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Table 2 Follower engagement for each influencer’s infant feeding (IF) posts

From: The infant feeding methods promoted by South African Instagram influencers in relation to crying and sleeping, 2018–2020: a retrospective digital ethnography

Influencer (Instagram handle)

Number of followersa

Influencer category

Number of IF postsa

Number of likesa

Number of commentsa

N

 

n

n

n

1.Nandi Madida (Nandi_Madida)

2,700,000

Mega Influencer

1

92,700

730

2.Jessica Nkosi (jessicankosi)

2,600,000

Mega Influencer

1

11,700

137

3.Mpoomy Ledwaba (Mpoomy_ledwaba)

370,000

Macro Influencer

4

181,923

1,023

4.Ntando Kunene (kunene_ntando)

361,000

Macro Influencer

1

n/a

24

5.Nkateko Dinwiddy (takkies7)

347,000

Macro Influencer

20

498,743

15,685

6.Keke Mputhi (kekemputhi_official)

211,000

Macro Influencer

3

394

394

Totals

6,790,000

 

62

924,396

18,333

  1. aThe source for number of posts, followers, likes and comments was the Instagram influencer handles, collected in December 2020