Why do Instagram experiments? There are so many things to try out on social media. One of the largest platforms online is Instagram. Instagram is going to stick around. I did not use Facebook because it pushes Page administrators to purchase ads. Although I think ads are an effective way to push growth, I think Instagram is a more interesting place to grow an audience.
The Experiment Parameters
This experiment will last one year. I’ll be taking information online and putting it to the test via instagram to create a community of film buffs on Instagram.
EDIT: THIS EXPERIMENT LASTED 2 WEEKS!!
Instagram stopped stopped any growth within a week. This is a testimony to how well instagram roots out bot accounts.
Here’s the account from the day it was published:
Instagram Experiment #1
How many followers can you get by just following celebrities.
I was in the process of building an instagram bot, when I came across a comment suggesting you could grow a following by liking very popular accounts.
The theory is that if you wanted to pump your numbers, there are bots that follow you if you are following a celebrity. Obviously that isn’t valuable traffic. I want to know just how much traffic you can build up with that technique over the course of 7 days.
Approach: Between 11 am and 12 pm PST, I’ll be liking some of the most popular 20 social media accounts. If I can, I’ll skew towards movies.
Here is a list of very popular accounts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most-followed_Instagram_accounts
I searched for actors and actresses, avoiding brands.
I ran out of actors people with that list so I add film professionals from this list: https://thebrandboy.com/directors-to-follow-on-instagram/
The list was kind of limited, so I had to add some more. Here’s what I came up with.
- @arianagrande
- @therock
- @selenagomez
- @jlo
- @mileycyrus
- @ddlovato
- @zendaya
- @emmawatson
- @deepikapadukone
- @kevinhart
- @vindiesel
- @justintimberlake
- @Lenadunham
- @Thatkevinsmith
- @Jonfavreau
- @Martinscorsese
- @Taikawaititi
- @willsmith
- @kimkardashian
- @kyliejenner
I’m going to follow and unfollow each of these people 2 times everyday. And I’ll post the results next Tuesday and move on to the next experiment. Stay tuned.
EDIT: THIS EXPERIMENT LASTED 2 WEEKS!!
Instagram grew wise on this and stopped any growth within a week.