followers vs people

followers and people both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
followers	Yes	No	No	No
people	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, people is a hypernym of followers; that is, people is a word with a broader meaning than followers:

Other hypernyms of followers include hoi polloi, mass, masses, multitude, the great unwashed.

followers (noun)	people (noun)
a group of followers or enthusiasts	(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
	the body of citizens of a state or country
	members of a family line
	the common people generally

followers (verb)	people (verb)
	fill with people
	furnish with people