This tutorial here aims to explain how to know if your Instagram is shadow banned. Instagram is planning release a new update in the app where you can see more transparent in the account status settings. Here, it will show you the community guidelines that your comments or posts have broken in the past. Seeing all these details, you will be able to know whether you are shadow banned for good.
Right now, it shows the details of the past violations. But in the new update that is being rolled out, you will know whether your content is eligible enough to be recommended to users. And if some or all your posts are not being shown to the audience and you recently violated Instagram terms then it is a sign that your account has been shadow banned.
Instagram is shadow banning spammers and other abusive users on the platform for many years. Sometimes three are false positives too. But the problem was that there was no official way to verify if you are actually shadow banned. But now the account status option in the account settings will do that job for you. Whenever you feel that your account is nor performing then this is where you will have to turn to for the clarification.
How to Know if your Instagram Account is Shadow Banned?
You can find the new account status settings on your Instagram app. Just update it to the latest update and then open it. In the menu, go to Settings and there you will see an option called “Account”. It looks like as shown in the screenshot below.
Go to the Account Status section and here you will see all the rules that you have violated so far. If you posted some photo or a comment that violated community rules then it will show you that. What decision Instagram moderation on your reported content will also be shown here.
If you have a lot of reported photos and comments as well as the actions of the Instagram moderators then it is good enough indicator that your account has been shadow banned. This is can be permanent and they may even delete your account.
Closing thoughts:
Shadow Banned Instagram users are mostly visible themselves. Their content doesn’t reach the audience and, in many cases, they will have to start again from a different account. But if you are not sure whether you are shadow banned or just posting wrong content. this new update will help. Just quickly see the account stats in the Settings to quickly know if you are indeed shadow banned on the platform.
