Taylor Swift managed to drive record-breaking numbers to voter registration website Vote.org after urging her 232 million followers on Instagram to take action.

On Tuesday (19 September), hours after the pop star, 32, called on her US fanbase to register to vote in honour of National Voter Registration Day, Vote.orgā€™s communication director, Nick Morrow, announced that ā€œour site was averaging 13,000 users every 30 minutesā€.

ā€œFun fact: after @taylorswift13 posted on Instagram today directing her followers to register to vote on @votedotorg, our site was averaging 13,0000 users every 30 minutes,ā€ Morrow wrote on X/Twitter.

ā€œ13! Letā€™s just say her reputation for being a mastermind is very well-earned.ā€

Earlier that day, the ā€œAnti-Heroā€ singer had posted to her Story, asking followers: ā€œAre you registered to vote yet?

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        I mean technically we all call a massive rock home. Itā€™s just still hot on the inside and covered in other stuff

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        I have zero interest in the scene of the artists I actually listen to, how much interest do you think I have for the scene of artists I donā€™t listen to?

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          You donā€™t seem to have an interest in touching grass if youā€™ve missed that the world has kept turning.

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            Do people have to have an interest for everything?

            Itā€™s not unusual to have artists that cater to a certain kind of people and for them to stick with that type of people through their career even if theyā€™re personally changing because thatā€™s what they know.

            Heck, I tried to remember the last song I heard by Swift and I just realized that I canā€™t even tellā€¦ I thought that Firework was by her instead of Katy Perry, thatā€™s how little I care about her.

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              I never expected you to know taylor swifts current songs you dingus. You already made it clear that her songs are not your thing and you arent invested in fandoms. Thats fine.
              I expected you to have a broad understanding on society in general. My comment was very derogatory and i apologize.

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      I mean, musicians evolve as they age too. Iā€™m in my 40ā€™s and donā€™t much care for her earlier stuff. But the album ā€œLoverā€ is really good and I quite enjoy her two chill covid-era albums. Maybe give some of that stuff a listen and see why so many people enjoy her stuff.

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        Open your heart in October and let yourself experience ā€™1989ā€™ once Taylorā€™s Version comes out. Itā€™s a pop masterpiece.

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          Iā€™ll give them a try. Iā€™ve had a lot of trouble finding pop music I like anymore, but I think Harry Styles is kinda interesting.

          I mostly listen to random indie music these days, such as The Interrupters, and classic rock. But occasionally Iā€™ll find a decent pop song.

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        Liking Taylor Swift.

        Taylor Swift got popular when I was in college, and I just always assumed that most of her fans were teenagers (nobody my age seemed to like her music, aside from a random hit like ā€œShake it Offā€), and they eventually moved on to different artists. I thought it was a little weird when my early-20s cousin went to her concert (she was a fan as a teen too), but I just figured it was a nostalgia thing.

        Itā€™s kind of like boy bands in the 90s or Slipknot/Korn in the 00s, they seemed to appeal to a certain age demographic and then fans moved on. Or at least thatā€™s what happened in my circle of friends and acquaintances.

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          Are you saying you donā€™t listen to any music from when you were a teenager anymore?

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            Do you still listen to all the music you listened to as a teenager? Do you actively follow all artists you listen to? Do you actively follow all artists you used to listen to? Do you realise youā€™re writing on a post in a politics community, not a music one so there are people here who just donā€™t have any interest for music?

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              I didnā€™t say ā€œallā€ the music. Dude makes it sound like itā€™s abnormal to still like any music from your youth when the converse is more accurate. You do realize weā€™re talking about a musician and her music here so there are people in this conversation who have an interest for music, right? sheesh

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      Take a listen to her newer stuff. Her lyrics are tight, topical, and sheā€™s got catchy melodies.

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      Looks like you triggered her rabid fans that canā€™t believe some people donā€™t give a crap about Taylor Swiftā€¦

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        Yeah, Iā€™m surprised at the negative response here. I didnā€™t criticize her or her fans, just expressed surprise. I even commended her on encouraging people to get registered to vote.

        Maybe that means weā€™ve ā€œwonā€ if even relatively neutral comments can trigger a brigade. When I first joined, comments didnā€™t get more than 5-ish comments in either direction, but Iā€™m getting high double digit down votes (not good comment, but my original one), which means even a silly comment is getting lots of attention.

        So yeah, whatever.