 million followers over her TPUSA appearance are false; her follower count has only slightly decreased by a few million, and the account deactivation is not necessarily related to follower loss.
Instagram has updated its policy to restrict live streaming to public accounts with at least 1,000 followers, aiming to improve user experience and feature quality. This change is currently rolling out to private accounts as well, potentially ending the 'close friends' live feature for accounts with fewer followers.
Chinese businessman, Jia Yueting, charged with $1 billion fraud, has a large following of supporters who are drawn to his charisma and vision for the future of technology. Despite his legal troubles, many of his followers remain loyal and believe in his ability to revolutionize the industry.
Mark Cuban, who pays for Twitter Blue, asked Elon Musk for help as he's losing up to 1,000 followers a day on Twitter. Twitter Blue subscribers are meant to get more visibility and promotion on their tweets. However, a study shows that uptake of Twitter Blue has underwhelmed in both the quantity and quality of paid-up accounts.
Despite his company's financial struggles, Elon Musk has become the most followed Twitter user with over 133 million followers, surpassing Barack Obama. This can be attributed to Musk's frequent tweeting compared to Obama's less frequent activity on the platform. Justin Bieber is the third most-followed account.
Elon Musk has surpassed Barack Obama as the most-followed person on Twitter with 133,068,709 followers. His acquisition of Twitter and posting habits, which include communicating changes to the platform and polling followers on major decisions, have helped him gain a massive following. Obama mainly uses his account for professional purposes, while Justin Bieber and Katy Perry occupy the third and fourth most-followed spots.
Selena Gomez has become the first woman to reach 400 million followers on Instagram, beating out Kylie Jenner. However, she still trails behind soccer stars Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. Gomez celebrated the milestone by thanking her followers and expressing her wish to hug all 400 million of them. Despite her success on social media, Gomez has been vocal about the negative effects of social media and recently took a break from it.
Selena Gomez has become the first woman to reach 400 million followers on Instagram, just weeks after surpassing Kylie Jenner as the most-followed female on the platform. Despite her massive following, Gomez has stepped back from social media due to hurtful comments from trolls and now only has the TikTok app on her phone. She has created a system where her assistant posts on her behalf and her team puts together encouraging comments.