If you are planning to post airsoft photos on Instagram, which is owned by Meta, Facebook's owner, just forget it. Even Popular Airsoft abandoned its Instagram page after it got suspended. USAirsoft talks about this problem... "Instagram has been one of my more favorable social medias but over the years, it has gotten more and more challenging to just exist on but now I'm at the point of existing without being discoverable.

I still post on Instagram about all things airsoft but to a smaller and smaller audience as Instagram cracks down on any attempts to break into recommendations but it's not just me.

Most airsofters, and even some paintball accounts are not able to be recommended, are not allowed to show up in hashtags, or even be searched for unless you type in every last letter in our account names.

Even with over 7.7M uses of the airsoft hashtag, you can only find 10 posts using Instagrams search function and nothing will be found in the reels section.

This needs to stop if our hobby wishes to grow to a wider audience however, I think that's exactly what Instagram is trying to stop with the barriers they've been placing as of late."