Great insights about the general trends of Regular Social Medias...Regular Social Medias like IG, Fb, Twitter or any other regular blog would flourish with these follower numbers But Steemit is totally different from stereotypic social medias. I have seen many users with followers in 1000's and their posts earning just few cents. That is pathetic condition. Even i have seen some users with one year of account and they have followers but due to lack of Content have just few real followers. I literally have distributed these followers as Real, And Pseudo followers. The Pseudo followers mean nothing even if you have them in tens of 1000's. However, Real ones even if in few numbers will fetch you more than 1000 Pseudo followers. Below is a link by @shaunmza to keep a check of your followers and if you see certain chunk unfollowing you it should not disturb your peace of mind as long as you have confidence in your content, The original content will definitely attract you some like minded followers.
https://steem.makerwannabe.com/index.php?username=mirhimayun&period=4 (type your username instead of mine)

And The GOLDEN RULE for success in steemit is Patience and Persistence with your original content and Go on Blogging Without caring much about the payouts at first (which is eventually gonna be small at first).
I as a Minnow believe Self Promoting is important to get your content noticed by some big guys and following and being an active member of certain communities would make a great impact as well... Also have conducive communication with your followers by replying their comments. That also will earn you some sincere followers.

Thanks For being a Patient Reader, although it is a long comment but i hope it will be helpful for some new users who consider Steemit like any other Social media platform.