Following count means almost nothing now; consistency + engagement does. Reply to 10 accounts in your niche every day for 30 days. Don't quote-tweet for clout, reply with something useful. After 30 days your impressions on your own posts will 10-20x because the algorithm has learned you're active.
My tweets get about 12 impressions. Build me a 30-day build-in-public plan for [product]: 10 niche accounts to genuinely reply to each day, the kind of useful reply that earns reach instead of clout quote-tweets, and a simple cadence for my own posts. Goal: 10-20x my impressions through consistency.