Your Instagram account suddenly has no activity, the statistics have plummeted but you still have access, Instagram has almost certainly applied ghost banning to you.

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Find out if your Instagram account is banned

Your Instagram account suddenly has no activity, the statistics have plummeted but you still have access, it is not blocked or suspended but you still do not get a single like. Almost certainly Instagram has applied ghost banning to you.

He ghost ban, also known as shadow ban, shadow banning or ghost banning, occurs when a user of a platform is blocked but he is not aware of it or informed of the rejection situation. In this way, it is sought that they move away from the community or reduce activity of their own free will when they do not see responses to their comments or opinions, without having to throw them out of it. Some of the companies that have implemented this strategy are Reddit and Twitter.

It is for all this that for some time now it has been rumored that the Shadowban It has finally reached Instagram accounts, and it has directly affected certain accounts. At Bona Idea Studio we tell you what it is, how it can affect your results and what to do to fix it.

Am I shadowbanned on Instagram?

The first sign is a drastic change in the results, "you can tell" that something is wrong. You only receive comments, likes from your current followers, nothing new through hasthag or search.

Reasons to be banned

1. Use the same hashtags for months without changing it. A normal mistake is to always copy and paste the same block of words that we think best suits our profile, without adapting it to what we are posting.

2. Inconsistent activity and by wave
If suddenly you start to follow many accounts, that once you get them to follow you, you give them an unfollow, for Instagram you are spamming. Understand this behavior as you only want to get followers, not interact.

3. Use Bots, buy Followers or auto reply messages on photos.
Instagram is affected by bots so much that if everyone used them, the social network would lose its meaning. That is why it penalizes, even if the companies that sell followers tell you no, Instagram does.

4. Banned Hashtags or Broken
For certain repeated non-compliance, there are a few thousand hashtags found banned since some users have generated content that violated the rules. So, even if you used it in an innocent way, you would also be banned.

5. Not responding to comments or reply as a bot: Typical messages from Great! Spectacular! or emojis are the ones that Instagram does not like at all if they are your only interaction. That doesn't mean you can't do it. Be more creative.

Check if your account is shadowbanned

There are many free online tools to verify if you have fallen into a shadowban, they will tell you how they analyze the latest posts, their hashtags and what to do if they are shadowbanned.

A simple to use is Tribbers:

Shadowban Tester
Shadowban Tester Triberr

What do I do if I'm shadowbanned?

If the analysis tests detect many blocked hasthgads, in red, etc. and they suspect that you are in a shadowban, we recommend these actions immediately (and be patient).

  1. Remove those hashtags from posts marked as affected. Don't use hashtags that are too long or recurring hashtag sets.
  2. Don't do anything on that Instagram account for the next at least 3-4 days. And when we say nothing, it's nothing, not posting, commenting or liking anything.
  3. Remove images or captions from the post, delete anything that has been flagged as an alert.
  4. Automation software is often a big culprit in shadowbanning, so turn off any third-party apps that might have caused the shadowban, especially bots, which violate Instagram rules, right now.
  5. We insist a lot on this and rarely see that it is done. Personal accounts cannot be used as business, convert that personal account to a business now if you are using Instagram for business or promotional purposes.

What if I don't know how to do this?

Don't worry, we'll give you a free assessment. Write to us without obligation and we will see how we can promote and boost that banned Instagram account or simply with insufficient activity. 

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