I just made a new Instagram account so I could pursue my astrophotography (and other random photos) hobby. I already posted 5 very nice photos within the first hour of seeing up my new account.
That was yesterday and I’ve noticed that despite the photos and the hashtags I’ve only gotten 2 likes on 2 of the 5 images I posted and I’ve had no profile views so far.
If I had posted on tiktok I would gotten alot of views and likes within minutes of posting. But to have nearly no likes and no views at all after hours later.
It gets really discouraging. Is there something I’m not doing? I try to use hashtags that are really active and use as many a I can but I find that no matter how many hashtags I use it won’t make a difference.
Any one have advice how I can increase my chances of actually getting decent views/likes quickly and start growing my following?
serious responses only please
for photography, Threads is the new hotness. the amount of engagement on that platform is insane, I’ve been trying to build my Insta for a few months and I’ve struggled but I just broke 500 followers, Such a small milestone I know, but still I was proud. within a few hours on threads i had 120 followers and an average of 10-15 likes on all my posts, people making comments. The algorithm on threads does a good job of grouping you with other photographers etc. A bonus side effect is every threads user has a little icon with their Instagram so once you meet and engage with ppl on threads its a natural progression to also follow each other on isntagram.
As far as Instagram is concerned my strategy has been to engage with my followers content, post a story with a link to every new post i make, and once or twice a week crop a bunch of my shots into 9x16 and use one of the templates to make a quick video slideshow of photos. I get way more engagement with the videos and a few followers but its super slow growth. Almost not worth bothering with.