Very true observation! It may not mean much in terms of who is actually reading your posts but is certainly a status stamp afterall first thing people notice on a profile is the number of followers they have and in most cases I believe the first thing we think is wow this guy/gal has a good reputation and surely has value to share, me personally I have never thought wonder how many are reall follwers real viewers or real readers
I don't think I've looked at 5 profile pages the whole time I've been on here. I just go by posts... If someone consistently puts out good content- I follow them.