What are your survival rates for IG accounts?

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I wanted to open a discussion and get some insight from the veterans here who are farming or managing accounts at scale right now

Warm-up Protocols: If you are buying wholesale raw accounts how long are you letting them sit on a clean proxy before sending SMM followers? Are you doing 24 hours, or pushing it to 3-5 days now?
Proxy Setups: Are you still having success with 4G/5G mobile proxies, or are ISP proxies paired with Proxifier/Hotspots the only way to avoid the "Incognito footprint" bans?
Quality of Supply: It feels harder lately to find suppliers who actually provide OGE and clean cookies without insane markup. Are you guys mostly farming your own at this point, or relying on trusted private networks?

any small infromation could help, thanks!
 
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My survival rates improved once I stopped rushing the accounts. The biggest win was keeping the same device pattern and avoiding sudden spikes in activity during the first few weeks.

These days consistency seems to matter more than whether you use the perfect proxy setup.
 
The best solution for these types of issues is to just use it like how you would on your personal accounts.

Also ...

You probably didn't gain alot of followers in just one day ...
You probably didn't use vpn/proxies in the early days on your account ...
You probably check social media 1-5x a day ...
Etc ... Etc ...

ACT... LIKE ... ITS ... YOUR ... OWN ... ACCOUNT ... in a way ?

Hope this helps. :)
 
Thanks for the insights @Invictus when you mention farming your own is the real play are you using physical devices for each batch or relying on emulators?
 
Consistency seems to matter more than the exact proxy type. Same device pattern, normal activity and no sudden follower/action spikes usually keeps accounts alive longer than any “perfect” setup.
 
survival rate is kind of the wrong number to chase, its not a fixed % its just a mirror of your weakest signal. an account dies at the level of the worst thing in the setup, so perfect proxies with aggressive actions die just as fast as clean actions on a burned proxy, like yetawise said consistency beats a "perfect" setup. more useful than a % is WHERE in the lifecycle they die: at creation = ip/fingerprint, day 2-3 = actions too fast, week 2+ = you added a link or promo too early. fix the stage thats actually killing you instead of the overall rate. at what point are yours mostly dropping?
 
I use proxies and anti-detect browsers, but my Instagram accounts only have a survival rate of around 60%.
 
Account stability mostly depends on consistent and normal behavior rather than any specific setup. Sudden spikes in activity usually cause more issue than slow and natural growth. The accounts that last longer tend to be the ones warmed up gradually and used in a realistic way over time instead of being pushed too fast.
 
bmo_zx1 said:
Proxy Setups: Are you still having success with 4G/5G mobile proxies, or are ISP proxies paired with Proxifier/Hotspots the only way to avoid the "Incognito footprint" bans?
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In House Proxies work the best, Dont buy from anywhere almost all of them are already spammed.
bmo_zx1 said:
Quality of Supply: It feels harder lately to find suppliers who actually provide OGE and clean cookies without insane markup. Are you guys mostly farming your own at this point, or relying on trusted private networks?
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Its better to farm on your own or buy only from trusted vendors, Yes you pay a premium but you get high quality Accounts.
 
Long term account stability comes more form natural usage patterns than any specific setup. Sudden activity spikes or unnatural behavior tend to cause more issues than slow and consistent engagement. Accounts that last usually behave like normal users over time rather than being pushed too aggressively.
 
For raw accounts, experts typically apply a minimum soak time of 3 to 5 days on a clean proxy instead of 24 hours. This timeframe allows the account to build sufficient cookie history and simulate real user behavior before performing sudden actions such as increasing SMM followers.
 
Let new accounts rest at least 24 hours, 2–3 days is safer. Mobile 4G/5G proxies still work best, ISP setups get flagged faster. Most people farm their own now since OGE + cookies are overpriced and unreliable.
 
In case you are seeing more bans, I’d suggest against attempting to optimize via proxies or account farms, because those kinds of set-ups usually end up setting off the trust and integrity filters. Growing accounts gradually and consistently, with each account being different from another, takes more time, but it is much more stable.
 
3-5 days minimum now, 24hr warmup is basically asking for a ban wave, mobile proxies still work fine if they're actually clean
 
I'd be interested to hear what people are doing as well.
It definitely feels like account management has become a lot less forgiving recently. Even setups that worked fine a year ago don't seem nearly as reliable anymore.
 
USe static proxies when you manage the accounts. We are noticing when you use a rotating proxy, it acutally flags the account since its not normal to switch between IP's constantly.
 
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