Your followers were (I think) the major reason I was able to become an Instagram influencer, but I don’t discount the effect of buying likes. Having hundreds of thousands of followers makes it look completely natural to add 5000 or 10000 likes from Buzzoid. And every time I do, I see lots of extra followers hitting my account, sometimes as many as another 1-2K. I’m sure it’s partly because my exposure increases so much from the likes, but it might also be that the posts look so popular that people get curious and watch all the way through. Your likes are a great secret weapon for me!