The Science of Instagram: How to Get More Followers and Likes

Use Popular Hashtags
Hashtags are the top way people find new photos on Instagram. Look at the most common hashtags that your target audience uses in your photos and start adding them to your own. You can also find out which ones are trending to add hashtags that are popular now. Check out Guests cannot view links or download files. Register or Login to view. to find out which hashtags are trending.

Here are 17 of the top hashtags on Instagram:

#love

#instagood

#me

#tbt

#cute

#photooftheday

#instamood

#iphonesia

#picoftheday

#igers

#beautiful

#instadaily

#summer

#instagramhub

#follow

#igdaily

#tweegram


Post multiple images, combined into one. You can create them through apps like Diptic OR PHOTOMERG. Such kind of images get 20% more likes and 25% more comments than images that single ones.

Create photo contests that let fans submit photos from Instagram and vote on their favourites. Runs on Facebook, Twitter, Websites & Mobile.
By combining multiple pictures, you encourage likes, comments, and ultimately, get more followers. Make sure it is a great picture/story though — great content is key!