Suppose you have many Instagram accounts, but all of them have only a few dozen views from followers and non-followers, and you have applied the most widely used hashtags, and modified the XMP file metadata file, but the result is still zero.
Why?
This is because core recommendation mechanism of IG Reels does not only look at tags and metadata, but focuses more on the identification of real user behavior feedback + content signals.
Here are some really effective suggestions:
Grab the user’s attention in the first 3 seconds and give them a reason to keep watching.
Instagram prefers “expert” accounts, not seven accounts with messy content
Prioritize the most popular soundtracks on Instagram.
Release time is 12:00–13:00 or 19:00–21:00.
Instagram is no longer an era of “tags and black technology”, but a platform oriented to content quality + user behavior feedback.
XMP metadata can be used as a supplementary optimization, but to really increase the number of views and followers, you still have to start with the above measures.