Checking your Instagram followers is something every serious creator should do to keep engagement high. Over time, inactive followers build up—it happens to everyone—but they can actually hurt your account. Why does this matter? We’ll break down how fake and inactive Instagram followers can lower your engagement and how to find them.
You’ll also learn how to remove these ghost followers so your posts reach more real, active people. Of course, if your following grows big enough (fingers crossed!), this won’t matter as much. Celebrities, for example, have millions of followers and can’t possibly go through them all!