INSTAGRAM

SHADOWBAN
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 WHAT IS SHADOWBAN?

Basically, an Instagram Shadowban refers to the

platform limiting your content reach by restricting
visibility (your visibility will be reduced dramatically).

The primary “indicator” of a shadowban is your hashtagged

content not appearing on Explore pages to anyone but your
followers.
What an Instagram Shadowban looks like
What an Instagram Shadowban looks like
 THE CAUSE OF SHADOWBANNED
● Community Guidelines and Terms of Service violation
● Using 3rd party apps
● Using bots, automation or engagement pods
● Using banned and recently blacklisted hashtags
● Using repetitive or irrelevant hashtags over and over
(Spamming instagram hashtags library)
Ex : #love #happy
● Commenting, liking or DM-ing too much
(40 comments in 1 hour = bots)
● Reported by another users
THE RISK OF
SHADOWBANNED
Might lead to permanent ban
SOLUTIONS
Reach out to IG to their
support page
Risk : Low ( Does not always
reply. Most probably reply within
72 hrs or within 1 week )
Don’t mention about Shadowban
Q: Shadowbanning: It’s not a thing, right?

A: “Shadowbanning is not a thing. If someone

follows you on Instagram, your photos and
videos can show up in their feed if they keep
using the feed. Being in Explore is not
guaranteed for anyone. Sometimes you’ll get
lucky, sometimes you won’t.”

-Adam Mosseri, Head of Instagram

Try using Instagram Ads
Risk : Low (Not guaranteed works)
From Business Perspective :
1. Instagram is Free Apps
2. Views us as Customers

Main purpose = Make money

When you spend money on

Ads, they do want you to get
results
Do not used banned or
irrelevant hashtags
over and over
Risk : Low (Not
guaranteed works)
Check your accounts if it’s violating Terms
of Service or Community Guidelines
Risk : Low (Nothing happened)
Limit your actions in Instagram (liking, commenting, DM-ing)
Risk : High (Drops in engagement)

If you upload new posts several times a day every day of the
week, Instagram consider it spam-like.

Also, if you liking, commenting a post, and DM-ing too much

Instagram consider it as bots activity.
Don’t do anything for several days (2-90 days)
Risk : High (Drops in engagement, but can create highly engaging
content in the meantime)
Switch to a Personal account
Risk : Very High (Insights data from Instagram will be erased)
Instagram user thoughts about Shadowban
Instagram user thoughts about Shadowban