# Who Celebrities Follow on Instagram: Data From 61 Stars (October 2026)

> We checked who 61 celebrities follow on Instagram: how many accounts, who they followed most recently, and why 8 of them followed Jennifer Lawrence.

- Source: https://klupt.io/blog/celebrity-instagram-follows-study
- Author: Sarah Mitchell
- Publisher: Klupt (https://klupt.io)
- Published: 2026-10-29 · Updated: 2026-11-06

We looked at the Instagram following lists of 61 celebrities, from Selena Gomez and Cristiano Ronaldo to Chappell Roan and Bad Bunny's friends in Latin music, and at the 25 accounts each one followed most recently. The short version: the median celebrity follows 829 accounts, nine follow fewer than ten, athletes mostly follow other men, and eight of the 61 have followed Jennifer Lawrence since she joined Instagram in September.

All numbers below come from public data that anyone can check, and you're welcome to use them with a link to this page. For the November 2026 refresh of these numbers, plus Klupt's wider following statistics (hidden lists, private accounts, how many people follow), see [Instagram statistics 2026](https://klupt.io/instagram-statistics).

## Key findings

- **The median celebrity follows 829 accounts.** 21 of the 61 follow more than 1,000. J Balvin follows the most (4,561), then Rosalía (4,264) and Drake (3,736).
- **Nine follow fewer than ten accounts.** Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar and Charli XCX each follow one. The Weeknd and Rauw Alejandro follow two.
- **73% of their recent follows are verified accounts.** Only 58 of 1,300 recent follows (4.5%) are private accounts.
- **Athletes follow men, reality stars follow women.** 58% of athletes' recent follows were men and 13% women. For reality TV stars and models it was the other way round: 50% women, 18% men.
- **Eight of the 61 followed Jennifer Lawrence.** She joined Instagram on 9 September 2026 as @jlaw. For Khloé Kardashian, Kourtney Kardashian, Kendall Jenner, Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner, she is among their four newest follows.

## How we collected the data

A **following list** is the list of accounts a profile follows. Since Instagram's 9 September 2026 update, the order of that list in the app no longer reliably shows the newest follows, but Klupt still shows recent follows **newest first**. Instagram never shows the date of each follow. So the top of Klupt's list tells you the order, not the time.

Klupt checks the following lists of 61 public celebrity accounts once a day for its [celebrities' recent follows](https://klupt.io/celebrities) pages. For this study we used the checks made between 28 October 2026 (05:07 UTC) and 29 October 2026 (00:28 UTC). For each account we recorded:

- their follower and following counts, as shown on the profile
- their 25 most recent follows, newest first, as Klupt shows them (or all of them, if they follow fewer than 25)
- whether each of those accounts is verified or private
- a girls/guys/other label for each account

The girls/guys/other label is Klupt's automatic guess from the account's name and profile. "Other" covers brands, fan pages, magazines, sports clubs and anyone the system couldn't place. Treat the gender numbers as approximate.

We left one tracked account out of the study because its public counts didn't match the person, so we couldn't be sure it is their main account. That leaves 61 accounts. For the "recent follows" findings we only used the 52 accounts that follow at least 25 people, so every profile counts equally (1,300 follows in total).

## How many accounts do celebrities follow?

| Following | Celebrities |
|---|---:|
| Fewer than 10 | 9 |
| 10 to 499 | 14 |
| 500 to 999 | 17 |
| 1,000 to 1,999 | 14 |
| 2,000 or more | 7 |

**The fewest:** Beyoncé (1), Kendrick Lamar (1), Charli XCX (1), The Weeknd (2), Rauw Alejandro (2), Dua Lipa (7), Lewis Hamilton (7), and BTS members Jimin (7) and V (7).

**The most:** J Balvin (4,561), Rosalía (4,264), Drake (3,736), Cardi B (3,500), Anitta (2,588) and Karol G (2,404).

There is a clear pattern here. Latin music stars follow the most people: the median for the nine Latin artists we track is 1,587. Apart from the two BTS members, reality TV stars and models follow the fewest (median 248), even though Kylie Jenner, Kim Kardashian and Khloé Kardashian have some of the biggest audiences on Instagram.

When someone follows very few accounts, every new follow is easy to spot. That's why fans watch accounts like Beyoncé's: a single new follow at the top of a one-name list is news.

## The Jennifer Lawrence effect

Jennifer Lawrence avoided social media for years. She joined Instagram on 9 September 2026 as **@jlaw**, and her account was verified within hours ([Khaleej Times](https://www.khaleejtimes.com/entertainment/jennifer-lawrence-instagram-debut), [PinkNews](https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/09/10/jennifer-lawrence-instagram/)).

Seven weeks later, she shows up in the recent follows of 8 of the 61 celebrities. That's more than any other account in our data.

| Celebrity | Where @jlaw sits in their following list |
|---|---:|
| Khloé Kardashian | 2nd newest |
| Kendall Jenner | 3rd newest |
| Kourtney Kardashian | 3rd newest |
| Kim Kardashian | 4th newest |
| Kylie Jenner | 4th newest |
| MrBeast | 14th newest |
| Emilia Mernes | 16th newest |
| Rosalía | 24th newest |

### What this tells you about dates

This is also a neat trick for reading an order-only list. Because @jlaw didn't exist before 9 September 2026, anyone who follows her must have followed her after that date. And everything **above** her in their list was followed even later.

