Sudden Loss of Subscribers

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  thewanderingarthistorian · Member · Apr 30, 2025 at 4:37 pm

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  Why did I suddenly and dramatically lose a ton of subscribers overnight? I had 432 yesterday and 362 today… ???

  WP.com: Yes
  Jetpack: No
  Correct account: Yes

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  zikriaahmad411 · Member · Apr 30, 2025 at 6:17 pm

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  Hello @thewanderingarthistorian,

  I can imagine how strange and concerning that sudden drop must’ve felt, especially when you’ve worked hard to build your audience. I’ve taken a close look at your site, and I actually see 432 followers connected to your blog right now not 362.

  You can double-check that by heading over to your site’s Stats page here: View Your Stats & Followers.

  Would you mind letting me know where you’re seeing the 362 figure? If it were in an email summary, a mobile notification, or a different section of the dashboard, that could help us better understand what might be going on.

  Looking forward to hearing more so we can get to the bottom of it together!

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  zikriaahmad411 · Member · Apr 30, 2025 at 6:19 pm

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  Also, I wanted to let you know that the Intergalactic theme you’re using has been retired. While it will still work on your site, it will no longer receive updates or new features. This means it might not always be compatible with future updates to WordPress. You can read more about retired themes here: https://wordpress.com/support/themes/retired-themes/

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  linda272727 · Member · Apr 30, 2025 at 10:27 pm

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  I went from 720 to 640 overnight – I’m freaking too!

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  zozoulini · Member · May 1, 2025 at 1:48 pm

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  Hello,
  I checked again and again my site’s stats page… I gained 13 subscribers overnight. I wouldn’t complain if it was true!
  
  https://myjoygaming.com/
  
  On the other hand, I am an editor on Indie Game Picks and that site lost suddenly 33 subscribers.
  
  https://indiegamepicks.wordpress.com/

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  u0035355 · Member · May 15, 2025 at 12:39 pm

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  Was just doing some research on a very similar situation that seems to be impacting our WordPress site. Looks like we’ve lost approximately 400 subscribers… I’ve checked today and 2 people who were subscribed have been unsubscribed without their knowledge. What’s going on?!?

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  gillesenvrac · Member · May 16, 2025 at 3:59 pm

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  Hello,

  I had only 9 subscribers (including my wife ;-) and because she didn’t receive notice of my las post I checked and… have no more, not any subscriber ! Is the list part of the saving when we download a xml file ? And how is it possible to erase this list, is there a hack into Jetpack or something ?

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  linda272727 · Member · May 17, 2025 at 4:21 am

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  Hi there, as you can see from the thread, several other blogs are struggling with loss of subscribers, but no one from WordPress is replying… is this a glitch across all blogs that is being fixed or a more individual problem that you can issue advice on?

  Thanks, Linda

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  thewholesomespoonblog · Member · May 18, 2025 at 2:21 am

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  This happened to me too, gained a subscriber last night and then woke up to two gone. I only had 18 so it was easy to notice. Could be a coincidence, maybe they didn’t like something I made