Paste your tags to flag the ones most likely to limit your post’s reach — engagement bait, tags in higher-risk categories, and patterns platforms consistently restrict.
No third-party tool has live access to any platform’s restriction list, and any published "banned hashtag list" is a snapshot that dates within weeks. This checker flags tags matching patterns that platforms consistently restrict — engagement bait, known-risky terms, and vocabulary in categories with an elevated restriction rate. It is a triage step, not a verdict.
The only reliable check is in-app, and it takes thirty seconds. Search the tag, open the tag page itself, and look for three things: whether recent posts appear, whether a warning or notice is shown, and whether the post count looks plausible for the topic. If recent posts are missing or a warning appears, drop the tag.
A hashtag becomes restricted through usage patterns rather than dictionary meaning — platforms limit tags that have been consistently used to distribute policy-violating content. Because the restriction attaches to the tag and not the topic, plenty of restricted tags are ordinary words with entirely innocent primary meanings.
The important detail is that the effect is generally at the level of the whole post, not just the offending tag. One restricted tag among ten can hold back the entire post, which is why the downside is disproportionate to the upside of any single tag.
No, and no third-party tool can — platforms do not publish live restriction lists. This flags tags matching patterns that are consistently restricted. The only reliable check is opening the tag page in the app itself.
Search the tag in the app and open the tag page. If recent posts are missing, a warning appears, or the page is empty for a tag that should clearly be active, do not use it.
Yes. The effect is generally at post level rather than limited to that tag, so a single restricted tag among ten can hold back the entire post.
Restriction follows usage patterns, not dictionary meaning. Words with a second slang meaning, health and body terms, and former trend tags adopted for spam are the most common cases.
Fitness, health, beauty, weight, relationships and anything body-related have a materially higher restriction rate. Check more of your tags in these areas.
No. A tag with tens of millions of posts giving you no visibility is simply too competitive for your account size — a tier problem, not a policy problem.