Of those 100k Instagram followers, probably 25k are real people, the rest are bots.

Your YouTube followers number is probably accurate though.

From what I've read Twitter are the worst, anywhere from 75-95% of any random accounts followers are bots on twitter.

That's why nostr feels more genuine.

The bots on here are not pretending to be real people.

The people on here are actual real people and the bots are mostly helpful tools.

Plus the lack of algorithms and advertisments alone just makes nostr feel more real, more genuine etc.