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What happened when I started watching competitor activity instead of my own followers
Posted by on February 27, 2026 at 2:53 pmI used to waste so much time just staring at my own follower count and guessing why it moved up or down. It felt like I was stuck in a loop of refreshing stressing and guessing. Then I found this thing that lets me see real follow and unfollow activity on public Instagram accounts without needing to log into IG itself.
At first I thought it was just curiosity fuel something fun to play with. But after a few days I started seeing patterns in competitor accounts that I never noticed before. I could see when they gained a bunch of followers also when they lost them and even check public Stories without leaving a trace behind.
What shocked me was how these small movements usually lined up with their content pushes or collaborations. I could kind of guess their next move before it fully happened. Not because of some secret growth trick but because I was not just staring at numbers anymore. I was watching behavior.
It got me thinking differently about my own posts like when to post what type of content might stick and how tiny shifts in follower activity can tell a bigger story about engagement.
What is the most surprising thing you have learned just by watching competitors closely?
Do you think tracking competitor followers is smart strategy or just overthinking?
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Check your competitors activity is really interesting i never thought about watching my competitor behavior like this can you tell which tool are you using for this
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