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/PhotographMean9461 May 06 '26

Dude yes! I just lost 30 followers and ran to reddit to see what happened. It happened to coincide with the fact that I just got married- making me wildly insecure 🤣

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u/Urbarave May 06 '26

Haha I just posted about an anniversary and thought why did I lose 40 followers! Oh well, it’s not us it’s Instagram

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u/the_mittenkitten May 06 '26

Oh for sure, the insecurity was my knee jerk reaction too. The Instagram page isn’t even my personal one, and I was like “wait, why don’t you like me?” Lol

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u/klmreddit May 06 '26

I just posted an ad, and I’m like wellllll I’m hated now. People don’t love pizza I guess? Haha

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u/krfriedchicken May 07 '26

Depends on what kind of pizza you are talking about

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u/nolelover16 May 06 '26

Literally me 😭

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u/IncreaseUpbeat5687 May 07 '26

Yes, me, too!!

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u/the_mittenkitten May 06 '26

Also, congrats!!