{"id":14599,"date":"2025-07-21T01:28:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T01:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/instagram-tests-auto-scroll-option-for-posts\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T01:28:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T01:28:00","slug":"instagram-tests-auto-scroll-option-for-posts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/instagram-tests-auto-scroll-option-for-posts\/","title":{"rendered":"#\n                Instagram Tests Auto Scroll Option for Posts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/instagram-tests-auto-scroll-option-for-posts\/#Instagram_Tests_Auto_Scroll_Option_for_Posts\" >Instagram Tests Auto Scroll Option for Posts<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Instagram_Tests_Auto_Scroll_Option_for_Posts\"><\/span>\n                Instagram Tests Auto Scroll Option for Posts<br \/>\n            <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span>Instagram\u2019s testing a new auto-scroll option with some users, which could make it easier to consume a heap of posts that are fed to you by IG\u2019s algorithm.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Instagram auto scroll\" data-imagemodel=\"182993\" src=\"https:\/\/imgproxy.divecdn.com\/5IHc6i5B53df__3XW3SLDi9uQqc6ikrGPN44JaxydVI\/g:ce\/rs:fit:1600:0\/Z3M6Ly9kaXZlc2l0ZS1zdG9yYWdlL2RpdmVpbWFnZS9pZ19hdXRvX3Njcm9sbC5wbmc=.webp\"\/><\/div>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span>As you can see in this example, posted by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/@earningwithdedra\/post\/DMO3TY5IQdk\" style=\"color:blue\">@earningwithdedra<\/a> (and shared by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/@lindseygamble_\/post\/DMQVQM3R2i7\" style=\"color:blue\">Lindsey Gamble<\/a>), some IG users now have a new \u201cAuto scroll\u201d toggle within their post settings, which, as it sounds, enables you to activate an automatic scrolling main feed, so you don\u2019t have to go to the effort of swiping down to get to the next update.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span>To be clear, this is for posts, not Reels, which already have an auto-scrolling function (that you can switch off, if you choose). But given that a heap of the content on IG is Reels, it&#8217;s going to inherently apply to at least some Reels as well, though that&#8217;s not the main focus of this update.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The focus here is your main IG feed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span>Which, if the algorithm is really attuned to your interests, could be good, or maybe if you\u2019re, like, at the dentist or something and you can\u2019t touch the screen, it could be handy for that as well.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span>But I don\u2019t know. Mindless scrolling is already problematic, and mindless and motionless scrolling seems, in a way, to replicate the brainwashing-style torture that they show in old movies. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span>But maybe, for some people, in some situations, this could be good, and could help them stay across all of the latest content related to their interests. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span>Both TikTok and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/youtube\/answer\/6327615?hl=&amp;sjid=16785007831842341744-NC\" style=\"color:blue\">YouTube<\/a> also offer auto-scrolling, so you don\u2019t have to trouble yourself with the physical labor of extending a finger, and that, presumably, is a popular option in those apps. Which would be why IG is also doing it, but yeah, it does seem like a bit of an unnecessary step, right?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span>Maybe not, I don\u2019t know, but either way, it looks to be coming soon to all users.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span>We\u2019ve asked IG for clarification on this option, and the planned roll-out for each region. We\u2019ll update this post if\/when we hear back.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more like this article, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Social Media<\/a><\/span> category.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.socialmediatoday.com\/news\/instagram-tests-auto-scroll-for-main-feed-posts\/753517\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Instagram Tests Auto Scroll Option for Posts Instagram\u2019s testing a new auto-scroll option with some users, which could make it easier to consume a heap of posts that are fed to you by IG\u2019s algorithm. As you can see in this example, posted by @earningwithdedra (and shared by Lindsey Gamble), some IG users now have&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14600,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/imgproxy.divecdn.com\/biX-dxhc7PWIqSMqkTCACEZqC5s0wbRw_i45WhHyOQk\/g:ce\/rs:fit:770:435\/Z3M6Ly9kaXZlc2l0ZS1zdG9yYWdlL2RpdmVpbWFnZS9pbnN0YV9sb2dvMl9tTUpiSnY3LnBuZw==.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1448],"class_list":["post-14599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-social-media","tag-instagram"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yohrt.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}