Would be kinda awesome if we could ALL contribute a master list of ALL the banned hashtags so we can just avoid using them?
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Here’s a website that I found, that seems to tell you if it’s automatically blocked.
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I don’t think that website works.
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Good explanation.
Do you think this could affect even really old posts? Like 6 months and above. That would be a herculean task. Ah instagram! What did we do to deserve all this work!
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Think so? i tested it and it seemed to work against hashtags I found that were banned.
---- NOT SO OBVIOUS BANNED HASHTAGS ----
#adultlife #alone #asia #attractive #assday #beautyblogger #brain #babe #bikinibody #boho #books #beyonce #costumes #curvy #curvygirls #desk #direct #dm #date #dating #dadylove #eggplant #elevator #easter #fitnessgirls #fishnets #goddess #girlsonly #gloves #graffitiigers #ig #instamood #iphonegraphy #italiano #killingit #kansas #kissing #lingerie #like #lean #master #models #mustfollow #nasty #newyears #newyearsday #overnight #petite #pornfood #popular #pushups #skype #snap #snapchat #single #singlelife #stranger #saltwater #shower #shit #sallyhansen #sopretty #sunbathing #streetphoto #swole #snowstorm #tanlines #tgif #todayimwearing #teens #teen #thought #tag4like #thighs #undies #valentinesday #woman #womancrushwednesday #women #workflow #wtf #freakshow #instagood #twoblondes #woman #women #selfharm #thingspo #newyears #newyearsday #easter #valentinesday #instadaily #petsoninstagram #valentinesday #lookbook #instababy #mirror #leaves #carving #blondes #twoblondes #iphonesia #romance #books #adulting #alone #americangirl #ariefmirna2015 #armparty #asia #asiandick #attractive #babyrp #bacak #badbitcztwerk #baddie #balenciaga #balls #bang #bangbang #batikate #beaty #belfie #bi #bigdickboy #bikinibody #bombshell #bootay #bootybounce #bra #brain #breast #buns #butt #butts #cam #carving #catsau #cesitone #cheeky #citycentre #commentschivettes #costumes #cph #cpr #csun #cumfession #curvesfordays #curvy #damngirl #datass #date #dating #desk #direct #dm #dominant #dripping #dutchgirl #dxb #easter #ebonyandivory #edm #edmbabes #eggplant #eggplants #eggporn #elevator #escilepernatale #estellaseraphim #everybodyisbeautiful #excitada #expose #fapstagram #feetofatlanta #fishnets #foreplay #freakshow #freethenipple #gays #gilofashion #girlsonly #gloves #goddess #hamishnadine #happythanksgiving #hardsummer #hijabiba #hooters #hornyyyyyyasf #hotgirls #hotguy #hots #hottie #humpday #iamgay #instagirl #instamood #istanbulgay #italiano #jugs #kansas #kickoff #kik #kikgirl #kikmessenger #killingit #kissing #lesbian #lesbiansofinstagram #lilmandingo #lingerie #lust #marcoreus #master #mebelim #medicina #mexicangirl #mirrorphoto #mixedgirls #models #mr40club #mrsandmrsbordeaux #mrtox #nacket #nasty #newyears #newyearsday #ngento #oovoo #petite #piroka #pixie #poop #pornfood #printic #publicrelations #pushups #rack #ravebabes #roleplay #russiangirl #russianmilf #saltwater #sexlife #shebad #shesquats #shit #shower #single #singlelife #skype #slimthick #snap #snapback #snapchat #snapchatgay #snapme #sokus #sopretty #spanishgirl #sparklingnudes #stopdropandyoga #stranger #streetphoto #stud #submission #sultry #sunbathing #swole #tag4like #takeitoff #teens #tgif #thatasstho #thick #thought #todayimwearing #treviso #twerk #twerker #undies #valentinesday #vatine #weed #weedstagram #weezmoney #wet #whitegirl #woman #womancrushwednesday #women #workflow
OBVIOUS HASHTAG BANNED
