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New Followers Automation - Issue

  • September 12, 2026
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chrisszis

Hi everyone! I’m trying to understand an issue with an Instagram follower automation.

We’ve gained around 4,000 new followers, but only 253 people have entered/received the automation that is supposed to trigger for new followers.

I understand there may be eligibility or Instagram/ManyChat limitations, but the difference seems quite significant. Has anyone experienced something similar?

I’d like to understand:

  • Why would only a small percentage of new followers trigger the automation?
  • Is there a specific setting or eligibility requirement I should check?
  • Is there any way in ManyChat to see which followers were eligible, which ones triggered the automation, and why the others didn’t?
  • Is there anything we can change to increase the percentage of new followers entering the automation?

For context, we have approximately 4,000 new followers vs. 253 automation entries (~6%).

Any advice on what I should check or how to troubleshoot this would be really appreciated. Thank you!