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I’ve wondered the same, and honestly it seems like follower count doesn’t directly affect the algorithm, but it does affect perception — and that’s half the game. I tried to grow instagram followers cheap for my niche meme page, just to make it look like it had an audience already. What happened next was kind of surprising — I started getting more real engagement once I added new content, probably because people were less hesitant to follow a “popular” account. So maybe it’s not the algorithm, but the social proof makes a big difference.