--- title: Selena Gomez Instagram Goes Private and Fans React description: Selena Gomez's fans were surprised to find that Instagram's most popular celebrity switched her account settings to private. canonical: https://time.com/5050179/selena-gomez-instagram-private/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-12-05T19:36:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:49:06.113Z og:title: Selena Gomez Just Switched Her Instagram Settings to Private og:description: The singer's updates are no longer visible to her 130 million followers og:url: https://time.com/5050179/selena-gomez-instagram-private/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8f7230b1d7eccb28/6988f3d7e76ad2aad863031b/gettyimages-886101586.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: The Fashion Awards 2017 In Partnership With Swarovski - Red Carpet Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Selena Gomez Just Switched Her Instagram Settings to Private twitter:description: The singer's updates are no longer visible to her 130 million followers twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8f7230b1d7eccb28/6988f3d7e76ad2aad863031b/gettyimages-886101586.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Instagram's Most Popular Celebrity Selena Gomez Just Switched Her Settings to Private by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Dec 5, 2017 7:36 PM UTC  LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 04: Selena Gomez attends The Fashion Awards 2017 in partnership with Swarovski at Royal Albert Hall on December 4, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Karwai Tang/WireImage) LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 04: Selena Gomez attends The Fashion Awards 2017 in partnership with Swarovski at Royal Albert Hall on December 4, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Karwai Tang/WireImage)Karwai Tang—WireImage by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Dec 5, 2017 7:36 PM UTC Selena Gomez is known for being [an Instagram queen](http://time.com/collection/firsts/4899244/selena-gomez-firsts), but she may be taking a break. Fans noticed on early Tuesday morning that the actor and _Wolves_ singer’s page wasn’t public anymore. That’s no small matter for a celebrity who commands the attention of [130 million followers](http://time.com/4936487/selena-gomez-on-friends/). Notably, Gomez was the first person to reach [100 million followers](http://time.com/4512549/selena-gomez-instagram-100-million/) on the platform in 2016\. And this year, she had a whopping eight out of ten of the [most-liked photos on the platform this year](http://time.com/5040998/beyonce-instagram-2017/). With her most [popular post](http://time.com/4941186/selena-gomez-recovering-from-a-kidney-transplant/) of 2017, she announced she had undergone kidney transplant surgery as a result of lupus, making headlines worldwide. There’s no way of knowing if or when she’ll change her settings from private back to public or the reason behind the switch. But one thing is clear. She takes social media’s impact seriously. Speaking to TIME this year, she reflected on public life through the prism of social media. --- > “” --- A representative for Gomez did not immediately respond to a request for comment. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5050179/selena-gomez-instagram-private/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5050179/selena-gomez-instagram-private/"},"headline":"Instagram's Most Popular Celebrity Selena Gomez Just Switched Her Settings to Private","datePublished":"2017-12-05T19:36:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:49:06.113Z","description":"The singer's updates are no longer visible to her 130 million followers","url":"https://time.com/5050179/selena-gomez-instagram-private/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Music","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8f7230b1d7eccb28/6988f3d7e76ad2aad863031b/gettyimages-886101586.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8f7230b1d7eccb28/6988f3d7e76ad2aad863031b/gettyimages-886101586.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Fashion Awards 2017 In Partnership With Swarovski - Red Carpet Arrivals","caption":"The Fashion Awards 2017 In Partnership With Swarovski - Red Carpet Arrivals","creditText":"Karwai Tang—WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5050179/selena-gomez-instagram-private/","name":"Instagram's Most Popular Celebrity Selena Gomez Just Switched Her Settings to Private"}}]}] ```