If you buy Instagram followers, THIS is what happens (EXPERIMENT)

Should you buy Instagram followers? We did an experiment to find out. If you're looking for real ways to grow your Instagram following, this video will save you some time.
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CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
0:35 Why buy Instagram followers?
0:51 Risks and disclaimer
1:24 STEP 1: Find a site that isn't a scam
1:39 Mr Insta - 25 "Real" followers
2:12 Famoid - 1000 followers, 800 likes
2:27 STEP 2: Buy Instagram followers
2:37 STEP 3: Buy Instagram likes
2:47 STEP 4: Watch the fakes roll in
3:00 Three reasons to NOT buy Instagram followers
3:20 Your engagement and reach will go down
3:36 Your account will look untrustworthy
3:59 Instagram could suspend your account
4:15 Three things to do with $50 INSTEAD of buying Instagram followers
4:25 Upgrade your skills or tech for better content
4:35 Experiment with ads to increase reach
4:45 Use an Instagram scheduler to post when your audience is online
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  • @farhanfarhanazwan0659
    @farhanfarhanazwan0659 Жыл бұрын

    Sis, I have a problem, please give me a solution? So at that time, when I added free followers, then if I wanted to go to the IG search page, that's it'... when I searched my friend's IG, a lot of foreigners/foreigners appeared... even though I typed my friend's name correctly, but still not Can.... I know it's a factor of adding/buying followers like that So do I have to neutralize my followers/delete ig followers bot followers, only then can it return to normal or is there another way or not... Please answer, bro, I really need it

  • @user-zo5mr6bt5u
    @user-zo5mr6bt5u2 жыл бұрын

    I bought followers and went off following real people and through out the day ive been getting real followers and those real people are interacting w my account, so I guess buying a lot of fake followers is kinda helping me out and growing my account w real followers lol

  • @HootsuiteLabs

    @HootsuiteLabs

    2 жыл бұрын

    I mean, is it the fake followers or the work you're putting into your account?? 🧐 also did you watch our sequel??? kzread.info/dash/bejne/X5tmtMysf5S6n7Q.html

  • @jorawtalent437

    @jorawtalent437

    2 жыл бұрын

    Where did you buy them from

  • @ericksilva3734

    @ericksilva3734

    2 жыл бұрын

    Girl you bought them at

  • @WALDENSOFTWARE

    @WALDENSOFTWARE

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@HootsuiteLabs Sounds like it's the work put into his account using yhe fake followers. So both. With that said, I wouldn't do this because I would lose respect for myself.

  • @nkdmicah6191

    @nkdmicah6191

    2 жыл бұрын

    yo follows went away?

  • @RubyRose-gm1oi
    @RubyRose-gm1oi2 жыл бұрын

    Is there a way you can run a test through your current followers and see if there are any bots?

  • @HootsuiteLabs

    @HootsuiteLabs

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hi Ruby, easiest way would be to change your account to a creator/business account and look at your audience demographics (e.g. country, age, etc - and does it fall within your typical audience - if not high chance of bots).

  • @chanelcreadora6570
    @chanelcreadora6570Ай бұрын

    I’ve done all the work to promote. And I’ve paid for promotions. Doesn’t work

  • @wanderingknight10
    @wanderingknight102 жыл бұрын

    There is a purpose for the websites who sell likes and views..It’s not meant to help you if you are trying to defraud advertisers..If you are trying to impress your friends theses sites are perfect for that but don’t be foolish enough to use these type of services on your Adsense accounts or any accounts which are monetized.

  • @HootsuiteLabs

    @HootsuiteLabs

    2 жыл бұрын

    🥸 We think it does more harm than good

  • @fam4207
    @fam4207 Жыл бұрын

    INSTAGRAM pretending to crack down on selling followers. It's really INSTAGRAM trying to sell followers. 💯

  • @HootsuiteLabs

    @HootsuiteLabs

    Жыл бұрын

    Do you think so? How do you know?

  • @tufsknmedia

    @tufsknmedia

    Жыл бұрын

    🤣🤣🤣

  • @Doveprojects
    @Doveprojects Жыл бұрын

    so I bought followers a year back but a very little amount & till this day my account isn't reaching that many people. Could this still be due to there fake followers

  • @HootsuiteLabs

    @HootsuiteLabs

    Жыл бұрын

    good question. it definitely wouldn't be a bad idea to get rid of the fake followers (by blocking and unblocking them, for instance) but at this point you should just keep working on making content your real followers love

  • @kerryfairyhed

    @kerryfairyhed

    Ай бұрын

    Yes it messes up your algorithm and engagement. Ig algorithm programming has to do with your real followers that engage and have interests, wheb u have fake ones it glitches out the algorithm

  • @Thysta
    @Thysta2 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely intelligent video! Subscribed lady!

