# Competitor rankings only count the accounts you link

> Follower rankings, averages and growth on the Competitors page now count only the social accounts each competitor is linked to today.

Version: v1.631
Date: 2026-11-05
Source: https://doc.checkgrow.com/changelog/v1-631-competitor-rankings-only-count-the-accounts-you-link

## What this solves

When a competitor's Instagram or LinkedIn account was wrong and got unlinked, its last numbers stayed in the comparison. A competitor could rank high on another company's followers, and the channel average moved with it.

## What changed

- Readings from an account that is no longer linked are left out of rankings, averages, growth and the weekly charts.
- Nothing is deleted. If you link the same account again, its history comes back.

## Where to find it

Competitors → the dashboard rankings and growth, and the Reach comparison beside each competitor.

## Useful for

- Teams that corrected a competitor's social account and want the comparison to reflect it.
- Anyone reading follower rankings to judge their own position.