dikaios1517 on Nostr: It's relatively easy to see how many people you are following, as they are all ...

It's relatively easy to see how many people you are following, as they are all contained in one follower list note, so your client just has to count how many npubs are listed in the most recent version of that note.

Counting how many people are following you is a completely different matter, since the client has to look for any and all follower lists that contain your npub, wherever those lists might be saved across all the relays. Yeah... Ain't going to happen. At least not in any kind of exhaustive way. Therefore, follower counts will always be approximations.