Instagram Hashtags: What Still Works and What Never Did
The 30-tag limit, the size-bucket idea that survives scrutiny, the truth about banned hashtag lists, and the tactics that were never effective at all.
Content Creation
Getting the craft right before you hit post. Exact image and video dimensions, how to cut one wide image into a seamless carousel, where Instagram’s own buttons and captions cover your design in Reels and Stories, and what hashtags still do now that they are topic labels rather than a reach lever.
Reels and Stories Safe Zones: Where Your Text Gets Covered
Measured safe-zone insets for Reels and Stories, why they shift between phones and app versions, and the middle box that survives on both surfaces.
How to Make a Seamless Instagram Carousel
The exact canvas size for a two to ten panel carousel, where visible seams come from, and how to cut one wide image into slides that join perfectly.
Instagram Image Sizes and Aspect Ratios: The Complete Spec
Every Instagram image and video dimension in one table, plus what actually happens to files that fall outside the feed's accepted aspect ratio window.