Is GitHub removing stars today?
No sign of a GitHub purge: 5% of 641 tracked GitHub repos lost stars in the last 24 hours (usually 5%).
- Usual day:
- 5% down
- This week:
- 8% down
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Every repo’s star counter page shows its daily change for the last 30 days.
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How the radar counts
- We read the counts of public accounts CountDeck already tracks: counter pages people look up, handles followed in the app and the accounts we seed. Up to 1,000 per platform, picked at random.
- An account is down when its count now is lower than its last count at least 24 hours ago (7 days for the weekly figure). Accounts without a count in the last 2 days are left out.
- No status until 100 accounts have a fresh count. "More drops than usual" means at least double the usual share and 10 points above it; "Widespread" means half or more are down.
- Only percentages are shown. We never list which accounts lost followers.
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Questions people ask
Why did I lose followers overnight?
Most sudden drops come from the platform removing spam, bot or deactivated accounts, not from real people leaving. If many accounts drop on the same day, it is a purge. If only you dropped, look at what you posted last.
How do I know if it’s just me?
Compare your drop with the share of tracked accounts that lost followers today. If that share is far above the usual day, the platform is cleaning up. If it’s normal, the drop is specific to your account.
My follower count isn’t updating. Is it broken?
Platforms cache public counts, sometimes for hours. If your count is frozen while followers come in, wait a day before you worry. The radar only uses counts that changed within the last 2 days.
Do you show which accounts lost followers?
No. The radar only shows percentages across all tracked accounts. Your own handle’s numbers appear only when you look it up.