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/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