A significant chunk of Elon Musk’s more than 153 million followers on X appear to be fake, or at the very least inactive on the platform formerly known as Twitter. Mashable just published a detailed analysis of Musk’s followers, based on data collected by third-party researcher Travis Brown.Musk’s over 153 million followers make up more than a quarter of the 540 million “monthly users” that Musk claimed are now on X as of late July. And, if you question the legitimacy of Musk’s numbers, his followers make up more than half of the “monthly active users” that Twitter said it had in the months before Musk acquired the platform. SEE ALSO: Elon Musk’s X follower count bloated by millions of new, inactive accounts While the scope of this report was limited to Musk’s followers, it’s impossible not to use that data to look at the platform as a whole through the lens of Musk’s account. As we previously stated, Musk’s high follower count basically means that Musk’s account is a microcosm of the entire platform.Monthly users vs. monthly active usersA quick summary of some of Musk’s follower data for those who haven’t read the more detailed report: Just over 42 percent of Musk’s more than 153 million followers have 0 followers. More than 40 percent have zero tweets posted on their account. Around 40 percent of Musk’s followers also follow less than 10 users. This points to a few things. Many of these accounts can be fake accounts or bots….Elon Musk's army of inactive followers paints a bleak picture of X as a whole