Who is leading in IG follower growth ?

Contestants have differing IG membership history. Some have mature accounts, some are verified and some just started their Instagram a/c when they qualified for IL12.
A good yardstick of popular interest is not only the number of followers a contestant has on IG, but also the rate of follower growth.
Here is a growth rate of contestants between 25/3 - 2/4/2021 (7 days)

Arunita 36k
Pawandeep 30k
Mohd. Danish 23k
Ashish 13k
Shanmukhapriya 9K
Sayli 9K
Anjali 8k
Nihal 4k
Sawai 1k
Incidentally, Pawandeep has the most number of followers on IG and Sawai the least.

Wow didn't expect this from arunita, pawandeep and Danish

As I expected. I never noticed their IG pages but expected Pawandeep and Arunitha have a big fan base. Because most of the times they keep commenting on other contestants videos saying they are best and only they will win. Eventhough I don't like that attitude I'm happy for Pawandeep and Arunitha to have strong base which will help them win and have a great future.

Ashish's followers surprised me. Didn't expect him to be number 4.

Originally posted by: SK2014

As I expected. I never noticed their IG pages but expected Pawandeep and Arunitha have a big fan base. Because most of the times they keep commenting on other contestants videos saying they are best and only they will win. Eventhough I don't like that attitude I'm happy for Pawandeep and Arunitha to have strong base which will help them win and have a great future.

Originally posted by: Karkerrna3

Ashish's followers surprised me. Didn't expect him to be number 4.

These are NOT followers. These are new followers added in last one week. Ashish has a total of 87K followers now.

Nachiket and sireesha got really popular after their elimination. What's their new followers count?

You are welcome. We can't dislike contestant for what their fans does. Some people get emotionally connected and keep doing funny things on online forums. Like Nachiket fans did to Sawai. Now we dont even get to see Sawai promo also from Sony tv. But all of them irrespective of who wins or eliminated are talented for me. I wish all of them have great future.

Originally posted by: SK2014

Some people get emotionally connected and keep doing funny things on online forums. Like Nachiket fans did to Sawai.

Originally posted by: Karkerrna3

Nachiket and sireesha got really popular after their elimination. What's their new followers count?

I have not kept tab of Sireesha. Nachiket has an old Verified a/c with about 120K followers. His follower growth rate was on the lower side till his elimination.