Instagram Shadowban 2021: What is it and how to get out of it
Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2025 9:08 am
The Instagram shadowban is a kind of black hole in the world of SMM. Everyone has heard about it, but no one has seen it. Everyone knows that it exists, but how it works and what you need to do to get there is a mystery.
Like a black hole that cannot be seen with the naked eye, a shadow ban can only be noticed by indirect signs - a sudden drop in your page statistics.
What is a shadow ban on Instagram and why do they give it?
First, let's figure out what a shadow ban means. It is a belgium number dataset imposed by a social network on a user who has abused various promotion mechanics.
Moreover, all this happens without any warning from the social network. However, this is not surprising: Instagram has long published a post that there is no shadow blocking and cannot be.
However, a number of users still face the fact that any of their activities on this social network are almost completely hidden from subscribers.
Depending on how much you "misbehaved", different "sanctions" are applied.
They lead to one thing - limiting the reach of your CA (target audience). Now all publications of violators will not be shown in the Recommendations section, displayed in the feed, in search by hashtags, geolocation and tags.
What causes a shadow ban:
╬ Using "prohibited" hashtags
Some of them you can easily guess, for example #porn, #playboy , etc. But some of them you can’t immediately tell are prohibited: #snapchat, #skype, #beautyblogger, #alone, #brain, #valentinesday . Unexpected, right?
Words that seem perfectly normal to us may be considered prohibited, provided that they were used to distribute content that violates community rules.
To check if everything is ok with the hashtag you are interested in, see what the search returns for the word or combination of words you entered:
If the social network shows results, then everything is ok.
Well, if you suddenly see that the content is hidden, then it is better to refuse to use such a tag.
╬ Mass following, mass liking
As well as other mass methods of attraction aimed at reaching a large audience.
As a rule, special services and bot programs are used for this, which automatically like or subscribe to a large number of users.
╬ Complaints about your account
If users regularly report your account, Instagram may consider this a red flag that you are violating community guidelines.
Like a black hole that cannot be seen with the naked eye, a shadow ban can only be noticed by indirect signs - a sudden drop in your page statistics.
What is a shadow ban on Instagram and why do they give it?
First, let's figure out what a shadow ban means. It is a belgium number dataset imposed by a social network on a user who has abused various promotion mechanics.
Moreover, all this happens without any warning from the social network. However, this is not surprising: Instagram has long published a post that there is no shadow blocking and cannot be.
However, a number of users still face the fact that any of their activities on this social network are almost completely hidden from subscribers.
Depending on how much you "misbehaved", different "sanctions" are applied.
They lead to one thing - limiting the reach of your CA (target audience). Now all publications of violators will not be shown in the Recommendations section, displayed in the feed, in search by hashtags, geolocation and tags.
What causes a shadow ban:
╬ Using "prohibited" hashtags
Some of them you can easily guess, for example #porn, #playboy , etc. But some of them you can’t immediately tell are prohibited: #snapchat, #skype, #beautyblogger, #alone, #brain, #valentinesday . Unexpected, right?
Words that seem perfectly normal to us may be considered prohibited, provided that they were used to distribute content that violates community rules.
To check if everything is ok with the hashtag you are interested in, see what the search returns for the word or combination of words you entered:
If the social network shows results, then everything is ok.
Well, if you suddenly see that the content is hidden, then it is better to refuse to use such a tag.
╬ Mass following, mass liking
As well as other mass methods of attraction aimed at reaching a large audience.
As a rule, special services and bot programs are used for this, which automatically like or subscribe to a large number of users.
╬ Complaints about your account
If users regularly report your account, Instagram may consider this a red flag that you are violating community guidelines.