With Big Brother 24 recently coming to an end, the houseguests who have been closed off from the outside world for three months are finally returning to reality. In doing so, they get to return to their social media accounts. Many times after a group of houseguests return home, they find themselves with a ton of newfound followers on Instagram, especially if they were loved by fans.
History was made inside the Big Brother house this summer. Not only did Michael Bruner set new records for competition wins, but season winner Taylor Hale broke records of her own. In addition to winning the $750k grand prize, Taylor also won America's Favorite Houseguest. This additional cash prize is voted on by fans at home. This was the first time in the history of the show that a winner also won America's Favorite Houseguest.
Taylor Hale Gained 194.5k IG Followers
There is no doubt that viewers at home loved watching Taylor on Big Brother. So it is no surprise that they wanted to continue supporting her now that she is outside the house. When the cast was first announced just a few days prior to the season premiere, Taylor had roughly 5.5k followers on Instagram. Now, following Taylor's life-changing Big Brother win, she has gained over 194k followers, bringing her total follower count to 200k followers. Taylor's other half inside the game, Joseph Abdin, also had a large jump in follower count. Before Joseph's last-minute addition to the show, he had 3.8k followers. Now, the attorney has 107k followers.
With no surprise, the villain of the season, Daniel Durston, had the smallest growth in followers. Since he was evicted pre-jury, Daniel only spent five weeks inside the Big Brother house. During that time, Daniel gained 8.1k followers. Now, the Elvis impersonator has 12.9k total Instagram followers. His best ally and co-villian inside the house, Nicole Layog, came in second for having the fewest new Instagram followers since joining the show. Nicole went from having 1.1k IG followers to 12k followers, a 10.9k jump.
While Daniel and Nicole may not be able to do much with their newfound following, there is no doubt that Taylor and Joseph's DMs will be flooded with endorsement opportunities. It is quite common among past Big Brother players that these newfound followings lead to careers as social media influencers. Perhaps that will be the case for some of the Big Brother 24 cast. Fans will have to wait and see what they have up their sleeves for their futures.
Source: Taylor Hale/ Instagram, Joseph Abdin/ Instagram, Daniel Durston/ Instagram, Nicole Layog/ Instagram