Instagram doubles the number of photos and videos in a single post

Instagram is boosting the number of photographs and videos that can be included in a single grid post, the company announced today.

Each carousel post can now contain up to twenty photographs or videos. Users could previously upload up to ten pieces of information to each carousel post, sometimes known as a "photo dump." The carousel feature was introduced to users in 2017.

Instagram's carousel function now includes features like music pairing and collaborative postings, allowing several users to submit material. A greater ceiling could be useful in this case, especially if multiple people are contributing to a single carousel post.

Instagram's expansion takes it closer to TikTok, which already allows for postings with up to 35 photographs. Though TikTok began as a shortform video app, images have gained traction surprisingly quickly: there are meme forms and trends that use photos instead of clips, for example, and some users recount entire stories in little chunks, slide by slide. Surprisingly, this isn't part of the Instagram culture — but tripling the amount of space may provide incentives to do so.

The new feature is being rolled out internationally today.