How Did Selena Gomez Become the Most Followed Person on Instagram?

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Over the weekend, you might not have heard it—the sound it made was like a collection of ribbons falling to the ground on top of one another, or like the gasp of a teenager in the face of an unexpected text—but a new ruler of the Insta-world was coronated. Selena Gomez became the most followed person on Instagram, surpassing her best friend, Taylor Swift. As of the very moment of this posting, Gomez is followed by 134 million people, which is more than the entire population of Germany.