Updated June 4, 2026 · Refreshed weekly · Free to cite (CC BY 4.0)

The Lurk Instagram Follow Index

Across 1,939,961 mapped Instagram follow relationships and 124,247 tracked follow events, new follows outnumber unfollows roughly 101 to 1 — the largest open dataset on Instagram following behavior, published by Lurk, the anonymous Instagram follow tracker.

Key figures (as of June 4, 2026)

Follow vs. unfollow breakdown

Of 124,247 tracked follow-activity events, 68.5% are new follows, 30.8% are new followers gained, and just 0.7% are unfollows. In other words, Instagram users in this dataset add accounts far more often than they remove them.

Most-tracked public accounts this week

The public figures Lurk users most often check for new follows and stories.

Methodology

Figures are computed from Lurk's follow-edge graph (a CRDT-style store of public Instagram follow relationships) and its follow-activity log, which timestamps when a tracked public account follows, unfollows, or gains a follower. All numbers are aggregate and anonymized— they describe network-wide behavior, never an individual person. Counts refresh automatically; "last 7/30 days" windows are relative to the update date above. Lurk only tracks publicly available follow data; it requires no login from the people being researched. Figures are rounded estimates for large tables and exact for the activity log.

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