#anal #anon #arse #abcess #abdl #acic2018 #addmysc #adult #adulting #adultlife #adults #adultshit #adultswim #ahmetözhan #akiralane #aleksandragrdic #alone #always #americangirl #amgöt #aob #armaniunderwear #armparty #asia #ass #assday #attractive #ballsack #bigboobs #bigbootyhoe #bigtits #bigtitties #bitches #Blowjob #bondagesex #boobies #boobstagram #boobz #booty #bunda #babe #babyrp #baccwood #baddie #balls #bang #bangbang #bangbroos #bbcaction #bbç #beaty #beautyblogger #belfie #bestality #besties #bfsofinstagram #bi #bigbench #bigboobproblems #bikinibody #bişektomi #bluterguss #boaner #bodyshot #boho #bondage #boobs #books #bootay #bootybounce #boredom #bra #brain #breast #breastcancertattoo #britthagedorn #bråvalla #bröstförstoring #buns #butt #buttcheek #butts #böös #clevage #clit #cock #cocks #cum #cumshot #cunt #cam #camdude #camgirl #carinabrandes #carving #catsau #cheeky #chesty #chicks #christianshonea #cigat #cleavage #coffincouple #costumes #cph #cuminme #curvesfordays #curvesstrong #curvy #curvygirls #cuteasfuck #cutebutt #cynegetic #daddydirection #daddydom #daddylove #dick #dicks #dabbingirls #damngirl #danielsprick #datass #date #dating #ddlg #ddlglifestyle #deldo #desk #direct #djayçakumsal #dm #dmmexxhorny #doguu #doitforgentstudent #dominant #dopio #dripping #dulcemariaa #dutchgirl #dutchgirls #easter #ebonyandivory #edm #edmbabes #eggplant #eggplantparmesan #eggplants #eggporn #ellebrow #emafrodita #everybodyisbeautiful #excitada #expose #exposed #faggot #fatass #femdom #fetish #footfetish #freethenips #frisky #fucking #funbags #faloplastia #fbblegs #fentanyl #fitfamdk #fitgirlproblems #fitnessgirls #foreplay #frasesdemerda #freakshow #freaksunleashed #freethenipple #freethetitties #fuck #girlsgonewild #girlsofinstagram #grindin #gstring #gaykiss #gaymuscle #gays #gayslut #gay_sex #genderlessnipples #germangirl #girlsonly #gloves #goddess #goldsgymclarksville #graffitiigers #greenteck #gruissan #hardcore #hmu #hoes #horny #hadith #happythanksgiving #hardworkpaysoff #hashis #hawks #hematolagnia #hgh #hipócritas #hooters #horneyyyyyyy #hotbody #hotgirls #hotguy #hotnudegirls #hotny #hots #hottie #hotties #hotweather #hugeknockers #humpday #hydrocodone #IG #ilovemyinstagram #incest #instababe #instabody #instafuck #instahot #instasex #iamgay #instababy #instagirl #instahottie #instahotties #instamood #instasport #interracialpassion #iphonegraphy #istanbulgay #italiano #itiraf18 #itsliquid #jizz #jayjanafi #jayoncé #jfam #jugs #kike #kikmeboys #kikmenow #killyourself #kinky #kontol #kyke #kansas #katiegee032 #kelentit #ketamine #kickoff #kieranlee #kik #kikgirl #killingit #kissing #kkkop #knickers #knockers #lean #like #loseweight #lahhla #larrugorri #latinasdoitbetter #leaves #lesssidance #letskik #lezbiyenlik #limandalimanda #lingerie #listastep #lorazepam #love4love #loveass #lovedick #loveinsex #lsd #lulu #lust #macwood #makeatoenation #male2male #mamilos #mamoplastika #manstrubation #marocfeet #mastectomytattoo #master #matger #mdma #meatprintpapi #medicalpedia #medicina #methadone #mexicangirl #mexicangirls #mileycyrus #milf #milföy #mirrorphoto #mixedgirls #miyakalifa #models #momless #monieceslaughter #morima #mustfollow #naughtygirls #nekkid #nigger #nipple #nipples #nips #nobra #nudepics #naked #nalgadas #nandakim #nasty #naughty #newyears #newyearsday #nude #nudecroatia #nudity #nudé #nzmustgo #orgasm #oovoo #opiates #overnight #penis #popular #popularpage #porn #porno #pornography #pornstar #proanorexia #probulimia #pamelapupkin #parties #paulsevigny #penekini #percs #petemas #petite #piercingcapezzolo #pieromendez #piroka #pixie #playboy #playboymansion #playmate #ponchate #poop #popofilling #pornfood #pornisart #pornstache #pov #projectrunwayjunior #punishamuslimday #pushups #pussypopping #pâniconaband #pörnööö #qatar #rachelerichey #rack #rate #ravebabes #realhiphop #redbone #rica #roleplay #rollgameonpoint #rp #russiangirl #seksi #selfharm #sexiest #sexual #sexyaf #sexybody #sexygirl #sexys #sexyteen #shirtless #slut #sluts #snowbunnies #spankme #spic #saintsandicons #saltwater #samelove #scalppsoriasis #seduce #seductive #sekx #sex #sexgermany #sexpainting #sexy #sexyfeet #sexytime #shebad #shesquats #shower #single #singlelife #skateboarding #skype #skypeme #slave #slimthick #smabispak #snap #snapback #snapchat #snapchatgay #snapchatmeplease #snapme #snapxx #snowbunnysunday #snowstorm #snäpmenow #soles #sopretty #spanishgirl #spanishgirls #spoilme #stopdropandyoga #stranger #strappon #streetphoto #strip #stud #stuffle #submission #sultry #sunbathing #supermansam25 #swallow #sweety #swole #sëxy #tetas #thickgirls #thighs #thinspiration #thinspo #tit #tits #titties #titty #toket #twerking #twerkteam #twink #tag4like #takeitoff #tallbodybuilder #tanlines #tct #teamfreak #teamlocked #teamthick #teen #teenagers #teens #thatasstho #thechive #thong #thought #thuggin #tidalx1015 #tidepods #todayimwearing #topless #torisan #tramadol #treysbaes #tummytuesday #twerk #twerker #twerkout #twerkvideo #tävling #undies #unnatimalharkar #vag #valentinesday #vegasbooty #viagra #vicodins #wank #whitepower #whore #whores #wtf #weed #weedstagram #welp #westindiemade #wet #whitegirl #wickrme #woman #womancrushwednesday #women #workflow #xxx #xanax #xxxtent #youngmodel #zoieburgher
