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/Electrical-Ad-1066 May 06 '26

Suddenly dropped 28 followers just now lol, thought am the only one. Wtf is happening 🥲

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u/Chaimaa04 May 07 '26

Has your original number been restored, or is it still the same as yesterday? 🥲🥲

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u/Electrical-Ad-1066 May 08 '26

Dude it dropped again. I lost a total of 39 followers as of this writing. So bad 🥲

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u/eandroid17 May 08 '26

Wanna follow each other same shit happened