Study: Fake Instagram and Twitter Followers –2020 Strictly Come Dancing

Strictly is back on our screens for 2020 – albeit with a new format to adhere to social distancing measures. Social media has become a huge part of how people consume and discuss entertainment, so the Neo Online team decided to analyse the Instagram and Twitter followings of the 29 stars in the current 2020 series of Strictly Come Dancing, including the 12 celebrity contestants, 12 professional dancers, 3 judges and 2 presenters. Read on to find out more…

Analysing Instagram Data

Using the Modash Fake Follower Check feature, the results (ranked from highest percentage of fake followers (#1) to the lowest percentage of fake followers) revealed:

Rank	Name	Role	IG Account	Number of Followers	% Fake
1	Nicola Adams	Celebrity contestant	nicolaadamsobe	169k	60.00%
2	Ranvir Singh	Celebrity contestant	ranvirtv	31.5k	25.35%
3	Luba Mushtuk	Professional dancer	lubamushtuk	48.8k	24.37%
4	Max George	Celebrity contestant	maxgeorge	155k	23.55%
5	HRVY	Celebrity contestant	hrvy	4.5m	21.43%
6	Motsi Mabuse	Judge	motsimabuse	431k	21.06%
7	Shirley Ballas	Judge	shirleyballas	162k	20.75%
8	Tess Daly	Presenter	tessdaly	520k	20.67%
9	Katya Jones	Professional dancer	mrs_katjones	161k	20.46%
10	Johannes Radebe	Professional dancer	johannesradebe	161k	20.42%
11	Clara Amfo	Celebrity contestant	claraamfo	208k	19.64%
12	Amy Dowden	Professional dancer	amy_dowden	160k	19.62%
13	Craig Revel Horwood	Judge	craigrevel	28.7k	19.59%
14	Karen Hauer	Professional dancer	karenhauer	232k	18.63%
15	Caroline Quentin	Celebrity contestant	quentyquestions	14.5k	17.42%
16	Anton Du Beke	Professional dancer	mrantondubeke	217k	17.28%
17	Oti Mabuse	Professional dancer	otimabuse	448k	17.02%
18	Janette Manrara	Professional dancer	jmanrara	342k	16.78%
19	Giovanni Pernice	Professional dancer	pernicegiovann1	337k	15.96%
20	Jason Bell	Celebrity contestant	jasonbell33	17.6k	15.47%
21	Maisie Smith	Celebrity contestant	maisiesmithofficial	761k	15.37%
22	Dianne Buswell	Professional dancer	diannebuswell	816k	15.27%
23	Claudia Winkleman	Presenter	claudiawinkle	548k	15.19%
24	JJ Chalmers	Celebrity contestant	jj.chalmers	8970	14.95%
25	Aljaž Skorjanec	Professional dancer	aljazskorjanec	416k	14.65%
26	Gorka Marquez	Professional dancer	gorka_marquez	529k	14.36%
27	Jamie Laing	Celebrity contestant	jamielaing	886k	11.73%
28	Bill Bailey	Celebrity contestant	the_bill_bailey	70.3k	10.58%
29	Jacqui Smith	Celebrity contestant	n/a	No IG account	n/a

Analysing Twitter Data

Using the Sparktoro Fake Follower feature, the results (ranked from highest percentage of fake followers (#1) to the lowest percentage of fake followers) revealed:

Rank	Name	Role	Twitter Account	Number of Followers	% Fake
1	Tess Daly	Presenter	TessDaly	256,987	54.5%
2	Jamie Laing	Celebrity contestant	JamieLaing_UK	814641	45.0%
3	Motsi Mabuse	Judge	MOTSI_MABUSE	47,113	44.1%
4	Claudia Winkleman	Presenter	ClaudiaWinkle	901,761	43.8%
5	Dianne Buswell	Professional dancer	dbuzz6589	159,442	42.1%
=6	Max George	Celebrity contestant	MaxGeorge	1,027,962	40.5%
=6	Anton Du Beke	Professional dancer	TheAntonDuBeke	250,390	40.5%
8	Aljaž Skorjanec	Professional dancer	AljazSkorjanec	207,366	40.4%
=9	Craig Revel Horwood	Judge	CraigRevHorwood	257,099	38.1%
=9	Janette Manrara	Professional dancer	JManrara	168,677	38.1%
11	Bill Bailey	Celebrity contestant	BillBailey	3,352,805	36.3%
12	Karen Hauer	Professional dancer	karen_hauer	160,024	36.0%
13	Giovanni Pernice	Professional dancer	pernicegiovann1	124,161	35.4%
14	Amy Dowden	Professional dancer	dowden_amy	48,315	35.1%
15	HRVY	Celebrity contestant	HRVY	602507	34.6%
16	Ranvir Singh	Celebrity contestant	ranvir01	76,879	34.2%
17	Oti Mabuse	Professional dancer	OtiMabuse	134,323	32.2%
18	Luba Mushtuk	Professional dancer	LubaMushtuk	17,728	31.1%
19	Nicola Adams	Celebrity contestant	NicolaAdamsOBE	96,521	30.1%
20	Katya Jones	Professional dancer	Mrs_katjones	78,239	28.3%
21	Gorka Marquez	Professional dancer	gorkamarquez1	109,445	28.3%
22	Maisie Smith	Celebrity contestant	maisie_smith_	33,775	26.5%
23	Shirley Ballas	Judge	ShirleyBallas	65,193	25.7%
24	Johannes Radebe	Professional dancer	jojo_radebe	55,192	25.4%
25	Clara Amfo	Celebrity contestant	claraamfo	66,725	22.2%
26	Jason Bell	Celebrity contestant	JasonBell33	29,327	20.8%
27	Jacqui Smith	Celebrity contestant	Jacqui_Smith1	29,808	19.1%
28	Caroline Quentin	Celebrity contestant	quentyquestions	2,616	16.7%
29	JJ Chalmers	Celebrity contestant	JJChalmersRM	10,347	16.6%

*All data compiled between 19/10/2020 and 21/10/2020, and correct as of these dates only