So for Khloé Kardashian, only one account was followed more recently than Jennifer Lawrence, which means her newest follow happened in the last seven weeks. For Rosalía, 23 accounts sit above @jlaw, so she has followed at least 23 accounts since 9 September (that she still follows).

You can use the same idea on any profile: find an account you know is new (a brand that just launched, a friend who just joined) and look at what sits above it.

## Who are celebrities following lately?

Across the 1,300 most recent follows:

- **73.5% were verified accounts** (955 of 1,300). Celebrities mostly follow other famous people, brands and media.
- **4.5% were private accounts** (58 of 1,300). These are usually friends and family, and they stand out because they're rare.
- Klupt labelled **36% as men, 33% as women and 30% as other** (brands, pages, clubs and unclear accounts).

### Recent follows by category

| Category | Accounts | Women | Men | Other |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| Reality TV & models | 8 | 50% | 18% | 32% |
| Musicians | 15 | 44% | 26% | 30% |
| Actors | 7 | 33% | 37% | 30% |
| Creators | 4 | 24% | 45% | 31% |
| Latin stars | 8 | 28% | 41% | 31% |
| Athletes | 10 | 13% | 58% | 30% |

The athletes stand out most. Of their 25 newest follows, Jude Bellingham had 21 men, and Kylian Mbappé and Stephen Curry had 20 each. Most of these are teammates, other players and coaches. At the other end, 20 of Chappell Roan's 25 newest follows were women, and Kylie Jenner, Kourtney Kardashian, Hailey Bieber and Selena Gomez each had 15 or more.

The pattern makes sense: people follow their own world. A footballer's new follows are mostly football, and a pop star's are mostly other artists, stylists and friends.

## Accounts several celebrities followed

Some accounts appear in the recent follows of more than one celebrity:

- **Jennifer Lawrence** (@jlaw): 8 celebrities, see above.
- **Candice Swanepoel**: Emilia Mernes, Kylie Jenner, Tate McRae and Travis Scott.
- **Elle Fanning**: Chappell Roan, Kendall Jenner and Sabrina Carpenter.
- **Bad Bunny**: Kylian Mbappé, Selena Gomez and Vinícius Júnior.
- **Erling Haaland**: Karol G, MrBeast and Shakira.
- **LEGO**: Cristiano Ronaldo, Kylian Mbappé and Lionel Messi.

A shared follow doesn't mean anything on its own. But when several famous people follow the same account in a short time, it usually means that account just joined, just went viral, or is part of a project they share.

## What this means for checking anyone's follows

Celebrities aren't special here. The same rules apply to any public profile:

1. **Use a list with real order.** Since September 2026 the Instagram app no longer reliably shows recent follows first, but you can [see who someone recently followed](https://klupt.io/), newest first, without logging in.
2. **There are no dates.** Use known-date accounts, like @jlaw above, to work out roughly when follows happened.
3. **Look at the pattern, not one name.** A single follow says little. A run of similar new follows says more.

If you want to try it, start with the [celebrities' recent follows](https://klupt.io/celebrities) pages, which update daily. For the step-by-step method on any account, read [how to see who someone recently followed on Instagram](https://klupt.io/blog/how-to-see-who-someone-recently-followed-on-instagram), and for how the order works, see [Instagram following list order explained](https://klupt.io/blog/instagram-following-list-order).

## Using this data

You're free to quote these numbers in articles, videos or posts. Please link to this page as the source. The live lists behind them are on each celebrity's page, for example [who Selena Gomez recently followed](https://klupt.io/celebrities/selenagomez) or [who Cristiano Ronaldo recently followed](https://klupt.io/celebrities/cristiano). Note that the lists change every day, so the live pages will not match these October numbers exactly.

## FAQ

### How many accounts does the average celebrity follow on Instagram?
In our October 2026 data for 61 celebrities, the median was 829 accounts. It ranged from 1 (Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar, Charli XCX) to 4,561 (J Balvin).

### Which celebrities follow the fewest people on Instagram?
Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar and Charli XCX each followed one account when we checked. The Weeknd and Rauw Alejandro followed two, and Dua Lipa, Lewis Hamilton, Jimin and V followed seven.

### Can you see when a celebrity followed someone?
Not exactly. Klupt shows a celebrity's recent follows newest first, but no one can see dates. You can estimate it with an account whose start date you know: anyone who follows Jennifer Lawrence (@jlaw) followed her after 9 September 2026, when she joined.

### How do you see who a celebrity recently followed?
Use Klupt's celebrity pages: they show each celebrity's recent follows newest first, without logging in, and are refreshed daily. Since Instagram's September 2026 update, the order of the Following list in the app no longer reliably shows recent follows.

### Where does this data come from?
From the public following lists of 61 celebrity accounts, as checked by Klupt between 28 and 29 October 2026. Gender labels are Klupt's automatic estimate and are approximate.