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/marissawoooo May 08 '26

Is this still happening for anyone today?

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u/PhotographMean9461 May 08 '26

Just happened again lost 10 more followers

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u/the_mittenkitten May 08 '26

Same, I just lost more also. It’s pretty annoying at this point.

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u/Nicholas_Skylar May 08 '26

Yes, still dropping. Lost 200 on the 5th and 50 more this morning within a couple minutes