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Lurk Follow Index · Updated July 4, 2026

How much follow activity does each tracked Instagram account generate?

The short answer

Across Lurk's anonymized Instagram follow graph, each actively tracked account generates an average of 271.0 follow-activity events (409,226 events across 1,510 tracked accounts, as of July 4, 2026). This measures observed activity intensity per account inside Lurk's dataset — not a user's total following.

271.0Follow-activity events per tracked account

Follow-activity intensity per tracked account (July 4, 2026)

MetricValue
Accounts with tracked activity1,510
Tracked follow-activity events409,226
Average events per tracked account271.0
Events in last 30 days290,682

How this is measured

Events per tracked account is all tracked follow-activity events (409,226) divided by the number of accounts with tracked activity (1,510) in Lurk's follow-edge store. Lurk records public follow/unfollow transitions as an anonymized aggregate — no individual account is exposed and no private data is used. It reflects observed activity within the dataset, not a complete picture of any account's behavior.

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“How much follow activity does each tracked Instagram account generate?”, The Lurk Instagram Follow Index, July 4, 2026. Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 with attribution to getlurk.app/data/instagram-follow-activity-per-account.

Frequently asked questions

How much follow activity does a tracked Instagram account generate?

On average 271.0 follow-activity events, across 1,510 tracked accounts (updated July 4, 2026).

Is this the same as an account's total following count?

No. It counts observed public follow/unfollow activity within Lurk's dataset, not an account's complete following list.

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