Why is my follower number wrong?

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  justinaluther · Member · Jul 24, 2014 at 2:58 am

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  My blog is showing the wrong number of followers. I’ve had 12 new people tell me they’re following my blog this week, and they show up on my list, but the listed ‘number’ of followers isn’t changing. Does anyone know why?

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  timethief · Member · Jul 24, 2014 at 3:01 am

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  WordPress.com follower numbers including Publicize followers are found here https://wordpress.com/my-stats/?blog_subscribers
  Email only subscribers are found here https://wordpress.com/my-stats/?blog_subscribers&type=email

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  justinaluther · Member · Jul 24, 2014 at 3:05 am

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  I understand that part, but where it shows (on the author porion of my blog, not what the public can see) the lump number of followers of my blog only (not Fb or Twitter) that number hasn’t changed even though people have been added to the list. It used to go up.

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  timethief · Member · Jul 25, 2014 at 10:19 pm

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  I’ll tag this thread for a Staff follow-up. Please subscribe to the thread so you are notified when they respond and please be patient while waiting.

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  justinaluther · Member · Jul 25, 2014 at 10:23 pm

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  Okay, no problem. Thanks! It’s caught up a little bit since I first posted this, but it’s still 2 off at the moment.

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  timethief · Member · Jul 25, 2014 at 10:25 pm

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  You’re welcome and not to worry. Staff here rock and they will assist when they can.

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  amightywp · Member · Jul 28, 2014 at 10:02 am

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  Hi there,

  Sometimes the script which reports and totals the follower count can lag a bit behind, but it usually catches up. Also keep in mind that people who may have followed you via email but have not clicked on the verification email do not get counted until they do so.

  By your count are your totals still significantly off?