Celebrity Taylor Swift Overtakes Kim Kardashian West as the Most-Followed Person on Instagram The pop powerhouse tallied 1,000 more followers than the reality star on Tuesday By Jeff Nelson Jeff Nelson Instagram Twitter Jeff Nelson is the Senior News Editor, Entertainment at PEOPLE. For nearly a decade, he has worked across the brand's entertainment verticals, reporting on breaking news and writing and editing across platforms, as well as securing A-list cover exclusives, including Barry Manilow's coming out and an at-home interview with Madonna. Jeff has appeared as an expert on Good Morning America, Extra, HLN and SiriusXM, as well as at RuPaul's DragCon as a moderator. He studied magazine journalism at Drake University, graduating with a B.A. in Journalism & Mass Communication. People Editorial Guidelines Published on September 9, 2015 11:30 AM Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Taylor Swift might just be the most popular person on the planet. In addition to her sold-out tour stops, record-breaking 1989 album, which spawned three Billboard No. 1s (and counting), the singer’s now the queen of social media, too: On Tuesday, she usurped Kim Kardashian West‘s title as most-followed Instagram user. (As of Wednesday, Swift had 45.7 million followers, while Kardashian West lagged with a paltry 45.6.) While the "Wildest Dreams" singer, 25, tends to posts pics of her cats, kitchen creations – and her star-studded squad, West’s social media formula differs. The Keeping Up with the Kardashians star, 34, floods her feed with selfies and shots of her famous fam. https://instagram.com/p/7WY679jvC3/ https://instagram.com/p/7D7C_LDvDD/ https://instagram.com/p/577o6DDvJM/