Buy 1,000 Instagram followers the right way: with profile-visit ads
Buying fake followers breaks Instagram's rules and can cost you your account. Buying attention does not. Run an ad whose goal is Instagram profile visits, let the right people choose to follow, and use the calculator below to see what each real follower costs.
Cost per follower calculator
Work out how many real followers an Instagram ad budget can bring, and what each one costs. The numbers filled in are examples only, not benchmarks. Replace them with your own once your ads have run for a week.
Measure your real cost per follower
Ad reports do not count follows cleanly, so compare your follower growth during the campaign with your normal growth before it.
Guides
Short, practical guides. Start with the one that matches your question.
Buy followers with ads
Step by step: Boost or Ads Manager.
Metrics that matter
Every number, the formula and its limits.
Fake followers: the risks
The rules, the risks and the alternative.
Turn visits into follows
Raise your follow rate before spending more.
Frequently asked questions
Can I buy 1,000 Instagram followers?
Not safely. Instagram's rules prohibit artificially collecting followers, and it removes fake follows it finds. You can pay for ads that send the right people to your profile, and many of them will follow.
How much does it cost to get 1,000 followers with ads?
It depends on your CPM, how many people visit your profile and how many visitors follow. Enter your own numbers in the calculator above to see the budget for 1,000 followers.
What goal should I choose when I boost a post?
Choose More profile visits. It sends people to your profile, where they can follow you.
Why don't my ad reports show how many followers I got?
Follows are reported in Instagram's account insights rather than as a clean ad metric. Compare follower growth during the campaign with your normal growth before it.
Do I need a business account?
Boosting needs a professional account, either Business or Creator.
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