Fake follower checker
Enter a creator's followers, average likes and comments — get an explainable risk score for bought followers and bot engagement. Free, no login, and we never scrape accounts.
- Engagement 0.81% is below the typical band for this size
Estimate from the numbers you entered — we don't scrape accounts. For real proof, track the creator's actual clicks and sales.
How the check works
Fake followers leave a mathematical fingerprint. A genuine 50k audience produces engagement in a predictable band; a padded one can't. This checker compares the account's engagement rate against the healthy range for its tier, and looks at the comment-to-like ratio — bot services inflate likes cheaply but rarely fake proportional comments. Every point of risk comes with the reason in plain language, the same rule-based scoring CreatorProof runs on creators inside the platform.
Fakes cost real budget
An influencer with 40% bought followers charges you for reach that doesn't exist. Across a campaign of ten creators, that's often the single biggest silent budget leak in influencer marketing — and it's invisible if you only look at follower counts and screenshots.
FAQ
How can you spot fake followers without scraping the account?
Bought followers don't engage. When an account's engagement rate sits far below the normal band for its size — say 0.3% on a 50k account where 2–4% is typical — the follower count and the audience behaviour don't match. Bot likes show a second pattern: thousands of likes with almost no comments.
Is a low engagement rate proof of fake followers?
No — it's a warning sign, not proof. Inactive niches, content slumps and algorithm changes also depress engagement. Treat a red flag here as a reason to dig deeper, and judge creators on tracked sales rather than follower counts.
What should brands do instead of trusting follower counts?
Pay on outcomes. Give each creator a tracked link and promo code, count only confirmed sales, and let the fakes filter themselves out — an account with bought followers can't fake real orders.
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