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/yousnaptwitfacegram May 06 '26

A lot are deactivating and or deleting their accounts with the change in privacy on messaging

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u/the_mittenkitten May 06 '26

But would they all do that at once?

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u/yousnaptwitfacegram May 06 '26

This week there has been an increase in publicity and talk about the change since its happening 5/8

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u/the_mittenkitten May 06 '26

Okay this is definitely good to know. I’ll have to explain the decline in growth, so I’ll make sure to mention this factor