How To Get Instagram Followers: The Ultimate Guide

Do you want to grow your Instagram following?

Well, you are in good hands because in this action-packed guide you are going to learn step by step how to grow your Instagram following the right way.

Ready? Let’s do this.

How The Instagram Algorithm Works

Over the years we have heard of stories about the Instagram algorithm and recently they went on record to explain exactly how the Instagram algorithm works and affects your Instagram experience.

Here are the 3 most important factors for Instagram:

1. Interest

Instagram is working out what types of posts you are interested in. This is huge and very similar to how YouTube’s algorithm works by suggesting what videos to watch next.

2. Timeliness

No shock here, but the idea when you log onto Instagram is that you see recent content, so how often you post is going to be key to growing a following.

3. Relationship

If your audience is ‘liking’ and commenting on your posts then they will see more of your posts.

And those really are the most important factors that you need to know about.

There are however a second set of factors that are nice to know about.

4. Frequency

This is all about how often you open your Instagram app, as they will try and show you the best posts since you last tapped the icon on your phone.

5. Following

It stands to reason that if you follow a huge amount of people you can only see so much in your feed from one person. So, the amount of people your audience is following is key.

6. Usage

Are you using Instagram for hours or minutes? The longer you scroll, the more you will see of the people you follow.

So, depth matters.

Now that you understand how the platform actually works it is time to get cracking on growing your Instagram following the right way.

The first stage is to set up your account for success from day 1.

Here is how you do it: