People focus far too much on the number of likes that each post gets.
Instead, think about WHY you have made the post and what you want the likes for.
We all know that a large number of instagram followers and their likes are fake or disingenuous in nature.
Don’t focus on the number of likes, but instead on what your goal is from the post.
If you’re running a business, you often want a post to result in new customers or clients.
So, in posting, did you get new enquiries or interested followers pop up?
If you’re an artist or photographer, perhaps you do want likes and comments to validate the appeal of your art - however it should not be the sole source of your feeling of worth.
If you’re just enjoying instagram as a recreational user, stop and think about why those likes are really so important to you.
The reality is, people’s likes counts can be manipulated in so many ways (robots, fake followers, friends, paid likes etc), so you shouldn’t be measuring the number of likes you get against anyone else.
There is a much greater world out there for you to measure your self-worth against the number of likes you get on a post should be one of the lowest measures.
You’ve got this!