Instagram Shadowban And How To Fix It
Instagram has become one of the most popular social media platforms for businesses to showcase products and services. However, due to this popularity, spam has become a significant problem.
Instagram Shadowban
Instagram has become one of the most popular social media platforms for businesses to showcase products and services. However, due to this popularity, spam has become a significant problem. Instagram has implemented measures to combat spam, including hate speech, pornographic content, and abusive material. One key mechanism is the Shadowban.
Here's a practical example: if you typically receive 20-100 likes on posts from 1,000 followers, a sudden drop in engagement over 3-5 posts indicates a shadowban may be occurring.
How Instagram Shadowban Works
Shadowban functions by stopping your posts from being shown to users, effectively reducing your reach without notifying you directly.
What Causes Shadowban?
The primary cause is using a blacklisted hashtag in your posts. However, this ban is temporary and can be reversed by maintaining quality content standards and avoiding engagement manipulation tactics.
How To Fix Instagram Shadowban
- Remove any posts, comments, or media that triggered the issue
- Disconnect third-party programs like bots or automation software violating Instagram's Terms of Service
- Avoid repetitive, banned, or excessive hashtags
- Delete hashtags from previously shadowbanned posts
- Take a 2-3 day break from all Instagram activity -- no posting, liking, commenting, or replying -- to appear human to the algorithm
Download Banned Hashtags And Keywords PDF
Instagram maintains a growing list of words triggering shadowbans. A compiled resource document is available to subscribers.
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