New Report Examines the Impact of Instagram's Hidden Likes Experiment on Influencer Engagement Back in April, Instagram announced that it would begin a new test of hiding total like counts on posts, a move which sparked much concern among platform influencers and those who use Likes as a proxy for their relative content performance. How would the removal of Like counts change user behavior? Would
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