Am I Shadowbanned/Limited?
What in the World is a Shadowban now?
Hey there, welcome to our blog again. First of all let’s explain what shadowban means and what it means when you are limited. A shadowban means that you’re limited by Instagram which prevents you from going viral, hitting explore or appearing on hashtags. This is caused by abusing hashtags. For instance:
- Using hashtags on every single post
- Using the same hashtags repeatedly (spam)
- Using hashtags every day
- Using unclean/banned hashtags
- Using too many hashtags and trying to use the cap
If you do any of the above, chances are that you are shadowbanned. Shadowbans usually last multiple weeks or even multiple months. It depends on the severity of the offence. Instagram decides when to put you off. Ofcourse, it is decided automatically by the algorithm and there are ways to make the algorithm be a bit lenient on you. To get rid of it quickly, you must keep posting with the same frequency 1-2 times a day, however, without any hashtags. Secondly, remove all the hashtags from your previous 15 posts. Lastly, also remove any links from your biography on your Instagram profile.
With shadowban covered, let’s move onto being limited. This is different from a shadowban. A limitation or explore block usually lasts few days to multiple weeks and this is less severe but definitely impacts your chances of going viral. What causes it? The following are few of the causes for it:
- Following/Unfollowing accounts on a regular basis
- Engaging (Liking/Commenting/Saving) with other accounts excessively
- Getting a picture removed from Instagram owing to violation of their terms and conditions
- Spamming any other action such as excessive new DM’s to other users.
To stop this limitation, refrain from all the actions mentioned in the bullet points above and post regularly. You may use powerlikes in the process and not stop to revive the account quicker.
We hope we helped in answering your questions about these limitations and please do not hesitate to ask us for further queries, our experts would be more than willing to help.
