Boost your Post Engagement with Hashtags on Instagram

Hashtags are an important part of increasing your reach and engagement on Instagram. Especially if you have just created your page or are in the process of building it up, hashtags can help you. By using hashtags on your posts you can make sure that many more people see your post and you can gain new followers or even customers.

You can increase the impressions on your post by 100%-500% by using hashtags that match your niche. If you use the right hashtags, your post can show up at the top, which is exactly what will give your post the boost you need. But many Instagram users use the wrong hashtags on their posts and don't see successful results.

Many Instagram users make the mistake and using hashtags like #Selfie, #Follow4Follow, #Like4Like, or similar. Such hashtags will not help your posts and your reach will unfortunately not increase. The mentioned hashtags are very popular hashtags with millions of posts and the competition is too big. With your posts, you won't be able to get your post to show up at the top there. For example, #Selfie has been used on over 470 million posts, and the probability of being discovered there is almost impossible.

You're probably wondering how to find hashtags that match your account, it's easy: Instagram search! Use the Instagram Search function to find suitable hashtags. The trick to finding good hashtags is to choose hashtags that have been used by a small amount of Instagram users. For example, if you are a Make Up Artist, first search for the hashtag "Makeup", then many other similar hashtags will be displayed. You can also see directly how many posts have been posted on that hashtag. The trick is to choose hashtags that have been used by a small number of users. Hashtags that have been used 5000 to 500,000 times are perfect for your account.

Since these hashtags are used by far fewer people, the chance of these hashtags being displayed at the top is much higher. Even if these hashtags are used by a small number of users, these hashtags still have visitors! This means that there are many Instagram users who are searching for these hashtags. So you can gain new followers when people find you on the hashtags.

There are different opinions on this. It's best to use 15-20 hashtags on your Instagram post. The maximum limit is 30 hashtags, but 30 hashtags on your Posts will look very spammy. That is why we would not recommend using so many hashtags. 15-20 hashtags are enough to increase the reach of your posts.

After you have chosen your hashtags, use them on every post. It is important that you have an active Instagram page. Post at least every day or every 2 days a picture that is very important. In your first post with the hashtags, you will not see much rise in your reach. By the 10th or 15th post you will notice that your impressions and reach will increase.