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it might. I would take them out anyway
Some of those make sense. But #whatimwearing and #kansas are a bit confusing
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the list is very inaccurate
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As you stated, some are semi-banned and some are perma banned.
Went through various blogs and forums compiling what was posted and or stated along with myself. Feel free to re-edit or all of us?
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I only use hashtags for toilet paper …so don’t think I will…
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Another reason for shadowban is using same list of hashtags.
Always choose the random ones from a list.
PS: do avoid the above banned list of hashtags as well.
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Don’t hashtags get banned and unbanned? I saw a brand hashtag get banned once and then a few days later it was fixed. I think that if the porn ppl take over a hashtag IG just blocks it for a while to get it cleaned up. Thats why maybe Kansas etc were blocked for a while and not now.
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I think so…really do not for sure.
Sorry for necro posting. Is it possible to not be shadowbanned from hashtags but to be shadowed from explore? I recently switched to business account on my personal profile, getting a lot of reach from hashtags (in fact it’s at the very top above Home) and constatntly making it to the top 9 of hashtags. I did check on other profiles that did not follow me and the posts show up.
Question though: I don’t think I make it to Explore. It could be about the content of course, but considering that I get plenty of engagement within the first minutes of posting I would assume at least some post would make it there. So can someone be shadowed from Explore feed? Thanks.
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At least that seems to be what is happening to me right now. I was shadowbanned (for reasons I can’t imagine) but a few days later the ban was lifted. However my reach is obviously throttled. I was hitting explore quite often before that but now never. Besides I am also shadowbanned from geotags still lol. IG is inventing new ways to screw up people
A little different in my case, I do appear on geotags and hashtags but no explore it seems. Unless it’s hidden under “other”, as Insights only seem to show you top 4 rows, Home and Profile always being there no matter what.
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If not shadowed and not making explorer it means content is not good enough or the account has no traction there. I got a few accounts always making explorer but seen by only a few. I got others if the same content was on another account it would do good yet on that account doesn’t make it or seen by few and more by profile. I’m still getting a feel for the new feed also and haven’t yet figured how to take advantage of it on my public accounts.
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Just to follow-up on this, I had a post the other day with 1200+ likes, 15k+ impressions, out of which 12k+ are “From Hashtags” as well as 685 from “Other” and the rest from Home and Profile. That was on a personal blog account with 5k followers. I’m wondering why no Explore? Unless those numbers are too low for explore? My tinfoil hat theory about an “explore ban” is driving me nuts.
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I had a situation once that according to Insights my post appeared in Explore, got 2 views from there and then that statistic was swallowed by Other. 
It would be beneficial if we could see a bit more in depth Insights. It is really hard to say what is going on behind Top X in any category.
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