Good news, oversharers: Instagram has doubled the number of photos and videos users can share in a carousel post. A representative of the social media network told Engadget that the limit has been increased from 10 media to 20. This update will roll out to all Instagram users starting today.
For users of a certain age, this change may harken back to the era of photo dumps on Facebook in the late 2000s. Long before there was “meta” it was Facebook the a place to share a large number of photos. Since smartphones were new to the market, most of these photos were digital that will never fit in your pocket. Ah, the memories!
The carousel post format was first rolled back to all Instagram users but so far it has been limited to 10 items. Since this initial release, Instagram has explored additional carousel features, such as abilities Building a photo and posts from the collection .
