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Not tested yet Growth hack Instagram X

Measure how much of a rival's audience already follows you

You cannot tell how much of your rivals' audience you already reach, or who to reach next. This recipe compares follower lists on Instagram or X. You see the accounts that follow 2 rivals but not you.

01Yield

What one run makes.

Overlap counts and a list of who to reach

For each rival, you get a count of its followers who already follow you. A second list shows who follows 2 rivals but not you, with profile data for the top accounts. Those are split into creators and accounts to engage with, and a person approves every reply or contact.

02Ingredients

What you bring.

  • Your own public Instagram or X account
  • At least 2 rivals your traders also follow
  • Your rules for which creators you would partner with
  • A person who approves every reply and contact

03Equipment

What the run uses.

  • A follower-list scraper
  • A profile data reader
  • A spreadsheet
  • Your AI chat

04Method

Six steps you can follow yourself.

  1. 1
    Pick the accounts to compare

    Choose your own Instagram or X account and at least 2 rivals whose audience you want. Rivals can be other prop firms, brokers or trading creators. Use public accounts only.

  2. 2
    Pull the follower lists

    Run a follower-list scraper on your account and on each rival.

    • Read each platform's terms on automated collection before you run the scraper.
    • The scraper runs as a background job. Start it, then collect the lists when it finishes.
  3. 3
    Count the overlap

    Use a spreadsheet or your AI chat to compare the lists. For each rival, count how many of its followers already follow you. Then list the accounts that follow 2 rivals but not you.

  4. 4
    Look up and sort the top accounts

    Rank that list, for example by follower count. For the accounts at the top, look up profile data such as bio, follower count and latest posts.

    • Ask your AI chat to sort them. Creators and educators with their own audience go in one group, other active accounts in another.
  5. 5
    Pass each group on

    Send creators and educators to your creator work, such as sponsorship, affiliate, IB or collaboration talks. Send other active accounts to engagement work.

    • Nobody writes to a creator until their contact address is verified.
    • In engagement work, a person reads each account's public posts. They draft a reply only where it adds something useful. The reply has no pitch and no trading advice.
  6. 6
    Approve every reply and contact

    A person approves every reply and creator contact before it is posted or sent.

    • Never mass-follow, auto-like or cold DM the list, and never upload it for ads.
    • Keep the lists private and delete them once the handoff is done.

05Ways to run it

Follow the method yourself today, or book a call.

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Not tested yet. The steps come from my playbook library, rewritten for trading businesses. I have not run this version yet, so this page shows no cost or result.