These 10 auto brands have the most fake social media followers

Chris Teague

Chris Teague

Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram are filled with fake followers.

Being popular on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram is a status symbol for many brands. They rely on clever posts, paid social media influencers, and product placement to help drive followers to their pages.

Pilot Fish Media, a marketing agency in Edinburgh, Scotland, recently studied the accounts of a number of brands’ social media accounts, including those form the sports, beauty, and automotive industries and has determined which vehicle manufacturers have the most fake followers.

How do they get fake followers? They can be bought from a bot farmer, a $1.3 billion industry Wired covered in detail earlier this year. Twitter has reported that they’re removing 7.5 million fake accounts per week.

Here are the worst offenders according to the study.

No. 10: Maserati

Fake Instagram followers: 41% | Fake Twitter followers: 33% | Average: 40%

No. 9: Lamborghini

Fake Instagram followers: 43% | Fake Twitter followers: 27% | Average: 42%

No. 8: Mercedes-Benz

Fake Instagram followers: 45% | Fake Twitter followers: 28% | Average: 43%

No. 7: Porsche

Fake Instagram followers: 44% | Fake Twitter followers: 31% | Average: 43%

No. 6: Bugatti

Fake Instagram followers: 44% | Fake Twitter followers: 34% | Average: 44%

No. 5: Ferrari

Fake Instagram followers: 44% | Fake Twitter followers: 34% | Average: 44%

No. 4: Mercedes-AMG

Fake Instagram followers: 45% | Fake Twitter followers: 33% | Average: 44%

No. 3: Jaguar

Fake Instagram followers: 47% | Fake Twitter followers: 32% | Average: 45%

No. 2: BMW

Fake Instagram followers: 47% | Fake Twitter followers: 32% | Average: 45%

No. 1: Audi

Fake Instagram followers: 47% | Fake Twitter followers: 32% | Average: 45%

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All statistics were accurate as of September 11, 2019.

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