Instagram had recently introduced Instagram Reels in India. That move came in after Tiktok was officially banned in the country – citing some security issues. Since then, we have been seeing more and more Reels in the Explore Feed. However, we have recently noticed that the Explore Feed of few accounts have been completely converted to Instagram Reels now. And we think that it might be the reason of the Instagram engagement falling down for several accounts now.
It is something which we first found on a new account – shopforcreators – which we created a few days ago. At first, we were confused and were trying to see if there’s a way we can he Explore Feed back to that place instead of seeing Reels. Unfortunately, we haven’t found a way yet.
We were shocked as we were unable to see the Explore Feed at all on that account. However, after digging a little deeper, we found that the Explore Feed exists on the Home Page of Instagram – right beside the Inbox icon. So, we were glad that we can at least browse the Instagram Explore Feed.
Having said that, we tried to see if all our accounts have been converted to that newer look. To our surprise, it wasn’t the case. On our main account – theimagefreak, everything was normal and in its right place. But when I went to my personal account, things were changed.
When we combine this change along with some changes in the Instagram Algorithm right now, we can pretty much say that this is the main reason of the Instagram engagement going down for several accounts – including ours. You can follow us on Instagram to see mesmerizing images of new tech products.
As of now, it looks like Instagram is testing out the new user interface with a small set of users. We don’t like it much right now as Explore Feed is something we would like to use more than the Reels. What do you think about this newer implementation which might be hitting every user soon? Let us know in the comments below.
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