  • @HootsuiteLabs

    @HootsuiteLabs

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yay! Thank you!

  • @BrunoCosta-wnft
    @BrunoCosta-wnft2 жыл бұрын

    The thing is that I don't have the time to be growing my Instagram organically, so what do you suggest? I don't have time to be making beautiful and engaging photos, it's too time-consuming.

  • @HootsuiteLabs

    @HootsuiteLabs

    2 жыл бұрын

    Oh, totally. It's hard work! And if Instagram doesn't appeal naturally to you, have you considered delegating it to someone else?

  • @arjunnarang16

    @arjunnarang16

    3 ай бұрын

    Who and where can I delegate this to?

  • @neo.andromeda

    @neo.andromeda

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@arjunnarang16@m31creative on instagram! Its my little creative service agency if ever!

  • @HootsuiteLabs
    @HootsuiteLabs3 жыл бұрын

    SPECIAL OFFER FOR KZread ONLY: grab your free ~~sixty day~~ Hootsuite trial to grow your Instagram in less time! 👉 ow.ly/j7f650HhUXy

  • @chilidog4557
    @chilidog45572 жыл бұрын

    Great video! I was curious about purchasing followers to advertise boxing lessons. If they were real followers I wouldn't feel guilty considering I'm selling them a service directly. But I had a feeling there was something fishy 🦈🐬🐋🐳🐟🐠 thx for the heads up! 👍🏻

  • @HootsuiteLabs

    @HootsuiteLabs

    2 жыл бұрын

    Haha - so glad we could help! We have a sequel coming out in two weeks where we bought the most expensive followers we could find to see if they were any better quality - it might be of interest to you!

  • @EG-O

    @EG-O

    2 жыл бұрын

    hehe I bought a couple too. it wasn't too bad. they came instantly

  • @DGsKattKatt
    @DGsKattKatt Жыл бұрын

    I'm trying to grow my followers and quick because of my business! 230 followers is not working its embarrassing that's why I can't get anyone to collaborate with me. What do you suggest I do? I need them like yesterday!

  • @HootsuiteLabs

    @HootsuiteLabs

    Жыл бұрын

    Social media is a long game for marketing! If you're in a big hurry to goose your numbers, I'd spend the money on boosting my top-performing posts/content to lookalike audience. Here is a video on that: kzread.info/dash/bejne/eGyjtrZ_mJbTaaw.html If you show your best content to to new people, they might follow you, AND they might also actually eventually buy from your business. ALSO, I just want to say -- anyone who is going to collaborate with you is probably going to do their due diligence and check out your account, and if your followers are fake they won't be that impressed anyway :S

  • @pastelberru
    @pastelberru2 жыл бұрын

    I know an account who gained 30k over night and 2k-4k likes per post (they went from 2k followers to 30k over night) and instagram doesnt see any issues with this and I get shadow banned when I report the scummy activity

  • @HootsuiteLabs

    @HootsuiteLabs

    2 жыл бұрын

    you got shadowbanned for reporting!! what?? that's not supposed to happen. have you ... watched our shadowban video? kzread.info/dash/bejne/mpiEz66lo9bZXbw.html

  • @thabisomokoena1695

    @thabisomokoena1695

    2 жыл бұрын

    Stop Snitching.

  • @HootsuiteLabs

    @HootsuiteLabs

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@thabisomokoena1695 hahahaha

  • @JarodJoseph

    @JarodJoseph

    Жыл бұрын

    No one likes a tattle teller

  • @hothead1546
    @hothead154611 ай бұрын

    How do I get rid of bots if I have them??? I am an honest man, just trying to share his work online. I have NEVER though of buying fake followers. Yesterday my page had 39 followers and today it shot to 868. Are they bots??? No spikes in interaction seemed to happen so, I'm worried. I dont want my accounts ban for something I didnt buy!

  • @ArupBorah-mw7kr
    @ArupBorah-mw7kr11 ай бұрын

    Very useful

  • @HootsuiteLabs

    @HootsuiteLabs

    11 ай бұрын

    Glad to hear it! Thanks so much for watching!

  • @goodbyewithkarleyoutnowbesties
    @goodbyewithkarleyoutnowbesties Жыл бұрын

    Famoid is safe right? I can enter my credit card without being hacked?

