A large-scale purge of bot and inactive accounts on Instagram has reportedly caused thousands of users, including celebrities, to lose followers.

Instagram quietly executed one of the biggest bot purges in recent platform history today, wiping followers from accounts across every level of the app and sending users from every industry and ...

Meta-owned social media platform Instagram has reportedly removed millions of bot and inactive accounts in a major cleanup drive in 2026, triggering sharp drops in follower counts for several ...