OK thanks Alexa! These recommendations seem similar to what I’ve heard generally for best practice. I did hear a couple mentions recently that a lesser number of hashtags for IG was now being recommend (e.g. 5 or so). But nothing the FBP team is aware of that would warrant shifting to less tags?

Hey, David! Glad you found this episode helpful. 😊

We actually have a post all about Instagram hashtags here: https://www.foodbloggerpro.com/blog/instagram-hashtags-for-food-blogs/ You can use up to 30, but we suggest experimenting to see what works best for you. I tend to use a lot (probably in the 20-25 range).

As for placement, like you mentioned, you can put hashtags in the first comment to keep the caption nice and clean or place them in the caption itself. Again, totally up to you on that. For ease, I keep my comments in the caption – I just separate them a bit like this: https://www.instagram.com/p/B8t2EDXJEQ5/

One thing I didn’t hear addressed that I’d be curious to hear about is hashtags on Instagram. In particular, how many recommended these days.

Also, I’ve seen some people recommend to put the hashtags in the first comment as opposed to the caption. Thoughts on that?