  • @HootsuiteLabs

    @HootsuiteLabs

    11 ай бұрын

    I can't speak for the safety or legality. All I know is that every time we run this experiment I have to call my credit card company twelve times

  • @kencarlmusic
    @kencarlmusic10 ай бұрын

    You know what brands cant see? Your KZread followers 😉

  • @SeussiBrightthel1ghtchas3r
    @SeussiBrightthel1ghtchas3r4 ай бұрын

    I feel like they buried our accounts our accounts and now have the audacity to ask us to buy their ads to UNbury them. CAN you reach organically? And why would i pay them when they’re so unethical?

  • @DeepakThakur-ju2ps
    @DeepakThakur-ju2ps2 жыл бұрын

    I don't really have no friends and i wanna be famous on instagram so I was thinking of buying just 500 or 1000 to atleast start with. Cause when you have 0 followers people don't really follow you. Views?

  • @HootsuiteLabs

    @HootsuiteLabs

    2 жыл бұрын

    Honestly if you have interesting content people will follow you! We're working on a video right now about buying the most expensive instagram followers we could find, so stay tuned for that, it's surprising

  • @DanLionDan

    @DanLionDan

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@HootsuiteLabs when will that video be uploaded?

  • @relaxingtime4800

    @relaxingtime4800

    Жыл бұрын

    I can help you

  • @JarodJoseph

    @JarodJoseph

    Жыл бұрын

    That breaks my heart, man

  • @sariolex
    @sariolex5 ай бұрын

    if instagram could suspend your account, i might just send followers to bunch of accounts and get instagram to delete it, its stupid. thats why they dont suspend it anymore

  • @darealpnutafnf1160

    @darealpnutafnf1160

    3 ай бұрын

    If you know the methods, you can ban any Instagram account via mass report😭😭😂😂😂 i banned thousands

  • @sariolex

    @sariolex

    3 ай бұрын

    @@darealpnutafnf1160 i know im just saying that it is it actually stupid if instagram let anyone who bought instagram followers get banned, thats why they dont ban an account who buys instagram followers, it jus shadowban u

  • @JapaneseRedhead
    @JapaneseRedhead3 жыл бұрын

    Cheating or cutting corners catches up with you sooner or later... Thanks for sharing.

  • @HootsuiteLabs

    @HootsuiteLabs

    3 жыл бұрын

    We couldn't have said it any better - Thanks for tuning in Jeremiah.

  • @techkii8634

    @techkii8634

    2 жыл бұрын

    Actually if you have a job its not cheating cause you worked for the money, thats like buying food after your already full do you call that cheating?

  • @fxkthaopps5590

    @fxkthaopps5590

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@techkii8634 no I don’t call that cheating

  • @wanderingknight10

    @wanderingknight10

    2 жыл бұрын

    Lol..tell that to hackers with massive botnets..I’m sure they are enjoying the fruits of cheating

  • @ObZinx
    @ObZinx2 жыл бұрын

    I'm not an influencer and I just want 1000 followers. Should I do this ?

  • @HootsuiteLabs

    @HootsuiteLabs

    2 жыл бұрын

    We suggest you watch this grow your account kzread.info/dash/bejne/mKmGq6ytdrjSj9I.html

  • @Babybluegalpink_

    @Babybluegalpink_

    2 жыл бұрын

    Follow and interact with people in your niche, if you have a small follow count then follow 10 small accounts a day. I almost at 100 followers by interacting and following people in my niche some may follow you back, but most won’t you would have to DM them. Wait for one or two days to send them a DM, when you send them a direct message introduce yourself if they respond back tell them why you like their content, and ask them if they like your content like or follow, if they don’t it is okay, reaching 1000 followers is going to be slow, but you will get there eventually.

  • @andrayespeed_co.
    @andrayespeed_co.2 жыл бұрын

    I have a question. What If you buy (views) instead of (followers)?

  • @HootsuiteLabs

    @HootsuiteLabs

    2 жыл бұрын

    3:01 the same principles would apply!

  • @barryszeto
    @barryszeto Жыл бұрын

    If an account with fake followers and Likes decide to stop buying them, would their account be salvaged or is it better to just start a new account in all together?

  • @HootsuiteLabs

    @HootsuiteLabs

    Жыл бұрын

    hmmmmm! depends on how much time you want to spend getting rid of those followers. (you have to do it by hand, so try unfollowing ten every time you check Insta - which is what I have to do ever since doing this experiment and ruining my account with bots!)

  • @barryszeto

    @barryszeto

    Жыл бұрын

    @@HootsuiteLabs ok thank you so much!!!! It was time consuming. So would my account me “saved” if those bots are removed?

