I'm going to just theme it out but on sites that aren't used to follow culture or only follow the topics they are curious about this statistic is drastically horrible to see:

Please note my three most popular forums only have 2 followers..... on one forum.

I'm aware I could try to push it but my forums culture really doesn't support the culture. It supports more direct following or tagging methods so follower count looks pathetic across my site. I think that 3 followers is my maximum.... My forum has been around for 5 years.

I think this is a scenario where theme-ing it out is the best solution, personally.

Well followers isn't really the best for all communities. For some communities its post and topic counts (the traditional totals).

Which is why we have theming 😄