Instagram has made several different attempts at growing usage of its IGTV platform, including a pinned IGTV icon at the top of your Instagram feed. As it turns out, that IGTV button wasn’t doing much to drive users towards IGTV, and Facebook has now made the decision to remove it.
As reported by TechCrunch, you’ll no longer see the colorful IGTV logo at the top of your Instagram feed. Facebook says that users are more often discovering IGTV content through content in their feed, in the standalone IGTV app, and through the Explore tab.
Here’s the full statement:
Facebook says that it aims to keep “Instagram as simple as possible,” but the company is not opposed to putting other content in the main feed when it’s successful, such as Instagram Stories.
“We always aim to keep Instagram as simple as possible, so we’re removing this icon based on these learnings and feedback from our community.”
Meanwhile, TechCrunch notes that the standalone IGTV app has seen very little adoption among Instagram users. Of the over 1 billion Instagram users, just 7 million have downloaded the IGTV app since it launched 18 months ago. For comparison’s sake, TikTok has amassed 1.15 billion downloads in that same time period.
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