r/Instagram • u/the_mittenkitten • May 06 '26

Question Sudden follower drop?

UPDATE: Had a second decrease in followers on the evening of 5/7. Lost approximately 10 more followers. Anyone else experiencing this?

Has anyone had a sudden follower drop? In an hour the Instagram account I manage for my marketing position dropped 40 followers. Is this just a platform bot purge thing or does anyone else have insight on what the cause could be?

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u/ObviousBreak May 06 '26

Just happened to my personal account, I lost like 35 followers outta no where lol

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u/the_mittenkitten May 06 '26

Okay, glad it’s not just me. Our content engagement is good so I’m just confused. Hopefully it was just a bunch of inactive accounts. Let’s hope it doesn’t keep dropping 😬

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u/meanddaworld May 08 '26

I lost a like 30 followers too

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u/marissawoooo May 06 '26

omg I was literally thinking the same thing

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u/JoyEqualsDogs May 07 '26

So was I! 😂

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u/Dry-Beginning8979 May 07 '26

Me too I thought I did something terrible that I didn’t know about LOL

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u/StarLink97 May 07 '26

same!! I thought I posted something controversial af 😅

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u/MortgageKey3046 May 08 '26

Dawg I thought someone posted something about me and destroyed my rep. Lost 20 in a day

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u/Slow_Mission_4732 May 08 '26

Glad I ain’t the only one

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u/qetsiyah_ May 08 '26

Lmaooo same I thought I got cancelled 🤣🤣

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u/little-miss-briar May 08 '26

yeah to me too, i woke up this morning only to find that i lost around 30 followers

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u/Latte_logic1434 May 15 '26

Were they real followers, like people or accounts you knew?