I'm 24, never used Instagram before. I've seen a lot of advice here saying that it is a waste of time and how the odds are stacked against you, but I've had more girls turned off by me when I tell them that I don't have an Instagram account.

All the hot girls have an insane amount of followers (typically 1000+) and all they have to do is just post a selfie which will get them unlimited simp attention.

I'm not ripped yet and look skinny from outside but I'm like the 98th percentile when it comes to height. I've seen ripped guys far bigger than me at the gym with really shitty instagram accounts, like with crappy phone pics and a only 100 or so followers even when they have a good social life irl. Obviously I don't want to end up like them.

So to the people with a decent enough following, how did you get there? What is the primary way that you get followers, is it by posting pics with trending hashtags? Or cross linking to a parallel youtube account? Thanks