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20% -- reels view rate for Instagram accounts under 5K followers (2025)
Smaller Instagram accounts with under 5K followers average roughly a 20% view rate on Reels.
- Described as 'roughly 20%'
- Based on unnamed 2025 industry benchmarks
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20%
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Data Vintage
2025
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B
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50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
shortimize.dreamhosters.com
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Tier C
http://shortimize.dreamhosters.com/how-to-benchmark-your-reels-against-competitors/ ↗
Source Article
How to Benchmark Your Reels Against Competitors (2026)
Your latest Reel just hit 10,000 views. Is that good?
Without knowing how your competitors are performing, you're operating blind. Maybe you're crushing it. Maybe you're actually falling behind while thinking you're doing fine.
The only way to know is through competitive benchmarking, and most creat…
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shortimize.dreamhosters.com
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Cited as '2025 industry benchmarks' without named original source
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IndustryMedia
Company SizeSMB
RoleSocial Media Manager
Channelsocial
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Instagram accounts under 5K followers: 20% reels view rate. Source: shortimize.dreamhosters.com (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/small-accounts-reels-view-rate-2025
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/small-accounts-reels-view-rate-2025" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>20%</strong> -- reels view rate for Instagram accounts under 5K followers<br><small>Source: shortimize.dreamhosters.com (2025) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/small-accounts-reels-view-rate-2025" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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