4 weeks ago i had a whopping 7 followers, 4 days ago i had 78, now i have finally reached the psychologically important number of 100 followers.
Considering i increase the number by 10-fold in under a month my next goal is 1000 by the end of the year.
Gaining new followers has definitely shown to improve the number of upvotes i got, though recently it seems many curators became less active which shows in the total number of upvotes given per day.
Wish me luck, follow and help my friends 
Have a good day.