Hashtags are a great feature to use to get your posts discovered by a wider audience. However, you must be aware of a banned hashtags, because there are many of those on Instagram.
You must not use any of banned hashtags in your posts because it may harm not just your individual post, but the whole Instagram profile.
In this article you are going to learn which hashtags are banned on Instagram and what happens if you use any of banned hashtags in your Instagram posts.
Let’s get started!
What happens if you use one of the banned hashtags in your Instagram post?
You will be able to publish a post with a banned hashtag. However, people searching for banned hashtags will be displayed no results. So, there is no use of attaching banned hashtags to your posts, as they won’t help your post to get more reach. Actually, such post will be marked as spam and post’s engagement will decrease.
You should also notice that if you are constantly adding banned hashtags to your post, then Instagram’s algorithm may notice that and mark your Instagram profile as spammy.
This can lead to getting less organic reach (getting shadowbanned) or even a suspension of your profile. You won’t get any notifications from Instagram informing not to use these hashtags. So, just be careful and never use banned hashtags in the future.
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List of banned Instagram hashtags
- #adultlife
- #adulting
- #abc7ny
- #alone
- #always
- #americangirl
- #armparty
- #asia
- #attractive
- #assday
- #ass
- #abcess
- #abdl
- #assworship
- #addmysc
- #africanexpeditions
- #agariogaming
- #akiralane
- #asiangirl
- #allbreasts
- #amearalavey
- #animenoobs
- #afourchamberedheart
- #audaciousprayer
- #beautyblogger
- #beautydirectory
- #besties
- #boho
- #brain
- #babe
- #bbc
- #bikinibody
- #books
- #beyonce
- #curvy
- #costumes
- #cpr
- #curvygirls
- #direct
- #dating
- #desk
- #dm
- #date
- #dadylove
- #dogsofinstagram
- #easter
- #eggplant
- #elevator
- #edm
- #followforfollow
- #fitnessgirls
- #fishnets
- #girlsonly
- #goddess
- #gloves
- #graffitiigers
- #hotweather
- #happythanksgiving
- #hardworkpaysoff
- #hawks
- #humpday
- #hustler
- #ig
- #ilovemyinstagram
- #instamood
- #instababy
- #instasport
- #iphonegraphy
- #italiano
- #killingit
- #kissing
- #kickoff
- #kansas
- #l4l
- #like
- #leaves
- #lingerie
- #likeback
- #likeforlike
- #lulu
- #livinforalivin
- #loseweight
- #lean
- #milf
- #master
- #mileycyrus
- #mustfollow
- #mirrorphoto
- #models
- #newyearsday
- #nasty
- #newyears
- #orderweedonline
- #overnight
- #outdoorbirth
- #parties
- #petite
- #popular
- #pornfood
- #pushups
- #prettygirl
- #puppydogmondays
- #publicrelations
- #qatar
- #quadveins
- #rate
- #ravens
- #samelove
- #selfharm
- #snapchat
- #skateboarding
- #skype
- #stranger
- #snap
- #single
- #singlelife
- #saltwater
- #shower
- #sallyhansen
- #sopretty
- #stud
- #sunbathing
- #streetphoto
- #swole
- #shit
- #snowstorm
- #tgif
- #todayimwearing
- #teen
- #treasurethesemoments
- #teens
- #tanlines
- #thought
- #tag4like
- #thighs
- #tagsforlikes
- #undies
- #valentinesday
- #woman
- #womancrushwednesday
- #workflow
- #women
- #wtf
- #xxx
- #xenociteclad
- #xanax
- #yochale
- #your_sinful_memory
- #youngmodel
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Why some of the seemingly harmless hashtags are banned?
You may have noticed that there are several hashtags that seemingly are harmless and shouldn’t be in this list. However, there is a reason for that.
You see, some of the hashtags are banned permanently (e.g. #xanax, etc.) and some are banned temporarily (e.g. #streetphoto). For example, #streetphoto hashtag has been banned because this hashtag has been widely used by spammers and bots. Instagram had to block this hashtag to protect Instagram users from spam.
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I hope that this list of banned Instagram hashtags will help you in the future. If you know of any more hashtags that weren’t mentioned on this list, then leave a comment below!
