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In what is being referred to as the Instagram “purge,” many Instagram users lost tons of followers when the picture-sharing platform cleared out inactive and spam accounts on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Poor Justin Bieber was dethroned as the most-followed Instagram user, losing 3.5 million followers in less than 24 hours, according to a list compiled by 64px.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, he had 23.8 million followers; after the purge, Biebs has a mere 20.3 million Instagram acolytes. Beliebers, we assume, rallied after learning of his fall from grace.<\/p>\n

The new ruler is Internet-breaker Kim Kardashian, of course. Kardashian lost only 1.3 million Instagram followers in the Purge, making her the new queen of Instagram followers with a 22.2 million follower count.<\/p>\n

Beyonc\u00e9, who lost fewer than 1 million followers, is now in the No. 2 spot. Akon lost more than 50% of his followers, dropping from 4.3 million to 1.9 million. After losing 1.5 million followers and dropping to 100,000, rapper Ma$e deleted his account.<\/p>\n

Instagram didn’t immediately respond to Mashable<\/em>‘s request for comment, but a spokesman explained the situation to The Guardian<\/em>:<\/p>\n

After receiving feedback from members in the Instagram community, we recently fixed an issue that incorrectly included inactive accounts in follower\/following lists.<\/p>\n

We believe this will provide a more authentic experience and genuinely reflect people who are actually engaging with each other\u2019s content.<\/p>\n

We will always remember you, Instagram spam bots.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Source:\u00a0mashable.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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