This is what it's like to have 8 million Instagram followers

This is what it's like to have 8 million Instagram followers

This is what it's like to have 8 million Instagram followers
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A couple of hundred? A few thousand?

While you might be harbouring a decent collection of Instagram followers, we doubt you can rival the army assembled by Demy De Zeeuw.

Zeeuw runs 433 - a hugely popular footballing account with some eight million followers. To demonstrate the power of this social reach, Zeeuw posted an image to his legions - and left the push notifications turned on.

While the rest of us mortals might garner a few feel-good "likes" across the day, Zeeuw's iPhone proceeds to... well, it gets a touch busy.

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It must be a killer on battery life...

Holly Pyne
Holly Pyne

As a Staff Writer at Shortlist, Holly dabbles in a bit of everything. Having started her career as a news reporter, she has since decided to return to the world of the living.

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