Bob is first Black queen in Drag Race history to hit 2M IG followers

Bob is first Black queen in Drag Race history to hit 2M IG followers

Bob the Drag Queen

The RuPaul's Drag Race season 8 winner, best-selling author, and global entertainer is the first-ever Black queen of the franchise to reach 2 million followers on Instagram.

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Bob the Drag Queen has reached 2 million followers on Instagram — becoming the first Black queen in RuPaul's Drag Race history to cross the 2-million threshold.

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After many incredible purse-first years, Bob is having an even better 2025. In January, she turned looks, misguided Efrons, and made headlines as a competitor on The Traitors season 3. In April, Bob became a New York Times best-selling author with her debut novel, Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert, published via Simon & Schuster.

As of May 25, 2025, Bob not only broke a record as the first Black queen in Drag Race herstory to reach 2 million followers on Instagram, but she is also the only Black queen in the top 10 list of most-followed RuGirls.

Bob is currently in seventh place, behind Violet Chachki by just 1,000 followers.

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Long-time Drag Race fans might remember how, years ago, Bob also became the first-ever Black queen in the franchise to reach 1 million followers on Instagram. That particular milestone was achieved in November 2018 — more than two years after Bob was crowned America's Next Drag Superstar.

Since winning season 8 of Drag Race, Bob has established herself as an actor, comedian, activist, musician, lyricist, social media influencer, author, cohost in the Peabody-winning series We're Here on HBO, Sibling Rivalry podcaster, Angels in America performer, and the emcee of Madonna's history-making The Celebration Tour.

Bob is in a league of her own in comparison to other Black queens in the Drag Race franchise who also have a massive Instagram following. Namely, queens like Shea Couleé (1.5M), Naomi Smalls (1.4M), Monét X Change (1.2M), Yvie Oddly (1.1M), and Symone (1.1M) are still far from crossing that 2-million threshold despite also being popular names and being featured in huge platforms. This is, unfortunately, a long-standing bias across different platforms, projects, and performers in the entertainment industry. On the other hand, trailblazers like Bob are (hopefully) paving the way for these statistics to keep changing over time.

Condragulations are in order to Bob the Drag Queen!