Johnny Depp's popularity rises amid trials

Johnny Depp's popularity seems to be rising online as the actor is set to have 15 million followers on Instagram.

His Instagram account saw a rapid increase in his followers after he appeared in court in a case involving his ex-wife Amber Heard.

The Pirates of the Caribbean star, 58, has sued 35-year-old Heard for defamation after he accused her of abuse.

Depp has accused Heard, who is also an actor, of defaming her when she wrote an opinion piece about domestic abuse survivors in The Washington Post in December 2018.

A state court judge in Fairfax County, Virginia, is overseeing the trial, which is in its second week and is expected to last six weeks.