Instagram imposes a limit on the number of accounts a user can follow. This restriction is in place to prevent spamming and maintain platform stability. The current ceiling is set at 7,500 accounts. Attempting to follow beyond this threshold will result in an error message and the follow request will not be processed.
This limitation serves several important purposes. It discourages users from engaging in aggressive follow/unfollow strategies to inflate their own follower count. It also helps to protect the platform from bot activity and accounts designed to distribute spam or malicious content. Early in Instagram’s history, no such limit existed, leading to widespread abuse; the introduction of the cap was a necessary measure to improve the user experience.