# Dumb Question: Followers vs Followings

**URL:** <https://mpsocial.com/t/dumb-question-followers-vs-followings/7549>\
**Category:** Instagram Marketing\
**Created:** [March 10, 2017, 3:32am UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/dumb-question-followers-vs-followings/7549 "2017-03-10T03:32:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Semirg](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/semirg/32/33645_2.png) [@Semirg](https://mpsocial.com/u/Semirg)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 3:32am UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/dumb-question-followers-vs-followings/7549/1 "2017-03-10T03:32:55Z")

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New to MP, and reading through the suggested instagram settings I see many people recommend following the followers of targeted accounts. However i’m confused on whether i need to add the account followers or add account followings? which one is actually following the followers of a targeted account?

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**Author:** ![ian](https://mpsocial.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/bb73d2/32.png) [@ian](https://mpsocial.com/u/ian)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 3:39am UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/dumb-question-followers-vs-followings/7549/2 "2017-03-10T03:39:40Z")

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Followers are the accounts following the target account.  
Followings are the accounts that the target account is following.

You can add either, or both, it really depends on who you’re looking to follow.

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**Author:** ![Semirg](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/semirg/32/33645_2.png) [@Semirg](https://mpsocial.com/u/Semirg)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 3:43am UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/dumb-question-followers-vs-followings/7549/3 "2017-03-10T03:43:18Z")

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Ahhhhh that makes sense. thank you very much!

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**Author:** ![PortraitPhotography](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/portraitphotography/32/3066_2.png) [@PortraitPhotography](https://mpsocial.com/u/PortraitPhotography)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 4:22am UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/dumb-question-followers-vs-followings/7549/4 "2017-03-10T04:22:20Z")

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It’s probably not useful for you to target the followings of your target accounts.

That’s assuming your target accounts are huge accounts or famous people, who they follow are probably some big shots who are very unlikely to followback unless you are a bigger shot