Shift Budget Toward Reels Content
Reels are already outperforming static posts — 0.79% ER versus 0.55% for standard posts — yet the overall account ER of 0.62% sits well below the 2.5-5% micro-tier benchmark.
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Since Instagram's algorithm gives higher reach to Reels for accounts under 50K followers (which at 23,212 Dom | How To Grill qualifies for), increasing Reels output as a share of the 22 analyzed posts is the single fastest lever to close that gap. Aim to make at least 60% of the next 10 posts Reels to compound the reach advantage already seen in the data.
