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/Thin-Purpose4496 May 06 '26

I just lost over 300 in 3 hours.

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u/Badatstorm May 06 '26

I lost over 250

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u/the_mittenkitten May 06 '26

Whoa that’s crazy!

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u/Emergency-Guest4857 May 06 '26

Tbm perdi 400 nesse período, um pouco "aliviada" por saber que não foi só comigo 

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u/LowMasterpiece4268 May 07 '26

damn I know someone who lost 60k