{"id":98779,"date":"2025-12-22T12:23:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T12:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=98779"},"modified":"2025-12-22T12:23:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T12:23:11","slug":"instagram-hashtags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/instagram-hashtags\/","title":{"rendered":"How many hashtags can you include on an Instagram post?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Instagram is enforcing a new limit on the number of hashtags you can include on a single photo or video post.<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

What are hashtags?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

For those with a public account, adding hashtags can help your content show up to those interested in that topic. Whether that means appearing at the top of your follower’s feed, suggested on non-follower’s feeds, in the explore page, at the top of search results or in the Reels tab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Instagram, hashtags can be added in the caption or as a comment. They can include numbers but not special characters.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What are the limits?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Instagram is moving away from its limit of 30 hashtags per post, to a reduced limit of five hashtags per post. The platform shared the announcement of the change in an Instagram post<\/a>, saying that it will \u201cgradually update the number of hashtags that you can include in a caption for a reel or post to 5\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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