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# Instagram restricts going live to accounts with 1000+ followers
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/instagram-restricts-going-live-to-accounts-with-1000-or-more-followers/
- Published: 2025-08-04T14:55:26.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-04T16:03:02.000Z
- Description: Instagram restricts going live to public accounts with at least 1,000 followers, as of last week. It’s part of a trend among social and music platforms making it harder for new musicians and creators to build a following.
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Live & Ticketing, Music Marketing, Social Media, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:15

Instagram restricts going live to public accounts with at least 1,000 followers, as of last week. It’s part of a trend among social and music platforms making it harder for new musicians and creators to build a following.

### Instagram restricts going live

Some users are receiving a notice when they try to go live on Instagram. “We changed requirements to use this feature.” it day. “Only public accounts with 1,000 followers or more will be able to create live videos.”

> INSTAGRAM WOI GA BERES, MASA LIVE HARUS 1000 FOLS DULU?!!!! [pic.twitter.com/QV6iDfl9vM](https://t.co/QV6iDfl9vM?ref=hypebot.com)
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> — szzzzzzz (@caffeinssss) [July 27, 2025](https://twitter.com/caffeinssss/status/1949347419545551270?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hypebot.com)

### Musicians and Creators Are Not Happy

The social media giant hasn’t explicitly explained their reasoning. But observers suggest it is aimed at improving overall livestream quality and reducing low‑view streams’ infrastructure costs,

Reaction has been strong among smaller musicians and other creators as Instagram restricts going live. They worry it will stifle casual broadcasting, limit discoverability and make it harder to build an initial following.

### How Instagram Live Restrictions Compare to Other Platforms

Platforms vary, but like Instagram Live, more are requiring follower thresholds to access going live and other features.

To go live on **TikTok**, users also must have at least 1,000 followers and be at least 16 or 18 to receive gifts.

**Reddit** has a similar 1000 follower threshold. But users report exceptions based on content quality or location.

**YouTube** remains a place where beginning creators can get started. They only need 50 subscribers and to be in good standing with the community guidelines to unlock live streaming.

At least for now, **Facebook Live** is also available to with no follower minimum.

There is no **Twitch** follower threshold required to livestream. But like most platforms monetization perks (Bits, subscriptions) require additional eligibility.

### Music Streamers Restrict Small Artists Too

Music streamers are also starting to put restrictions on artists with small follower counts.

Last year **Spotify** said that artist must now get at least 1,000 streams in 12 months [before you can get paid.](https://artists.spotify.com/en/blog/modernizing-our-royalty-system?ref=hypebot.com) Only 20% of artists get 1000 or more monthly streams on Spotify according analysis by Luminate.

At the encouragement of the major labels. many other streamers added similar rules. Spotify also has threshold to access some tools in its Spotify For Artists platform.

Live music discovery and marketing platform **[Bandsintown ](https://www.bandsintown.com/?ref=hypebot.com)**has no followed minimums to use its free [Bandsintown For Artists](https://www.artist.bandsintown.com/?ref=hypebot.com) toolkit.

***Bruce Houghton*** *is Founder & Editor of [Hypebot](https://www.hypebot.com/), Senior Advisor at [Bandsintown](https://www.bandsintown.com/?ref=hypebot.com), a [Berklee College Of Music](https://online.berklee.edu/courses/touring-101?ref=hypebot.com) professor and founder of the Skyline Artists Agency*