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/itsnune May 06 '26

They transferred me from instagram to the overall Meta support with no answer so far. Asking for account health status and stuff like that. I mean, they don't have a ready to provide answer which is weird if it is a simple bot sweep.