How Many Instagram Hashtags are Best for Engagement?

Pam Hughes
3 min readNov 22, 2021
How Many Instagram Hashtags are Best for Engagement?

How many hashtags should you use on Instagram to maximize engagement?

Previous studies have shown less is more. However, Instagram says you should add 3 to 5 relevant hashtags to reach your target audience.

What to do?

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Pam Hughes

Forbes Top 25 Social Media Influencer (known as Pam Dyer at the time) — happy to be blogging again after a few years!