This has led to Instagram adding a great addition to its social network, which is following Instagram Hashtags.
Many users go into the hashtag search panel to see posts that are related to a particular topic and by doing so, they can see all of their favorite hashtag posts; if you search for a specific hashtag for instance #sea on Instagram, posts on public profile pages (profile pages that are not Private) that include that hashtag will be displayed to you.
Posts in private profile pages will not be displayed. Suppose a page is private and the administrator has posted a photo with #sea, if you don’t follow that page, that post won’t show up in the hashtag search panel.
In this article, we are going to teach you how to follow your favorite hashtags and see all the posts related to them.
If you want to view the posts and stories related to a certain hashtag, you first have to follow the topic through its popular hashtag.
You have to log in to the hashtag page to be able to follow that hashtag; there are two ways to do this:
- From the post that had previously used that hashtag; just click that hashtag to enter the hashtag page you intend to follow.
- Enter the Tags tab through the Explore section on Instagram and search for the hashtag you wish to follow. Now enter the desired profile page to see the posts and stories that include the intended hashtag.
Now that you have entered the hashtag page you want, there is an option named Follow at the top of that page.
If you click on it, that hashtag will be added to your profile’s following list.
From now on, all the new posts and stories that have that certain hashtag will be displayed on the front most page of the Instagram feed.
How to Unfollow the Hashtags that we have Previously Followed?
Many users will want to unfollow a certain hashtag after some time for a variety of reasons, such as a large number of new posts displayed for that hashtag.
To do this, simply login to your Instagram profile page, then enter the hashtags section in the Following section of your profile.
Here, you can unfollow that certain hashtag. You can also see the Unfollow option by logging in to any hashtag profile page (the page from where you had initially followed that hashtag).
Click on the Unfollow option to unfollow the intended hashtag.
How do Followed Hashtags Appear on the Instagram Feed Page?
As an Instagram user, you must have followed a number of users and seen their posts on the front page of your Instagram Feed!
User posts appear alongside their usernames on the front page on Instagram, and you can see the number of Likes and even the comments for that post.
Displaying Hashtag Posts is Slightly Different from User Posts! If you’ve followed a hashtag, only some of that hashtag’s posts will be shown to you by Instagram.
Based on Instagram algorithms, posts that you might like or be interested in will be displayed on your Instagram front page, because if Instagram wanted to show you all your favorite hashtag posts, thousands of posts a day would appear on your Instagram feed which will definitely bother you greatly.
That’s why Instagram shows you only a limited number of posts that include that certain hashtag according to your activity on this social network.
If you have followed a specific hashtag, Instagram will show you the followed hashtag when displaying posts with that hashtag instead of the usual username of the person who has shared that post:
In the image above, the user has followed the hashtag #SMMW18 and Instagram is displaying a post with this hashtag to this user.
The hashtag name is displayed instead of the username, and of course, the username of the person who has shared this image can be seen below the hashtag.
It’s interesting to know that when displaying Stories related to a hashtag that you have followed, Instagram also displays the hashtag instead of displaying a username.
Also, instead of the stories being displayed one by one, a collection of them will be displayed in a single story:
The image above shows the hashtag #SMMW18. If you open that story, all the stories that users have shared with this hashtag will be displayed.
In this way, hundreds of stories won’t be seen in your profile and they won’t bother you.
You can easily see the stories for this hashtag; the other important thing is that in the stories section.