Real symptoms vs imagined ones
Real: your reach drops 70%+ across multiple posts, hashtag pages don't show your content even from your own profile.
Imagined: one post flopped after a string of hits — that's just normal variance.
Common causes
- Posting copyrighted music in regions where it's blocked
- Repeated use of flagged hashtags
- Aggressive follow/unfollow patterns
- DM spam reports from cold outreach
The fix
Stop posting for 48 hours. Then post a fresh, original reel with no hashtags. If reach recovers, you're back. If not, audit your last 30 days for the patterns above.