The platform said the limit aims to promote more relevant hashtag use and curb misuse by spammers and scammers with generic ...

Instagram’s December 2025 algorithm update did not introduce an entirely new system. Instead, it formalized a direction the ...

Instagram will now allow only five hashtags instead of 30, urging creators to focus on relevance over quantity as generic ...

The social media platform is forcing marketers to cut back on a tactic its head Adam Mosseri has increasingly discouraged.

A bug in Instagram's algorithm systemically shielded Donald Trump from negative hashtags without doing the same for rival Joe Biden, the company confirmed. A bug in Instagram's algorithm systemically ...

Instagram has officially introduced a restrictive cap on the number of hashtags allowed per post and Reel, reducing the maximum limit from 30 to just 5.