Justin Bieber Is First Instagram User to Reach a Million Followers
Eight months after posting his first Instagram snap, Justin Bieber became the photo-sharing app’s first user to reach a million followers Tuesday.
The 18-year-old global pop star — whose fans gave him a social media record for his March 1 birthday — joined Instagram in July 2011 and reeled in 1,700 followers in just an hour. His inaugural Instagram picture (see below) displayed Los Angeles traffic, with the caption “La traffic sucks.”
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Bieber has since shared 281 photos and follows 15 Instagram users, including girlfriend Selena Gomez, fellow teen star Jaden Smith and boxer Floyd Mayweather.
Gomez is the second most-followed Instagram user, followed by Taylor Swift and Kim Kardashian.
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Previously, Bieber lost the races to 10 million and 20 million Twitter followers, as well as 1 billion YouTube views to social-media powerhouse Lady Gaga. He’s in luck this time, however; Gaga isn’t on Instagram.
Musicians on Facebook have experienced similarly explosive growth on Facebook, first via fan pages and now on their personal pages thanks to the network’s Subscribe button.
SEE ALSO: Justin Bieber’s 5th YouTube Anniversary: The Road to Bieber Fever [INFOGRAPHIC]Bieber currently has 18.6 million Twitter followers and 41.5 million Facebook “Likes.” His official YouTube channel has 2.3 billion views.
Instagram, an iPhone app that has been downloaded 27 million times, announced at South by Southwest this month that an Android version of the app will be released “very soon.” Apple also dubbed Instagram its App of the Year in 2011, and company founder Kevin Systrom appeared in Best Buy’s Super Bowl ad.
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1. Bangles
This Instagram’d bangle on Etsy is made by BuyMyCrap.
“We fell in love with the Instagram process and how it allows you to create pieces representative of yesteryear with different tones, filters and effects,” says Lainey Bard, who’s affectionately known by her customers as Mrs. Crap. “Since we create wearable works of art, we decided to include Instagram inspired pieces in our shop.”
The Craps access the Instagram API via iPod to pull photos. Bangles are sold for $40.
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