{"id":92921,"date":"2022-09-14T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=92921"},"modified":"2022-09-14T14:39:31","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T13:39:31","slug":"recommended-on-instagram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/recommended-on-instagram\/","title":{"rendered":"How to get recommended on Instagram"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Image Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/creators.instagram.com\/blog\/instagram-recommendations-eligibility-tips-creators\">Instagram<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 style=\"user-select: auto;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff; user-select: auto;\">Found in Feed, Explore and Reels, recommended posts are photos and videos from accounts you don&#8217;t follow that Instagram thinks you&#8217;ll like.<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a style=\"user-select: auto;\" href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/head-of-instagram-addresses-concerns\/\">While recommended posts on Instagram have gained a lot of negative press in the past couple of months,<\/a> like them or more likely not, they are an important feature for all creators and artists looking to share their content with new audiences across all platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recommendations are based on a number of signals including interactions such as likes, comments, shares and saves. Follow the tips below to get your own content on Instagram recommended to potentially thousands of new fans. The first three are required, while the rest are suggestions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong style=\"user-select: auto;\"><a style=\"user-select: auto;\" href=\"https:\/\/help.instagram.com\/313829416281232\">Follow Instagram\u2019s Recommendation Guidelines<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong style=\"user-select: auto;\"><a style=\"user-select: auto;\" href=\"https:\/\/help.instagram.com\/477434105621119\">Follow Instagram\u2019s Community Guidelines<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong style=\"user-select: auto;\">Be a public account<\/strong><\/li><li>Post original content<\/li><li>Create engaging reels<\/li><li>Use a handle or profile name that relates to your content<\/li><li>Include relevant keywords in the bio<\/li><li>Add a caption with keywords and a couple of hashtags &#8211; not too many and not in the comments<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Find more details in <a href=\"https:\/\/creators.instagram.com\/blog\/instagram-recommendations-eligibility-tips-creators\">Instagram&#8217;s blog post<\/a> and their <a href=\"https:\/\/scontent-lcy1-1.xx.fbcdn.net\/v\/t39.8562-6\/302259021_3213143235592129_3760053431865935924_n.pdf?_nc_cat=104&amp;ccb=1-7&amp;_nc_sid=ad8a9d&amp;_nc_ohc=p4JK4Ca-AJAAX9lml1h&amp;_nc_ht=scontent-lcy1-1.xx&amp;oh=00_AT850Sfsg8ghY_wWBaBJDf_pr4u3AL7A-95_c_3JeXllyw&amp;oe=63273586\">recommendations handbook.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#x1f4e3; Recommendations &#x1f4e3;<br \/><br \/>To create more opportunities for discovery, we\u2019ve been adding recommendations to more places. Here are ways to be eligible for recs:<br \/><br \/>&#8211; Recommendation Guidelines<br \/>&#8211; Community Guidelines<br \/>&#8211; Public Accounts Only<br \/><br \/>More info here &#x1f449; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zx4GaWYiBW\">https:\/\/t.co\/zx4GaWYiBW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1uwTJKfSLG\">pic.twitter.com\/1uwTJKfSLG<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Adam Mosseri (@mosseri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mosseri\/status\/1564665336225480704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 30, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/how-to-upload-music-to-instagram\/\">Did you know RouteNote helps thousands of musicians get their music on and monetize across Facebook, Instagram and all other major social and music platforms, free of charge.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Found in Feed, Explore and Reels, recommended posts are photos and videos from accounts you don&#8217;t follow that Instagram thinks you&#8217;ll like.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":92922,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[30243],"tags":[6207],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - 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