Hashtags are very important in leading people to your account. But there are a number of Instagram hashtags that were banned lately.
Although you may not know it, using any of the blocked hashtags can easily result in your Instagram account being banned. Failure to follow the Instagram Community Guidelines is what might just result in your hashtag being blocked. Instagram reserved its right to not showing up top or recent posts for a particular Instagram hashtag page.
Although some hashtags only have a temporary ban, many are permanent. And, what happens if you used these banned hashtags? You risk your account seeing a dramatic decrease in engagement, having your account temporarily shadowbanned… or worse.
For example, the hashtag #besties was completely overrun with spam, so they banned it. From here on out, if you use the hashtag #besties, not only will your content most likely not show up for that hashtag, you might also be flagged for spam. The repetitive use of banned hashtags, leading to multiple flags to your account, could even result in the Instagram shadowban or account removal.
Most users wouldn’t post inappropriate content with otherwise innocent hashtags. Instead, these posts typically come from bots or spam accounts, so this is another way that Instagram is trying to crack down on fake accounts to make the Instagram platform a better experience for its real users.
Of course, in order to avoid these forbidden hashtags, you have to know which tags are banned. How is anyone supposed to know that #besties is considering “spam”?
Essentially, there is no one source that can solve this problem for you. Since the banned hashtags change on a daily basis, it is your responsibility to check all hashtags and do yours before including them in a post.
To see which tags are banned on Instagram, search for a specific hashtag in the search bar. After clicking on the hashtag, scroll through the pictures. If you reach an end-point with a message saying “recent posts from #besties are currently hidden because the community has reported some content that may not meet Instagram’s community guidelines.”… yup! It’s banned.
Just for you, I have compiled a list of 2020 Banned Hashtags. Please keep in mind, this list is always changing so be sure to use due diligence and check your hashtags on a regular basis to make sure you do not see a decrease in engagement or even worse, become shadowbanned
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