Public following · sample scan

This is what those follows look like.

A real public following, scored the same way the report does. The needles compare it to similar age-group exposure. Photos are the accounts that fired each signal.

Most recently followed

@lanarhoades
@demirose
@graciebon
@itsvegasdave
@karelyruiz
+8more

Exposure signals found

Needles = followed accounts with that signal.

Explicit content

@lanarhoades

@iamyanetgarcia

@celi_lora

@hay_welch+34

Adult content creator

@celi_lora

@iamyanetgarcia

@hay_welch+37

Thirst traps

161

@demirose

@graciebon

@karelyruiz

@yuliett.torres+157

Violence glorification

@therealalaskanavenger

@boyspayback

@mistressdary

@k.o_system+1

Manipulative subscription funnel

Body & diet pressure

The signal

Who someone follows is public. What it means is not.

of U.S. adults regularly get their news from influencers on social media — 38% among those under 30. Who you follow is who informs you. (Pew Research Center, surveyed August 2025)

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of UK adults ran into potentially harmful content online — misinformation, scams, hateful content and unwanted follow requests led the list. (Ofcom, Online Nation 2025)

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of adults who reported losing money to a scam said it started on social media — $2.1 billion in reported losses in 2025, about eight times the 2020 figure. (U.S. Federal Trade Commission, 2026)

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From endless feeds to readable patterns

The environment shaping someone, made readable.

Every public follow is a signal. LikePatrol maps them into themes, communities, values, and exposure patterns. Each result connects back to the source accounts.

Inside the report

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Monetized Funnel Exposure

Gambling, crypto, trading, wealth narratives, paid communities, and recruitment-style opportunities.

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Identity Exposure

Career themes, value signals, lifestyle cues, and identity-shaping content across the accounts they follow.

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Ideological Exposure

Signals linked to ideological hardening, grievance communities, conspiratorial ecosystems, exclusionary identity narratives, anti-institutional hostility, and violence-adjacent content.

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Protective Exposure

Education, creativity, sports, wellness, community, faith, skills, and other resilience-building signals.

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Peer Comparison

See what appears typical, elevated, or unusually visible compared with others in the same age range.

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Political Exposure

Political content, civic themes, public affairs, and news-related exposure visible across the followed network.

How It Works

Search. Analyze. Understand.

Enter any public social media handle. LikePatrol instantly accesses the public accounts they follow.

Analyze

LikePatrol reviews the public accounts they follow and identifies recurring themes, content categories, and exposure patterns, compared to typical people of that age group. Only public information is analyzed.

Compare

Results are placed against public-profile benchmarks to show what appears typical, elevated, or unusually visible.

Report

You get a clear breakdown of the strongest areas, the protective context, and the accounts contributing most to each result.

Review

See why specific accounts appeared and what patterns are worth a closer look.

What We Measure

12 dimensions of network exposure

LikePatrol analyzes 12 dimensions of network exposure, combining risk-related signals, protective signals, and descriptive themes. The model is inspired by population risk-behavior research, media-content frameworks, career-interest theory, value-theme research, and online environment analysis.

Mature content exposure

Ideological and worldview content

Relationship and social-dynamics themes

Body image and appearance-related content

SEOCSTCO

Value themes visible across the network

Substance-related content exposure

Protective and community-oriented signals

Mental health and emotional-expression themes

High-pressure financial and wealth-related narratives

Political and civic content exposure

RIASEC

Career, activity, and interest themes

Social environment and community context

Exposure signal

Protective signal

Descriptive / two-sided

RIASEC

Career and activity themes · Holland-inspired

SEOCSTCO

Value-theme signals · Schwartz-inspired

Research-inspired signal groups

CDC YRBSS-inspired exposure areas

Content themes related to health, safety, substance use, risk-taking, mental well-being, and other everyday well-being domains.

Common Sense Media-inspired content areas

Exposure dimensions adapted from media-content standards used to describe mature, sensitive, intense, or age-relevant content themes.

Career and activity themes

Holland-inspired dimensions that describe recurring interests, activities, and vocational themes visible across followed accounts.

Value-theme signals

Schwartz-inspired dimensions that describe the values and priorities most visible within the content environment.

Financial narrative signals

Research-informed exposure areas related to gambling, speculative investing, recruitment-based opportunities, wealth-focused content, and economic aspiration themes.

Protective and community signals

Community, enrichment, and support-oriented content themes that may add positive context to the surrounding environment.

Descriptive / two-sided signals

Neutral dimensions that can be interpreted differently depending on context, balance, and surrounding content.

Use cases

Who uses it

Families

See the public content environment surrounding someone you love — with more context, fewer blind spots, and earlier understanding.

Personal Snapshot

Run LikePatrol on your own account to better understand the themes, communities, and patterns most present across your follow network.

Mentors, Coaches & Trusted Adults

When someone chooses to share their online world with you, LikePatrol helps turn public content and community patterns into clearer context for support.

Analyze a public account

Public data only. No passwords. Every analysis is based solely on publicly available content. No private data, no invitations, no exports — just instant clarity from public signals. For teens, every snapshot is shared with parent or guardian involvement.