Shadowban signals
The seven shadowban signals
Instagram publishes no shadowban status, so no tool can confirm one. These are the seven measurable signals PodSwap weighs, with the exact window and threshold for each.
Instagram never confirms a shadowban. No tool can tell you that you have one, including this one. What follows is an inference from measurable patterns in your own account history — a risk band, not a verdict.
Engagement cliff
30 / 100Your last three posts average more than 60% below posts 4 to 20, and the recent average is under 100 interactions.
Hashtag reach decay
15 / 100Posts carrying hashtags underperform your overall average by more than 40%, measured across at least three posts on each side.
Follow/unfollow anomaly
10 / 100Total churn in accounts you follow exceeds 50 over seven days.
Posting frequency spike
10 / 100Your posting rate over the last three days is at least three times your thirty-day rate.
Content repetition
10 / 100More than 60% of pairs among your last ten posts are over 80% similar.
Two further signals are measured but not published as separate pages: engagement velocity drop is folded into the engagement cliff, and growth stagnation into the follow/unfollow anomaly. As standalone pages they would compete for the same question and give nearly the same answer. Run a scan →