  • @syedajabeen647

    @syedajabeen647

    Жыл бұрын

    I have the same problem. I removed the bots now what should I do. Did your page grow after that cause mine isn't

  • @barryszeto

    @barryszeto

    Жыл бұрын

    @@syedajabeen647 the only thing that happened was that my engagement were from my actual followers. But to be fair, I haven’t been consistent.

  • @syedajabeen647

    @syedajabeen647

    Жыл бұрын

    @@barryszeto same. The only engagement I am getting is from my followers even though followers are responding well to it. It isn't getting views from other people

  • @charbelsalloum77
    @charbelsalloum772 жыл бұрын

    I am managing an instagram account who bought fake followers and like in the past, approx 20k followers and on every post they are getting only 20 likes, what is the solution to get more engagement

  • @luv4revenge

    @luv4revenge

    2 жыл бұрын

    Delete the fake followers

  • @luhhxd0n585

    @luhhxd0n585

    2 жыл бұрын

    follow real people bro😭 that’s all you got to do

  • @user-zo5mr6bt5u

    @user-zo5mr6bt5u

    2 жыл бұрын

    Follow real people, or buy likes lol which you probably don’t want to do

  • @veeanon2238
    @veeanon2238 Жыл бұрын

    IG is pay to play so starting off w buying 1k followers can make a new account seem legit. from there build up the account w paid post eventually the bots fall off and replaced w real ppl.

  • @HootsuiteLabs

    @HootsuiteLabs

    Жыл бұрын

    but will an account with 1000 followers and no likes or comments really seem legit? just my opinion, but the best way to make an account look real is to have good content

  • @ivanpedro441
    @ivanpedro4412 жыл бұрын

    Just once

  • @HootsuiteLabs

    @HootsuiteLabs

    2 жыл бұрын

    Still no

  • @syedajabeen647
    @syedajabeen647 Жыл бұрын

    I bought a few followers and it did hurt my engagement pretty badly. So I removed all the fake followers but now I am not getting engagement. Can you tell me to do now.

  • @HootsuiteLabs

    @HootsuiteLabs

    Жыл бұрын

    I think you should just keep posting the best content you can come up with. Look at your top-performing posts and see if you can get inspired to keep going further!

  • @TaysherGacha
    @TaysherGacha2 ай бұрын

    I just bought 100 followers dude, why didn't i see this sooner 😭😭😭

  • @Whomastagner

    @Whomastagner

    2 ай бұрын

    What website did you use tho?

  • @iansip123

    @iansip123

    2 ай бұрын

    what website 😭😭😭

  • @PItheMc
    @PItheMc Жыл бұрын

    Brands buy always Follower 😂 Mist brands buy Follower🤷🏻‍♂️ everday i see brands who got 50k Follower and 1000 Likes 😂 people dont care about this they dont get suspices no they hop on board and buy Stuff

  • @darealpnutafnf1160
    @darealpnutafnf11603 ай бұрын

    $25 for 1k fllwrs 😂😂😂😂😂😭 bro u got scammed af

  • @G1KTeck
    @G1KTeck3 ай бұрын

    GG

  • @emlece
    @emlece2 жыл бұрын

    cool

  • @HootsuiteLabs

    @HootsuiteLabs

    2 жыл бұрын

    very

  • @afaqchoudhary6399

    @afaqchoudhary6399

    2 жыл бұрын

    😍😍Instagram followers & All services available with 😍discount❣️ offers With lifetime warranty ❤️

  • @betterkeeptyping
    @betterkeeptyping Жыл бұрын

    i can get 10k for 10$

  • @relaxingtime4800

    @relaxingtime4800

    Жыл бұрын

    How

  • @HootsuiteLabs

    @HootsuiteLabs

    Жыл бұрын

    Well yes you CAN -- but did u even watch the video??

  • @athensspiti7936
    @athensspiti79362 жыл бұрын

    And who will check your followers?!

  • @HootsuiteLabs

    @HootsuiteLabs

    2 жыл бұрын

    Instagram says it does, but anyone who is curious about your account could also notice

  • @theotherlindsayrickman
    @theotherlindsayrickman Жыл бұрын

    I actually don't want 'more' followers. I don't relate a high number of follows to a strong artist or brand recognition, no matter the product or idea. Mutual sharing and exchange and networking or connecting in a sincere way is what I always hope to achieve.

  • @HootsuiteLabs

    @HootsuiteLabs

    Жыл бұрын

    Honestly! It's tough to not get sucked in by the vanity metrics, but a genuine connection is worth so much more 💕

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