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Harry Davies

Conor McGregor could lose almost half his followers in fake-user purge

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UFC star Conor McGregor could lose over four million of his Twitter followers following Elon Musk's mission to eliminate fake accounts from the platform.

Former two-weight champion McGregor, 34, is the most popular UFC fighter on social media, boasting 9.6 million Twitter followers and 46.2 million Instagram followers. But his Twitter followers could fall to under six million in a recent effort by Musk, who took over the social media site last month, as the new CEO is setting his sights on eradicating spam accounts.

According to a study run by Gambling.com on the fake follower audit SparkToro, McGregor almost 4.1million of McGregor's Twitter followers are spam accounts. Former UFC champion Anderson Silva has almost three million fake followers whilst Jon Jones also has just over one million spam accounts following him.

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