TikTok Shadowban
A TikTok shadowban is an unofficial ban from the platform where your visibility has been greatly reduced, but you haven’t been made aware. As a result, your videos will stop appearing on TikTok’s "For You page" (FYP) as frequently as they did before.
Duration of TikTok Shadowban
At the early stages of TikTok, shadowbans lasted for 24 hours. But, with the latest update in the TikTok algorithm, the length of TikTok shadowban is growing. Nowadays, a TikTok account is shadowbanned for approximately up to 2 weeks. Within the first week, there will be a drop in your followers and so will the views.
How to Check and Remove a Shadowban on TikTok
To check if you’ve been shadowbanned on TikTok, look at your pageviews and “For You” page statistics. You can also use a hashtag and see if your post shows up under that hashtag.
- Uninstall and Reinstall TikTok
- Switch to a Business Account
- Delete Content Violating TikTok’s Rules and Community Guidelines
- Take a Break from TikTok
- Share Creative and Authentic Content
- Be Aware of TikTok’s Audience
Shadowbanned on Instagram
Basically, an Instagram shadowban refers to the platform limiting your content reach by restricting visibility. The primary “indicator” of a shadowban is your hashtagged content not appearing on Explore pages to anyone but your followers. Your reach and visibility for posts being severely limited is another result.
How to Identify an Instagram Shadowban
If your posts don’t show up on the hashtag feeds of the person who doesn’t follow you (even after checking twice), you are shadowbanned. Another way to check is to view your Instagram Insights every day and look out for a sudden and sustained drop in the number of followers that you get.