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A common fear of posting more is alienating the existing audience. However, this experiment showed unfollow rates held steady. The algorithm is effective at showing content to interested users, so those who aren't engaged simply won't see the majority of the posts.
The algorithm limits reach so severely that most followers won't see all your content. During a launch, high-frequency posting is essential to break through the noise. Like Bieber's album drop, most fans only saw a fraction of his 97 promotional posts.
Posting content just for the sake of it is counterproductive. Low-quality, non-engaging content actively harms your reach by signaling to social media algorithms that users are not interested in your brand. This suppresses visibility for all future posts. It's better to post less frequently with higher quality.
Businesses limit content output fearing audience fatigue, but the real issue is often low-quality content or production bottlenecks. An audience's appetite for high-value content is nearly insatiable; focus on improving quality and output, not reducing frequency.
Previously, posting more than once in an 18-hour window would harm your reach. This is no longer the case. The current algorithm supports "content velocity," allowing creators and pages to post up to three times per day without cannibalizing engagement, rewarding consistent, high-frequency output.
Since algorithms no longer show every post to every follower, the risk of "overposting" has vanished. This creates a free opportunity for marketers to test large volumes of organic content at scale to identify potential viral hits before committing ad spend.
Businesses often limit content output fearing audience burnout. In reality, organic posts only reach a tiny fraction (1-2%) of followers. The real bottleneck is the team's ability to produce enough high-value content, not the audience's capacity to consume it.
When scaling from 3 to 12 daily posts, individual post views and engagement initially decreased. However, aggregate metrics like total reach and profile visits grew significantly over 90 days, proving the strategy's success. This initial dip is a temporary hurdle to overcome.
The speaker's personal data shows a direct, exponential link between posting frequency and follower growth. Increasing daily posts from 2.5 to 4 (a 56% jump) resulted in a 220% increase in followers over a six-month period, demonstrating that volume is a key growth lever.
Despite posting three times daily for years, some followers thought the creator had taken a break. It was only after increasing to 12 posts per day that these followers began seeing content again, commenting, "I'm glad you're back." This highlights how little of your content most followers see.
When posting 12 times daily, one or two promotional posts become a small fraction of your total output. This allows you to "hide" promotions in plain sight, driving business results without being perceived as overly salesy, a problem inherent in lower-frequency strategies.