Why did my lead count suddenly jump in folk?
The folk help pages give 4 common reasons. The first to rule out: An import can add a whole file of contacts to a group that already has some, so the count can rise in one step.
What causes it?
An import can add a whole file of contacts to a group that already has some, so the count can rise in one step.
In the folk help:
You can import your file into an empty or populated group with contacts.
How to import a file of people & companies in CSV?, read 2026-11-12.Contacts can be captured in bulk from a list on another site, so one session of capturing can add many at once.
In the folk help:
You can also add contacts in bulk from a targeted list.
Capture contacts from socials with folkX, read 2026-11-12.With a source such as email synced, new contacts can arrive in folk without anyone adding them by hand.
In the folk help:
New contacts will automatically be imported into folk.
FAQ Sources (integrations), read 2026-11-12.People you have emailed can be brought in from a synced mailbox, so a busy week of outreach can add contacts.
In the folk help:
All the contacts you've had at least one interaction with by email (from you to them) are imported from Gmail in folk.
FAQ Sources (integrations), read 2026-11-12.
How do I check it myself?
Look for duplicates among the new contacts, since the same person can arrive from more than one source.
In the folk help:
We detect your duplicate contacts based on their name (first name, last name), email, phone number and URL.
Clean & manage duplicates, read 2026-11-12.Filter suggested duplicates by their reason to see whether a jump came from the same people added twice.
In the folk help:
All the suggested duplicates appearing in the "Duplicates" section can be filtered based on the reason of the duplicates.
Clean & manage duplicates, read 2026-11-12.After an import, look through what came in before counting those contacts as new leads.
In the folk help:
When all the data has been imported, you can check through everything and decide if you'd like to transform some fields.
How to import a file of people & companies in CSV?, read 2026-11-12.
How does folk work with Feder?
- Connect folk to Feder and it joins your Interest apps.
- When you connect folk, Feder checks the connection straight away and shows Connected only when that check passes. If a reading cannot be taken later, Feder shows it as not read, never as zero.
Some numbers are too quiet to judge daily, such as a form filled in a few times a week. Until there is enough of your own history to judge a change, Feder says it is still learning and scores nothing, rather than guessing.
See whether you can trust the numbers in folk, one of your Interest apps. Feder only reads. It never changes anything in folk.
What else goes wrong with these numbers?
- Why did my lead count change in folk?folk
- Why doesn't my folk pipeline total match my number of deals?folk
- Why did Google Analytics stop collecting data?Google Analytics
- Why aren't my key events showing in Google Analytics?Google Analytics
- Why does Google Analytics show (not set)?Google Analytics
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Where do these answers come from?
Every cause and check on this page comes from the folk help pages, quoted above with the date we read them. Last reviewed 2026-11-12. We read them again by 2027-11-12. If one changes, this page changes or comes down.