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Instagram carousel examples
with the numbers.

Most “viral carousel” lists show posts with big numbers from big accounts. That tells you who has followers, not what worked. Every example here is scored against its own creator: a carousel at 4× got four times the likes and comments that account usually gets.

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carousels above their creator’s usual
4,657
creators
212
median score
2.0×
slides, typically
8
most common format
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Top performing carousels in the library

  1. First slide of a carousel by @heatherjanecollum2,895× usual

    @heatherjanecollum · 68K likes + comments · 9 slides

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  2. First slide of a carousel by @kienobifilms1,325× usual

    @kienobifilms · 836.9K likes + comments · 6 slides

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  3. First slide of a carousel by @madlertravel663× usual

    @madlertravel · 160.7K likes + comments · 11 slides

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  4. First slide of a carousel by @organic_arc437× usual

    @organic_arc · 792.1K likes + comments · 6 slides

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  5. First slide of a carousel by @smrt.cc: 100 CHATGPT CODE327× usual

    100 CHATGPT CODE

    @smrt.cc · 90.3K likes + comments · 8 slides

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  6. First slide of a carousel by @pm_alec236× usual

    @pm_alec · 359.7K likes + comments · 6 slides

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  7. First slide of a carousel by @growithalex219× usual

    @growithalex · 104.1K likes + comments · 8 slides

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  8. First slide of a carousel by @martinwang.mp4201× usual

    @martinwang.mp4 · 93.6K likes + comments · 10 slides

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  9. First slide of a carousel by @endlesstools: TEMPLATE Wide Angle Studio169× usual

    TEMPLATE Wide Angle Studio

    @endlesstools · 30K likes + comments · 17 slides

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  10. First slide of a carousel by @reputeforge155× usual

    @reputeforge · 334.7K likes + comments · 9 slides

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  11. First slide of a carousel by @maripolonskaps131× usual

    @maripolonskaps · 18.3K likes + comments · 18 slides

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  12. First slide of a carousel by @brainchanges130× usual

    @brainchanges · 293.4K likes + comments · 10 slides

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First slides that stopped the scroll

The opening slide decides whether anyone swipes. These are the first slides of carousels that beat their creator’s usual, transcribed from the slide.

  • “100 CHATGPT CODE”

    @smrt.cc · 327× their usual · List

  • “TEMPLATE Wide Angle Studio”

    @endlesstools · 169× their usual · List

  • “ICED MATCHA LATTE Matcha didn't go viral because of its taste. IT WENT VIRAL BECAUSE IT LOOKED GOOD. OAT MILK WITH 2 PUMPS OF VANILLA”

    @qissagoi.ae · 104× their usual · Opinion

  • “fonts that are trending right now :)”

    @studio_2am · 104× their usual · List

  • “9 REASONS WHY THE OCEAN IS SCARIER THAN SPACE...”

    @terrifying_archive · 94× their usual · List

  • “Nothing bad happens when women have money. I keep coming back to the same fact: Dolly Parton gave away more money than most of us will ever see, and she…”

    @herfirst100k · 91× their usual · List

  • “The average millionaire is 57. Not 23.”

    @creatorkarro · 90× their usual · Opinion

  • “FIELD MICE TAKE NAPS IN FLOWERS WHEN THEY GET TIRED”

    @mindset.therapy · 81× their usual · Showcase

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