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 ...

Instagram’s massive “Great Purge of 2026” has officially shaken up the social media world, and some of the platform’s biggest stars were hit the hardest. The platform-wide crackdown reportedly wiped ...

Small and large accounts affected as Instagram cleans up spam and fake engagement Influencers and users see sudden drops as Instagram removes bots and inactive accounts. Pixabay Dubai: Instagram has ...

Meta’s aggressive cleanup targeted bot accounts, spam profiles, and inactive users across Instagram. High-profile accounts were hit the hardest because they naturally attract millions of fake ...

Businesses, celebrities, and content creators alike lost large swaths of Instagram followers this week due to a platform update that removed inactive accounts. For some profiles, including Nike’s and ...