{"url":"https://koinonlink.com/tools/fake-follower-risk-check","lang":"en","kind":"tool","title":"Fake Follower Risk Check: vet a creator with measured detection criteria","description":"Vet a creator with the same criteria behind Koinon Link's inflated-follower detection: engagement vs measured percentiles, follower-growth shape, comment quality and view-to-follower ratio — with a risk verdict and per-signal explanation. Includes measured suspected-fake rates per platform.","last_updated":"2026-08-10","structured_data":[{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebApplication","name":"Fake Follower Risk Check: vet a creator with measured detection criteria","description":"Vet a creator with the same criteria behind Koinon Link's inflated-follower detection: engagement vs measured percentiles, follower-growth shape, comment quality and view-to-follower ratio — with a risk verdict and per-signal explanation. Includes measured suspected-fake rates per platform.","url":"https://koinonlink.com/tools/fake-follower-risk-check","applicationCategory":"BusinessApplication","inLanguage":"en","dateModified":"2026-08-10","offers":{"@type":"Offer","price":"0","priceCurrency":"USD"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Vessel AI Lab Hongkong"}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","inLanguage":"en","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"How do I tell if an influencer bought followers?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Check four signals: engagement below the platform 25th percentile, vertical jumps in follower growth, generic/repeat-account comments, and views far below follower count. More hits, more risk; the final confirmation is a small tracked pilot."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"How common are fake followers?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Our anomaly detection across 50,000+ indexed accounts flags roughly 12% as suspected inflated, with large platform differences — above 20% on the worst platform, under 1% on the cleanest. See the measured table on this page."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Does this tool fetch the creator's data?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"No. It is a checklist: you fill in publicly observable signals, the criteria mirror our detection system, and everything computes locally in your browser."}}]}],"related":[{"title":"Creator Budget Planner: how many partnerships your budget actually buys","url":"https://koinonlink.com/tools/creator-budget-planner"},{"title":"Creator Rate Estimator: Engagement-Based Pricing with CPM Benchmarks","url":"https://koinonlink.com/tools/creator-rate-estimator"},{"title":"Creator Earnings Calculator: what to charge per sponsored post","url":"https://koinonlink.com/tools/creator-earnings-calculator"},{"title":"Engagement Rate Calculator with Measured Platform Benchmarks","url":"https://koinonlink.com/tools/engagement-rate-calculator"}],"license":"CC BY 4.0","citation":"Koinon Link (2026). Fake Follower Risk Check: vet a creator with measured detection criteria. https://koinonlink.com/tools/fake-follower-risk-check. Data as of 2026-08-10.","provenance":{"source":"Koinon Link (koinonlink.com)","publisher":"Vessel AI Lab Hongkong","licence":"CC BY 4.0 — attribution with a link to the source page required","method":"Measured over the Koinon Link index of creator accounts, recomputed daily. Not a random sample of any platform: collection is keyword-driven and skews toward software, gaming and e-commerce.","authenticity_note":"\"suspected_inflated\" is our own anomaly detection (follower-growth shape, engagement-to-follower ratio, engagement templating), not a platform-official flag. It means \"worth a manual check\", not confirmed fraud.","privacy_note":"Aggregate statistics only. Individual creator identities, contact details and per-creator audience personas are never exposed through this interface."}}