I’m a bit puzzled and curious about the dynamics of follower counts on dev.to. I currently have 370 followers here, but my posts often barely break 30 views. So, I’m wondering—what’s the point of having so many followers if they’re not engaging with the content?
It makes me question whether followers on dev.to hold the same weight as they do on other platforms like Instagram or YouTube. Is there a different kind of engagement here, or is it just that the follower count doesn’t always translate to views?
And, by the way, since you’re reading this, I’m curious—what’s your follower count on dev.to?
Write below in the comments, I might have more than you... 😂
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A lot of them are bots. Or they could just be people that followed you because they liked a comment/post that you made, but whatever recommendation algorithm Dev.to is using isn't pushing your content to them.
Yeah, that's what I was thinking too!
I'm at 2,358, and I see little evidence that this number means anything.
Hey Akhil, I have over 5000 followers on the platform, and my most recent post although I only posted a few hours ago has less than 25 views which doesn't make too much sense.
I guess we'll see how the post does in the coming days, but I don't think the follower count really means much on this platform.
Algorithms and content visibility can be tricky to figure out.
I'm on almost 3,500 followers with very little engadgement. I am convinced that the majority of them are bot accounts at this point.
I personnaly don't think the follower count holds any weight here like subs do on YouTube or other platforms.
I have around 1500 followers with almost 2600 total views. I can say that the format of your article or post matter just as much as the quality of the content. As for how can you benefit from followers; using the API I am able to get a list of all my followers email addresses to create an email alert to send them when I create a new post. I can offer the option to opt out if they no longer want to receive alerts. I haven't implemented this yet but it is a project I am working on.
I have almost 1500 followers on this site. However, I very rarely get any engagement. The only times I've seen meaningful view counts is when I've posted submissions for DEV challenges. Perhaps my content is too advanced or too niche for most people on here given we'll see articles like "Top 5 Git Commits Every Developer Should Know" posted every other week with 20+ reactions 😐.
I have also 2.5k followers and increase day by day.
And my total views is <500
Bragging rights? Influential bandwidth? Nobody can be sure. I guess it depends how you use it. 15k+ and counting. (Side note, i have an outperforming post. LOL)
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