Are these influxes of TikTok followers bots?

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tiktok's algorithm just dumps random accounts on people, half those profiles are probably burner accounts that'll never post a thing

Your massive influx of 20 followers over 3 days is probably not bots lol

Twenty followers over two or three days is not suspicious by itself, especially if profile views also increased. Empty posting histories are weak evidence because many real TikTok users only watch, like, and repost.

Compare the timing of the follows with For You views, profile views, traffic source, audience location, and the videos that gained reach. A bot spike is more likely when follows arrive in a tight burst with no matching views or profile activity, the accounts share repetitive names or unrelated locations, and none of them produces later viewing or engagement.

I would leave them alone unless the pattern becomes clearly artificial. Do not use a third-party “follower cleanup” tool or give it account access. Watch whether those new followers return for the next few posts; that will tell you more than whether they have uploaded content themselves.