Instagram is allowing users to add up to 20 photos or videos to their feed carousels, as the platform embraces the trend of “photo dumps.”
In 2017, the platform added the ability to post up to 10 photos or videos in one swipeable carousel post. Now, you can post double the amount of content.
When Instagram gained popularity, the app was all about getting that single, perfect photo to share with your followers. As the years passed, the idea of “photo dumps” gained popularity as users started posting a slew of photos and videos in a carousel format instead of stressing over selecting a singular image.
By doubling the number of photos and videos that users can share in a carousel, Instagram is embracing photo dumps in time for the end of summer. The update is reminiscent of when they would upload a whole photo album of images from summer vacation on Facebook during the height of the platform’s popularity.
The change brings Instagram closer to TikTok’s carousel feature, which allows users to include up to 35 photos in a single post.
While some users may be excited about the update, others may see it as overkill as Instagram continues to move further away from the simple photo-sharing app it was a decade ago. Not everyone will be interested in swiping through more than 10 slides of a user’s post, especially when the app is already stuffed with so many other content formats, such as reels, stories, and notes.
The launch of the expanded limit doesn’t come as a surprise, as the platform was spotted testing it back in March.
Thursday’s announcement comes a day after Instagram revealed that it’s making “Views” the primary metric across all of its formats, including reels, live, photos, carousels, and stories.
The change means that creators will be able to track the same metric across all of their content.
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