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Selena Gomez officially becomes the most-followed celebrity on Instagram

Move over, Taylor Swift, there’s a new reigning queen of Instagram.

Singer and former Disney Channel star Selena Gomez unseated Swift as the most-followed celebrity on Instagram, with her 103 million followers pushing the “Bad Blood” singer to no. 2 with 93.9 million, according to annual rankings released by the social network Thursday.

Gomez also had the most-liked celebrity photo and video, and she was the most-mentioned artist on the site.

Ariana Grande came in third with 89.6 million followers, with Beyonce close behind at fourth with 88.9 million. Kim Kardashian took fifth place, with 88.2 million followers. Kardashian had come in second place last year.

Instagram has more than 500 million users from around the world.

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