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Lurk Instagram Stat Drops
Each of these is one exact, surprising number pulled from Lurk’s own Instagram follow-graph — the same anti-flap store behind the live Follow Index. No competitor has the underlying dataset, so these are original-source statistics. Free to cite under CC BY 4.0.
How many accounts does an Instagram creator follow, by follower size?
503Median accounts a 10M+ creator follows.
Read the data →Do Instagram accounts with millions of followers follow anyone back?
68.2%1M+ accounts that follow fewer than 1,000.
Read the data →How concentrated are Instagram followers?
94.6%Share of all followers held by the top 1%.
Read the data →Do verified Instagram accounts follow more accounts than unverified ones?
773Median accounts a verified profile follows.
Read the data →How many Instagram accounts follow more people than follow them?
34.1%Accounts that follow more than follow them.
Read the data →How many times has the typical Instagram account posted?
32Median lifetime posts per account.
Read the data →What share of Instagram accounts are private?
9.3%Share of tracked accounts that are private.
Read the data →Looking for the recurring edition? See the Lurk Monthly Data Drop (confirmed unfollow velocity), the flagship State of Instagram Following 2026 report, or the live single-stat data pages.