Proof IG throttles creators who have paid to Boost posts
I run a dog page (original videos, not a curated page) with a series of street style (at the beach) videos similar to the doggist. 78K followers current. I had some videos do really well around 9K followers and boosted well performing videos for a few months. (averaged around .05-.11 cents per follower) stopped boosting once I hit around 50K followers
I've recently had 2 videos with the following metrics
21K likes, 3302 shares (ig highest weighted metric) and 500 reposts- only 110K views. Thats a 20% like to view ratio! and it just stopped at 110K views
Another has 43K likes, 6490 shares! and 938 reposts - only 231K views! another 18% like to view ratio which is out of this world.
These videos should be in the millions plus
Proof that once you pay, there really is no point for them to give you free reach organically when they know you will pay to boost good performers. Even when you hit every single one of their preferred metrics. Its so infuriating and unfair. but is what it is.