Is YouTube removing subscribers today?
No sign of a YouTube purge: <1% of 467 tracked YouTube channels lost subscribers in the last 24 hours (usually <1%).
- Usual day:
- <1% down
- This week:
- 1% down
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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.
- YouTube rounds public counts above 1,000 to 3 significant figures, so small losses on big channels don’t show. The share down is a floor, not an exact figure.
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Questions people ask
Why are my YouTube subscribers dropping?
YouTube regularly removes spam and closed accounts from subscriber counts, and people unsubscribe after a video they didn’t like. Above 1,000, YouTube rounds public counts to 3 significant figures, so a small loss can look like a jump down. Your exact count is in YouTube Studio.
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.