Instagram head says engagement falls by half without the algorithm
hsuduebc2 · hn · 2026-09-11
Instagram chief Adam Mosseri says engagement would drop by roughly half if users could opt out of the recommendation algorithm, a claim made amid Australia's regulatory push for a chronological-feed option. The remark puts a concrete number on how much algorithmic ranking drives social media engagement.
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