It seems silly, at this point, to think back when Kylie Jenner first announced her pregnancy and people wondered if the pregnancy and baby would hurt her empire. We wondered if Kylie going “offline” for months would make people forget about her seemingly nebulous fame. But all it did was add some mystery and now she’s more famous than ever. She was always one of the biggest names on social media – Instagram and Snapchat, mostly – and now she’s at the point where she can tweet once about Snapchat and their stock tumbles. She can post one photo on IG and it’s worth millions of “likes.” This is the reason why Kylie doesn’t have to buy ads for her cosmetics line: because her social media does all the work. And as it turns out, Kylie is the highest “social media earner.” Each one of her IGs is worth $1 million.
Kylie Jenner has topped the charts once again as the top earner on Instagram, according to an annual rich list compiled by Hopper HQ, a scheduling tool for Instagram that allows users to plan and time their posts. Hopper HQ named the top 10 social media earners on the basis of data it gathered by speaking to influencers, brands and marketing companies. The marketing companies estimated the cost per post.
Jenner has a following of 111 million on Instagram and each one of her sponsored posts is valued at $1 million. Selena Gomez and Cristiano Ronaldo each have more followers than Jenner, but their posts are worth less. Gomez has the largest following on the list at 139 million, and each post is worth $800,000. Ronaldo’s posts are worth $750,000. He has 137 million followers. Jenner’s half-sister Kim Kardashian West has 114 million followers and her single posts are valued at $720,000.
Others on the list include: Beyoncé Knowles with 116 million followers and $700,000 per post; Dwayne Johnson with 111 million followers and $650,000 per post; Justin Bieber with 101 million followers and $630,000 per post; Neymar da Silva Santos Junior with 100 million followers and $600,000 per post; Lionel Messi with 97 million followers and $500,000 per post, and Kendall Jenner with 93 million followers and $500,000 per post.
David Beckham tops the list for the top five British social media earners. The football star has 49 million Instagram followers and each one of his posts is worth $300,000.
I mean… there isn’t a lot of hard data to back up these numbers, because they’re basing their valuations on things like “influence.” And they’re basing it on audience too – Kylie’s followers are overwhelmingly young and female, a prime demographic for so many companies. Will Ronaldo’s followers buy something if they see him use it in a ‘gram? Maybe, but probably not at the same rate and enthusiasm as Kylie’s followers.
Photos courtesy of Kylie’s Instagram.
Ok Im calling it.
The ‘fessing up of the dissolving lips was a red herring to distract from some MAJOR plastic surgery.
Im calling chin implant, jaw breakage, rhinoplasty and eye opening up. She looks completely different and it got aint nuttin to do with smaller lips.
*shakes head* this family…
Except that she hasn’t been out of the public eye long enough for recovery from all those procedures. I agree she looks totally different, but I think she just hired a new photo editor, because frankly she never looked in real life like she does in her social media.
She had all that done originally. She had a brow lift, nose job, jaw reduction and a chin implant, plus all the fillers in her body and an insane boob job. She’s lying about the lip fillers. She may have let some of it dissolve, but not all of it. I’m wondering about cheek implants too. They don’t look natural. Neither do Kim’s actually.
what about BOOBS ?a mountain of boob! BUTT? That’s a big dumpster she’s paid for.
Fake hair-pieces ?Fake nails…dont forget all those too…
Wondering when narcissism fatigue is going to kick in.
These figures make no sense. “Worth” what to whom? Beyonce doesn’t even promote products on her Instagram. Yet the writer lists a value for her posts. Color me confused.
Ha! I wonder the same.
How filthy are her walls, tho?
I thought it was wallpaper?
I think TaraT3 is right. That’s either wallpaper or maybe even fabric. Only the best for this girl doncha know.
The over the top narcissism is strong with this one.
I mean is it even possible to be that much in love with yourself? Plastic or not, it’s kind of disturbing.
Selena Gomez has more followers than Christiano Ronaldo? How?
Ikr?! 😮
Another fake looking Kardashian. Has she had plastic surgery besides the lip thing?
She’s had just about everything done.
So rich. So vacuous. She has to work hard to milk that social media cow and yet what has she actually contributed to culture or society except more stuff for the landfills of the world.
Just wow. This pretty much sums up the state of America right now. People get rich and influential for doing nothing, and stay that way, by doing nothing. I don’t get it. What kind of people raise children who want to emulate Kylie Jenner? Are young women really flocking to buy shit because Kylie Jenner (claims) to use it? What is happening.
What does “worth” mean? Does it mean KYLIE is paid $1MM per sponsored post? Or, does it mean a sponsored post from Kylie generates $1MM in sales for the SPONSOR?