If you want to hide like counts on Instagram posts, you can now. It’s simple and easy to do.
Why you can trust Pocket-lint (Pocket-lint) – If you’re anything like us, the pressure to post something good on Instagram is exasperated by like counts. What if your photo only gets a dozen likes? The horror. Well, Instagram apparently realises this is a real issue for some users, and it’s finally doing something about it. For several years, Facebook-owned Instagram has been testing hiding like count as a way to « depressurize people’s experience » on the platform. Now, it’s announcing that everyone on Instagram (and even Facebook) will now have the option to hide public like counts on posts. Instagram said both users and experts found hidden like counts to be beneficial, although it also said some people weren’t so happy about it.
