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A brand-new Instagram channel: 0 to 10 million views in 30 days.

Adshift launched an Instagram channel from scratch. In 30 days it reached 10.3 million views and 7.7 million accounts, with 314K+ interactions. 99.4% of views came from people who didn't follow the channel yet.

10Mn+
Views · 30 days
7.7Mn+
People reached
314K+
Interactions
Instagram Insights, last 30 days: 10,376,537 views, 314,946 interactions, 99.4% non-followers
Straight from Instagram Insights

The challenge

A brand-new channel has nothing to lean on: no followers, no history, no algorithm trust. Every single view had to be earned from strangers scrolling the Reels feed.

How we cracked it

  1. 01

    Strategy before shoots

    Content pillars and formats picked for reach, not for the followers we didn't have yet.

  2. 02

    Scripted every reel

    Hooks written to stop the scroll in the first second, then shipped consistently.

  3. 03

    Built to travel

    99.4% of views came from non-followers. The reels did the distribution themselves.

The result

In 30 days the channel crossed 10,376,537 views and reached 7,776,144 accounts.

It drew 314,946 interactions, about 3% of all views turning into a like, comment, share or save. That rate usually drops as reach grows, because most viewers are strangers.

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