{"id":52906,"date":"2024-11-08T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhblog.dream.press\/blog\/?p=52906"},"modified":"2026-07-31T12:31:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T19:31:44","slug":"instagram-likes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dreamhost.com\/blog\/instagram-likes\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Get More Likes on Your Instagram Posts (12 Social Pro Tips)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When you look at the list of the most-liked Instagram posts of all time<\/a>, some themes start to emerge. Soccer players<\/a> show up a lot. So do Justin Bieber<\/a> and Selena Gomez<\/a> (often together<\/a>, even though they broke up literally a decade ago).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How do you get more likes on Instagram?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To get more likes on Instagram, post high-quality photos and Reels consistently, reply to comments quickly, use 3\u20135 relevant hashtags, post when your audience is most active, and collaborate with creators and complementary brands.<\/strong> Likes follow engagement: the more interactions a post earns early on, the more people Instagram shows it to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One thing you don’t<\/em> see much of on the \u201cmost-liked post\u201d list is small businesses. Weird, right? Here’s the thing, though: you don’t need Messi-sized numbers. What you need is stronger engagement from the right audience, and that’s a goal within reach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So what if Lionel Messi got more than 74 million likes on his post about winning the World Cup<\/a>, and your posts about sales and new products average, well, six. Dream big or don’t dream at all, am I right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Social media<\/a> is crowded, and small businesses rarely win by shouting louder. The 12 strategies below will help your posts cut through the noise and build a loyal community around your brand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Are Instagram likes important?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You might be wondering if likes still hold the same weight they once did, especially since Instagram started hiding them on some posts. Yes, likes still matter in 2026 \u2014 and they should be part of your social media strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instagram began experimenting with hiding like counts<\/a> in 2019, starting with a test in Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, hidden likes are a standard setting, not an experiment. Per Instagram\u2019s Help Center<\/a>, you can hide like counts on all the posts in your feed, and show or hide the count on any post you share \u2014 before or after publishing. Either way, you always see the full like data for your own posts in Instagram Insights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even though likes may not always be visible to the public, they still play a crucial role in Instagram’s algorithm. Here’s how:<\/p>\n\n\n\n