Top 15 songs with most mentions on Instagram in 2016 (based on total global number of mentions for a sampling of the year's top Billboard-charting songs, in captions, comments or photos):
?Formation? - Beyonc?
?Sorry? - Justin Bieber
?Work? - Rihanna ft. Drake
?Ride? - Twenty One Pilots
?Pillowtalk? - Zayn
?Perfect? - One Direction
?Heathens? - Twenty One Pilots
?Hello? - Adele
?My Boo? - Ghost Town DJ's
?Panda? - Desiigner
?Love Yourself? - Justin Bieber
?Stitches? - Shawn Mendes
?Dangerous Woman? - Ariana Grande
?Sorry? - Beyonc?
?Purple Rain? - Prince
Artists with most mentions
Selena Gomez
One Direction
Beyonc?
Rihanna
Ariana Grande
Twenty One Pilots
Taylor Swift
Drake
Coldplay
Sia
Ne-Yo
Jennifer Lopez
Kanye West
Wale
Madonna
10 Most active Fan Armies
Selenators (Selena Gomez)
Team Drake (Drake)
Beyhive (Beyonce)
Arianators (Ariana Grande)
Harmonizers (Fifth Harmony)
Little Monsters (Lady Gaga)
Barbz (Nicki Minaj)
Swifties (Taylor Swift)
Directioners (One Direction)
Rihanna Navy (Rihanna)
Artists who gained the most new followers
Selena Gomez (@selenagomez) - Gained more than 50 million followers.
Ariana Grande (@ariangrande) - Gained for than 40 million followers.
Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) - Gained more than 38.3 million followers
Beyonce (@beyonce) - Gained more than 37 million followers
Nicki Minaj (@nickiminaj) - Gained fore than 29 million followers
Katy Perry (@katyperry) - Gained more than 25.1 million followers
Miley Cyrus (@mileycyrus) - Gained more than 24.3 million followers
Demi Lovato (@ddlovato) - Gained more than 22 million followers
Jennifer Lopez (@jlo) - Gained more than 20 million followers
Justin Timberlake (@justintimberlake) - Gained more than 18 million followers
http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7596886/2016-instagram-year-end-charts