>>1186748

>>1186875

Updating analysis:

Methodology: last visit of Archive.org crawler on Twitter.com/KanyeWest

https:// web.archive.org/web/*/https:// twitter.com/KanyeWest

April

5 : >404

6 : >404

9 : >404

10 : >404

11 : >404

14 : 856K followers, 7 tweets, 1 following, 1 like

15 : 5.24M followers, 8 tweets, 1 following, 1 like

16 : 6.96M followers, 14 tweets, 1 following, 1 like

17 : 8.38M followers, 12 tweets, 1 following, 1 like

18 : 13.6M followers, 41 tweets, 1 following, 1 like

19 : 14.4M followers, 43 tweets, 1 following, 1 like

21 : 21.1M followers, 87 tweets, 1 following, 1 like

22 : 24.5M followers, 108 tweets, 1 following, 1 like

23 : 27.2M followers, 130 tweets, 1 following, 1 like

24 : 27.8M followers, 139 tweets, 1 following, 1 like

25 : 27.9M followers, 208 tweets, 1 following, 1 like

Methodology: all visits of Archive.is crawler on Twitter.com/KanyeWest

http:// archive.is/https:// twitter.com/kanyewest

14 Dec 2016/23:22 UTC: 26.6M, 991 tweets (before deactivation)

15 Apr 2017/23:59 UTC: 2.87M, 8 tweets

18 …/23:35 UTC: 8.15M, 41 tweets

19/00:46 UTC: 8.31M, 43 tweets

21/03:15 UTC: 11.0M, 79 tweets

21/16:55 UTC: 11.8M, 87 tweets

22/18:40 UTC: 13.4M, 100 tweets

22/19:31 UTC: 13.6M, 105 tweets

23/00:57 UTC: 13.9M, 110 tweets

23/01:34 UTC: 14.0M, 110 tweets

23/16:31 UTC: 15.1M, 120 tweets

23/16:50 UTC: 15.1M, 126 tweets

23/18:39 UTC: 15.3M, 130 tweets

23/19:25 UTC: 15.4M, 130 tweets

24/12:09 UTC: 16.5M, 134 tweets

24/22:09 UTC: 17.2M, 139 tweets

25/14:35 UTC: 18.2M, 146 tweets

25/15:14 UTC: 18.4M, 162 tweets

25/18:15 UTC: 18.5M, 188 tweets

25/19:28 UTC: 18.7M, 193 tweets

25/19:44 UTC: 27.8M, 195 tweets (:O)

25/19:51 UTC: 27.8M, 196 tweets (:O)

25/20:29 UTC: 18.7M, 200 tweets

25/21:09 UTC: 18.8M, 204 tweets

25/21:19 UTC: 18.8M, 204 tweets

25/22:16 UTC: 18.8M, 208 tweets

25/22:22 UTC: 18.8M, 209 tweets

25/22:40 UTC: 18.8M, 214 tweets

25/23:50 UTC: 19.0M, 220 tweets

live (25/23:50 UTC): 19M followers, 220 tweets, 1 following, 1 like

So, according to this analysis:

1. Archive.org results are somehow manipulated. Maybe because they allow JS, I will retry my analysis with JS disabled.

2. According to Archive.is results, there was NO drop at all. For a moment there was a slight discrepancy (see entries labeled with :O)

>>1187421

Yes, I'm live reporting on my research. The archive.is seems to be real (except for 2 results), archive.org is spoofed for all results.

>>1187460

Fake news, see my research and check for yourself:

>>1187378

Seems like the followers counter is actually fake.

>>1187378

I asked web.archive.org to archive kanye's twitter again (just now), result:

https:// web.archive.org/web/20180426000436/https:/twitter.com/kanyewest

27.9M followers, 220 tweets

Compare that to the rest of my analysis. TL;DR: According to neither the (lower counter) archive.is or live and (higher counter) web.archive.org he lost any significant number followers.

>>1187479

See also: >>1187611

It seems like there are two counters, one served for archive.is (and live users), one for web.archive.org. My research describes discrepancies between both.

>>1187611

>>1187378

Now, the follower counter, when accessed live is at: 27.9M/220 tweets (the web.archive.org counter). I ordered archive.is to capture the page again: http:// archive.is/07JnI result: 27.9M/220 so the counter got fixed and we have a fully archived proof of the discrepancies :^)