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At which number of followers did your instagram account “blew up”?
Posted by on October 8, 2020 at 9:35 amblow*
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The “blow-up” (or “tipping point”) doesn’t occur at a certain number of followers, however having more followers continually increases your chances. The blowup usually either occurs from a post you made, or from a highly influential account interacting with your post, or from a highly influential account giving you a shoutout. Really the blowup is around the post/content that happens to click and skyrocket, not your followers.
Having said all that, 10000 followers is a solid benchmark where other users take the profile seriously (Instagram, Twitter, TikTok). Other social media sites (for example a facebook group) can have less participants and still “blow up”
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One of the most powerful ways to blow up your Instagram is to get a post featured on the Instagram Explore Page.
What exactly does “blow up your Instagram” mean, anyway?
Well…
You go from this:
This translates into massive exposure for your brand or business, a big boost in user engagement, and hundreds to thousands of new followers.
With the rate that Instagram changes the rules and tweaks its algorithm, it can be easy to start feeling a little hopeless — **but I’m here today to show you how crazy results like those above are possible.**
What’s an Instagrammer with a small following to do?
How do you get heard amidst all the noisy competition?
**Many “experts” out there talk about how you need to** ***fight*** **the** **Instagram algorithm****,** so you can keep your exposure up on the platform.
*But they’ve got it completely wrong.*
You don’t need to *fight* the Instagram algorithm—**you need to USE the algorithm to get onto the Instagram Explore Page and get crazy good results.**
You can USE the algorithm to get onto the Instagram Explore Page.
What exactly is the Explore Page anyway, and how do you use it to your advantage?
**The Instagram Explore Page is an incredibly powerful feature,** one that can help you gain a MAJOR boost to your exposure with minimal effort if you know how to get one of your posts to land on it. Its main function is to help users find the content that they like the most.
**It’s also the secret many big accounts use to blow up their accounts and grow their following at a staggering pace.** With millions of users posting content to Instagram every day, getting your content on the Explore Page may seem like a tall order. Though it does require a bit of luck in addition to careful strategizing, it isn’t all that difficult to do, even with a small account.
In this in-depth guide, we’ll dive into exactly what the Explore page is for, how it works, and how you can get featured on it in order to reap the benefits.
## What is the Instagram Explore Page and Where to Find it
You can find the Instagram Explore page by tapping on the magnifying glass icon in the menu at the bottom of your screen within the app.
Though the Explore page is different for every single user, it’s filled with an array of many different posts. **The content here is made up of things you’ve recently liked as well as posts liked by people whose content you’ve liked.**
When your followers double tap and like your Instagram posts, your post will now show up on the Explore page of users following *them*. Therefore, the more people you get to like your content, the more people will see it, and in turn even more people will like your content (increasing your chances of blowing up your Instagram — hooray for positive feedback loops!).
This snowball effect is how your post can go viral by utilizing the huge network effect of your followers and all their followers combined. This can lead to a huge boost in new followers who find you after your content shows up on their Explore Page feed.
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You might want to research “cave in”. IG is a pale and fading shadow of a great app. TikTok is far better if you are a creator or want legitimate interactions. All you get on IG today is fake likes and follows and anything you post gets copied and reposted without credit. Total garbage!!
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7 years ago when the algorithm still worked
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You don’t want to blow up — consistently gaining followers over time ensures that the rate of followers who inevitably go “inactive” isn’t too steep and you’ll still gain momentum with time.
I’ve seen accounts get 10-60k in a matter of days/weeks and it’s extremely hard to keep that many people interested over time, especially if the account goes back to its typical follower gain after the hype wears down. Eventually “on the fence”/spectator followers fall back. Think about how many people you follow who rarely make it to your feed, even if they post consistently.
If you gain 10-60k super fans? Well that’s fantastic, but usually they’ve been convinced on a different platform.
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It didn’t because I got a life and deleted it
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After we hit 10k followers we started growing a lot faster than before.
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900, i went to 7k in 3 days
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3k
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Around 6k followers, I put up a post that got 10k likes, had a reach of 500k, and was featured on six other large accounts. From that post alone I gained 2k followers. I’m almost at 10k, which I hear is a tipping point where folks start to gain followers faster. I’m getting on the explore page with every post now, which is amazing
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