I've been curious what the ideal ratio of followers / following is. I was not aware that the term "popularity ratio" describes what I've been pondering. I kind of feel bad because I have more people following me than people that I'm following but I also struggle to keep up with even the modest number of people I follow. I guess this post has kind of put my mind at ease regarding having more followers than people I follow, especially if it means I'm doing modestly well.

In the beginning I was kind of naive and would follow anyone who'd comment on my posts and I replied to bots....yeah. But I've wised up since then a little bit and I'm being more selective of who I follow. I've unfollowed a few who post like every 5-10 minutes because the quality of the posts isn't really acceptable. I still haven't found the time to seek out more people to follow but hope to do so in the near future.

Thanks for sharing this bit of information. I found it useful :)