Choosing the Best Targets for Optimal Growth

Selecting the right targets is fundamental to achieving consistent results with your action dashboard. A thoughtful targeting strategy—based on current platform behavior and proven practices—can significantly improve engagement outcomes while maintaining account stability.

To ensure your targeting aligns with Instagram’s latest standards and optimizes for both safety and performance, we recommend focusing on the following updated best practices.

🧭 How to Choose the Best Targets

✅ Step 1: Diversify Your Target Pool

Add at least 50 unique sources to avoid concentration and maximize discovery. A diverse pool helps you naturally reach different user segments.

✅ Step 2: Mix Targeting Methods with Care

Use a smart combination of stable, content-based methods and select user-based actions to balance reach and reliability:

Posts by Keyword
Posts by Keyword (Reels)
Hashtags
Places (Note: Place-based targets currently have lower limits)
Explore
Self Timeline
Followers / Post Likers (Use selectively as part of a mixed strategy)

⚠️ Followers & Post Likers can be valuable in a mixed approach, but should be added cautiously — ideally from trusted accounts, and only if you’re using a legacy verified account or advanced trust setup. Avoid overuse and monitor results closely.

✅ Step 3: Choose High-Quality Targets Based on Content

When using keywords, post likers, or hashtags, focus on:

Consistent content volume – Indicates active, engaged communities
Topical alignment – Directly relevant to your niche
Engagement-rich posts – Likes, comments, or saves signal user interest
Audience match – Content should attract users aligned with your goals

This content-driven targeting approach allows you to connect with relevant, active users based on shared interests and behaviors, while avoiding reliance on direct follower or liker-based signals.

💡 Tips for Mixed Targeting Success

✅ Use keywords and content-based methods as your foundation
🔄 Add Followers / Post Likers from strategic accounts only
📂 Keep separate lists for each target type to prevent overlap
📊 Stay within audience sizes of 10K–300K for better performance
🔁 Rotate target groups weekly to prevent saturation
🚫 Avoid reusing the duplicate accounts across methods (e.g., in both "Followers" and "Keyword")

👁️‍🗨️ Optimizing Story Viewing & Liking Actions

To drive consistent engagement while respecting Instagram’s evolving behavior standards, we recommend prioritizing content-based targeting methods—such as Hashtags, Explore, Posts by Keyword, and Places—as the foundation for your strategy.

These sources offer more stable performance and carry a lower risk of detection.

That said, Post Likers and Followers can be included as part of a mixed strategy, especially when pulled from trusted or strategic accounts. You can use them thoughtfully and avoid over-reliance.

Use separate target lists for Story Viewing and Liking to avoid redundant actions.
The focus on the audience ranges between 10K–300K+, particularly when selected through content-based signals, such as profiles, keywords, or hashtags.
Rotate and refresh targets regularly for improved performance and distribution.

By leading with content-based targets and carefully layering in user-based actions, you build a safer, more adaptive engagement system that aligns with platform expectations while preserving flexibility in your growth strategy.

Target Source Explained

✅ Keyword: Engages with posts containing specific keywords in the caption or content.
✅ Keyword (Reels): Targets reels where the description includes selected keywords.
✅ #Hashtags: Finds users who include a specific hashtag in their posts.
✅ Places: Engages with users who check in at a location via a geotag.
✅ Explore: Engages with posts appearing on the Explore page.
✅ Followers: Engages with anyone who follows your selected target.
✅ Following: Targets users followed by your selected target.
✅ Post (Likers): Connects with users who like posts from your target.
✅ Self Timeline: Targets users who engage with posts on your own profile.
⚠️ User ID’s: This is a pro feature and is not recommended for regular users.

Using User IDs – Important Guidelines

If you plan to use User IDs, please note the following:

✅ User IDs are NOT usernames. Never enter a username as a User ID.

✅ User IDs are unique, just like usernames. Your original Instagram profile ID (before choosing a username) is your User ID.

✅ To find a User ID, you can use this tool. (Note: This is a third-party tool, and not affiliated with Wolf Growth.)

Optimizing with the Explore Targeting Method

For better engagement, use the "Default Page" target under the Explore method.

💡 The default Explore feed on Instagram is personalized based on your interests, making it an ideal audience for engagement.

🚀 Choosing Explore as your primary target saves time by automatically selecting and following relevant IG accounts.

🔍 Finding the Right Instagram Influencers – For Advanced Users

💡 AI-Powered Targeting (Pro Feature)

For experienced users looking to streamline influencer targeting, AI-suggested verified targets can offer enhanced performance. These targets have shown to:

Increase story detection speed
Boost engagement rates such as likes and views
Improve targeting efficiency with machine-learned account selection

To use this feature, prefix your target with s: — for example:

s:target_username

⚠️ Note: AI-powered targets are intended for users with advanced experience or those using enhanced account setups (e.g., high trust scores or legacy verified accounts). This method is not recommended for casual or entry-level users.

Saving Your Targets – Prevent Accidental Deletion

To avoid losing your targeting data, always save it in an Excel sheet, Word document, or Notepad.

Steps to Save Your Targets:

1️⃣ Click "View Targets" in your dashboard.

2️⃣ Select all of your targets and copy them.

3️⃣ Paste the copied targets into Notepad (Use Ctrl + V or right-click and select Paste).

Keeping a backup ensures you never lose your optimized target list! 🔒