An image of Salman Khan’s Instagram profile is going viral on social media, claiming that he lost three million followers after publicly chastising Elvish Yadav, a famous YouTuber and Big Boss OTT season 2 contestant on Weekend Ka Vaar episode, for making a derogatory statement to fellow contestant Bebika Dhurve.
In the viral post, a comparison between two screenshots reveals a contrast in his follower count. One screenshot shows a fan base of 66.8 million followers, while the other feature a slightly lower count of 63.7 million followers.
A Facebook user shared this post and wrote, Bigg Boss OTT 2 || Salman Khan’s Instagram Followers Dropped Days After Bashing Elvish Yadav? #elvishyadav #salmankhan #biggbossott2 #bollywoodhelpline
The post can be seen here.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the claim, and found it to be false.
With a keyword search, the NM team traced a social media analytics website social blade. It shows that Salman Khan did not lose over three million followers after Weekend Ka Vaar episode. In fact, after the episode was aired on July 29, Salman gained around 40k followers. But he lost 829 followers on July 31.
According to the website, Salman Khan never touched 66 million followers in the past. At the time of filing this fact-check report, he had 63.8 million followers. Click here to view his Instagram profile.
We also checked Elvish Yadav’s followers on social media. According to it, he also gained almost 1.2 million followers after the episode was aired on July 29.
At the time of filing this fact check, he had 10.9 million followers. Click here to view his Instagram profile.
So, it’s confirmed that Salman Khan has not lost over three million followers after he bashed Elvish Yadav on the show. And the viral claim is fake.
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