How to boost Instagram engagement: 7 pro tips

Instagram engagement: Oberhammer
(Image credit: Fabian Oberhammer)

It's vital to know how to boost Instagram engagement if you want to increase your followers and drive traffic for your business. Recently, Instagram decided to phase out Like counts, prompting a cry out outrage from the Instagram community. But now the dust has settled, it's becoming clear that the decision is not the disaster it first seemed to be.

Creatives who are clever with their arsenal of strategies can take advantage of the shift away from Like counts by utilising a range of features designed to measure and boost engagement. For those of you just getting started on Instagram, check out our comprehensive post on how to make money using Instagram, or see our Instagram fonts article.

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Georgia is lucky enough to be Creative Bloq's Editor. She has been working for Creative Bloq since 2018, starting out as a freelancer writing about all things branding, design, art, tech and creativity – as well as sniffing out genuinely good deals on creative technology. Since becoming Editor, she has been managing the site on a day-to-day basis, helping to shape the diverse content streams CB is known for and leading the team in their own creativity.