Some of the world’s biggest celebrities including Cristiano Ronaldo, Selena Gomez, Kim Kardashian, Lionel Messi lost millions of followers on social media almost overnight.
This comes as Instagram faces a massive loss of followers after Meta removed millions of fake and inactive accounts from the platform in a sweeping crackdown.
Cristiano lost about 6.6 million followers, and Selena’s account dropped by 5.4 million, the Daily Mail reports. Meanwhile, Kim lost 5.1 million and Beyoncé lost 4.4 million.
Apart from this, Kylie Jenner, Ariana Grande, Khloe Kardashian and Dwayne Johnson were also impressed.
According to Meta, the move is part of a “regular process” designed to remove inactive and bot accounts. “As part of our regular process of removing inactive accounts, some Instagram accounts may have seen an update to their follower count,” the tech company’s statement said.
It further added, “Active followers will remain unaffected, and any reinstated suspended accounts will be included in the count again after verification.”
Finally, “Thank you for your patience and we apologize for any inconvenience.”
It is worth mentioning that the purge is one of the biggest bot actions in Instagram history.
