“Most viewers or followers of the social-media account named "Cockroach Janta Party" are located in India.”

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Calling it "Pakistan Janta Party", Bagga on Friday shared data of what he claimed was the Cockroach party's country-wise Instagram followers. It showed that citizens from Pakistan (49%), the US (14%), and Bangladesh (14%) accounted for 77% of the party's Instagram followers. As per the data, India was in fourth spot, with just 9% follower count. ... As allegations came thick and fast, Dipke, a Boston University graduate, shared the "real data". It showed that people from India accounted for 94% of CJP's Instagram followers, followed by the US (1%) and the UK (0.7%). ... So far, neither Meta nor Instagram has released any official data.

The article reports that social media users are alleging that a large share of the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) Instagram account’s followers are outside India: “One user on X claimed, ‘Citizens from Pakistan, Bangladesh & USA forms 77% of their Insta followers. India contributes only 9%.’ … Another netizen wrote: ‘The CJP’s Instagram followers — roughly 63% of them are from Pakistan and Bangladesh. Only 9% are from India…’ The article notes that ‘No independent evidence supporting these figures or claims has been publicly produced’ and adds that ‘neither Meta nor Instagram has released any official data regarding the geographical distribution of the account’s followers.’

According to India Today’s tech desk, the ‘Cockroach Janta Party’ started as a satirical meme page about Indian politics and went viral during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The content largely revolves around Indian political parties, Indian election memes and uses Hindi phrases, indicating that its primary audience is Indian social media users. The report, however, does not include platform-verified data indicating what percentage of the account’s followers are located in India versus abroad.

X (formerly Twitter) explains how audience insights are calculated: geographic breakdowns of followers are provided only to account owners through internal analytics. These stats are not publicly available for third-party viewing for specific accounts. Therefore, any public claim about the precise country-level distribution of followers for accounts such as ‘Cockroach Janta Party’ cannot be independently verified using X’s public data tools.

India Today quotes Abhijeet Dipke on the issue of where the page’s followers come from: “Reacting to viral posts claiming that most of the Cockroach Janata Party’s followers are from Pakistan and Bangladesh, Dipke said this was ‘misinformation’ and that ‘nearly 94 per cent’ of the followers are from India, based on his own Instagram analytics.” The report adds that India Today “was not able to independently verify the geo-location of the account’s followers, and Meta did not respond to questions on the subject at the time of publication.”

India Today’s Fact Check desk investigated the viral claim that Pakistan constitutes nearly half of the followers of the Cockroach Janta Party’s Instagram account. The screenshot shared by Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga could not be independently verified and appeared to be inconsistent with other metrics. On the other hand, a screen recording of the account’s analytics shared by CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke shows India contributing 94% of followers, with other countries making up the remainder. While Meta has not publicly released official country-wise data, the evidence available to us supports the conclusion that the vast majority of the account’s followers are located in India.

News18’s explainer references the competing narratives about the CJP page’s audience location: “Several X users have alleged that the Instagram page’s followers are predominantly from Pakistan, Bangladesh and other countries, sharing what appear to be analytics screenshots suggesting India accounts for only about 9 per cent. At the same time, founder Abhijeet Dipke has claimed that ‘94 per cent of the followers are from India’ and dismissed the viral screenshots as fake.” The article concludes that “no independent third‑party data is available to settle the dispute over the geographic makeup of the page’s followers.”

In this video explainer, The Wire notes that the ‘Cockroach Janta Party’ Instagram account ‘crossed 15 million followers, overtaking the BJP’s official Instagram account, which has around 8.8 million followers.’ The segment frames the phenomenon as part of an Indian Gen Z revolt and discusses its popularity largely in the context of Indian politics and Indian social media. The video does not present any internal analytics or country-wise data demonstrating that most of those 15 million followers are located in India.

This explainer on social media analytics notes that, for most platforms, detailed geographic breakdowns of followers are only visible to account owners, and external researchers or journalists cannot usually verify where ‘most’ followers of a given account are located. It stresses that language, content focus, and time zones can suggest where an audience is concentrated but cannot conclusively prove the majority location without access to internal platform data.

Instagram’s country-wise follower analytics are only visible inside the app to the account owner via the Insights feature and are not exposed through any public API or web interface. This means third parties cannot directly verify a claim about the geographic distribution of an account’s followers unless the owner shares screenshots or recordings of the Insights panel. Meta does not routinely publish country-level follower breakdowns for individual accounts, so media reports about follower locations typically rely on data supplied by the account owner or on unverified screenshots circulated online.

In his post, BJP leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga shared an image that he claimed showed the country-wise distribution of the Cockroach Janta Party’s Instagram followers. The graphic lists Pakistan at 49%, the United States and Bangladesh at 14% each, and India at only 9%. Bagga wrote in Hindi and English that the page should be called the "Pakistan Janta Party" because, according to him, most of its followers are from Pakistan rather than India.

A news explainer on the rapid rise of the ‘Cockroach Janta Party’ Instagram account notes that the page "has gone viral primarily among Indian users," highlighting that its memes and slogans are focused on Indian politics and issues. The anchor states that "in a matter of a few days, followers of the Cockroach Janta Party Instagram page crossed those of the BJP, India's ruling party," but does not present independent country-wise analytics beyond describing the audience as "overwhelmingly Indian" in origin and context.