How To Gain Instagram Followers by McKenzie Edwards How To Gain Instagram FollowersOpen the app. Go to explore and type in the hashtag #likeforfollow like some pictures and comment on some with nice comments like "cool pic" or "woah.😍" They will be interested in you and look at your account. Make sure your account it attractive and looks clean and not messy so they will want to follow you. You can then use other hashtags and do the same. Do it for about an hour a day and you'll get tons of followers!