Are those followers real? Find out.
Enter followers, following, average likes and comments — get an instant authenticity score with a transparent, factor-by-factor breakdown. No login, no scraping, no account access.
Not a scan. Four honest signals.
This tool can't log into Instagram or verify any account directly — nothing client-side can, safely. Instead it weighs four well-known, publicly documented red flags against benchmarks for your follower tier.
Expected engagement by follower tier.
What a healthy, organically grown account typically looks like at each size. Falling well short of these on the engagement or like-to-comment columns is what the checker flags.
| Creator tier | Followers | Expected engagement rate |
|---|---|---|
| NanoGreat engagement, niche trust | 1K – 10K | ~5.0% |
| MicroSweet spot for brand ROI | 10K – 50K | ~3.5% |
| Mid-tierReliable reach + engagement | 50K – 100K | ~2.5% |
| MacroSerious campaign reach | 100K – 500K | ~1.8% |
| MegaMass awareness plays | 500K – 1M | ~1.2% |
| CelebrityHousehold-name reach | 1M+ | ~0.8% |
Questions about spotting fake followers.
What this tool can and can't tell you.
It does not scan or log into any real Instagram account. You enter public-facing numbers you already know or can look up — followers, following, average likes per post, average comments per post, and optionally post count. The calculator weighs four signals: engagement rate against a benchmark for your follower tier, follower-to-following ratio, like-to-comment ratio against tier norms, and account maturity. It combines them into a 0–100 authenticity score with a plain-English breakdown of what drove the result.
No. This is a heuristic estimate based only on the numbers you enter — it is not a scan of the real account and it is not proof of anything about any person or brand. Real accounts can score low for legitimate reasons, such as a private community, a niche audience, or a low-comment content format. Purchased followers paired with engagement pods can still score reasonably well. Treat the result as a starting point for your own due diligence, not a verdict.
Expected engagement rate drops as follower count grows: roughly 5% for Nano accounts (1K–10K), 3.5% for Micro (10K–50K), 2.5% for Mid-tier (50K–100K), 1.8% for Macro (100K–500K), 1.2% for Mega (500K–1M), and 0.8% for Celebrity accounts (1M+). An engagement rate well below your tier's benchmark is the single biggest red flag the calculator checks for. Not sure of your number? Read our engagement rate guide.
Bots and purchased engagement reflexively like content but rarely comment, since comments require generating unique text. An unusually high like-to-comment ratio — beyond what is normal for that follower tier, since bigger accounts naturally skew higher — is one of the more reliable signals of inflated or bot-driven engagement.
Accounts built through mass-follow or follow-back farming tend to have a following count close to or exceeding their follower count. A healthy, organically grown account usually has significantly more followers than accounts it follows, so the calculator treats a low follower-to-following ratio as a mild red flag.
Yes, completely free with no sign-up. Enter your numbers and get an instant authenticity score and breakdown. If you're a creator who wants to prove your engagement is real to brands, you can build a free, live, verified media kit with KollabKit that pulls your actual Instagram Insights data.