6/22/2019 Fake Followers Audit for @michaelavenatti | SparkToro

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Fake Followers Audit for @MichaelAvenatti

15% 32% 49%

Michael Avenatti
MichaelAvenatti
@MichaelAvenatti
793,741 Followers
Low Median High

21.9% (173,829) Fake Followers Accounts with a similar sized following to @MichaelAvenatti have a
This tool de nes “fake followers” as accounts that are
median of 32% fake followers. This account has fewer fake followers
unreachable and will not see the account’s tweets (either
because they’re spam, bots, propaganda, etc. or because than most.
they’re no longer active on Twitter).

Follower Quality Distribution

Low Quality Average Quality High Quality

15%
Estimated Percent of Followers

10%

5%

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Quality Score (Higher Better)

How The Fake Follower Audit Works

This audit analyzes a sample of 2,000 random accounts that follow @MichaelAvenatti, then looks at 25+ factors
correlated with spam/bot/low quality accounts. None of these, alone, indicate a spam/low quality account; but, when
many factors are present, there’s strong correlation with low quality. Below are some of the most frequently observed
factors for @MichaelAvenatti's followers (more on methodology in this post).

Inactive for 120+ days 12% Inactive between 90 and 120 days 3%
% of our sample accounts that have not tweeted in over % of sample accounts that haven’t tweeted in the last 90-
120 days. 120 days.

New Twitter User 1% Default Pro le Image 13%

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% of our sample accounts who have created their account % of sample accounts that use Twitter’s default pro le
in the last 90 days. image.

Display Name 32% URL Issues 84%

% of sample accounts whose display name matches % of sample accounts that have no url or a non-resolving
spam-correlated signals. url in their pro le.

Location Issues 40% Number of Tweets 28%

% of sample accounts using a location that does not % of sample accounts aged more than a year with a very
match any known place name. low number of tweets.

Over Sharing 15% Times Listed 86%

% of sample accounts that sent an abnormally large % of sample accounts that are on an unusually small
volume of tweets each day. number of lists.

Number of Followers 47% Number Following 30%

% of sample accounts that have a suspiciously small % of sample accounts that follow an unusually small
number of followers. number of accounts.

Pro le Keywords 49%

% of sample accounts using spam-correlated keywords in
their pro le description.

SparkScore & Account Info

SparkScore is a metric indicating total reach+in uence across Twitter measured on a logarithmic scale.

SparkScore Michael Avenatti Last Updated: June 21, 2019

@MichaelAvenatti

88OUT OF 100
4,271 1,866 793,741 76
Tweets Following Followers Engagement

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