How to start TikTok and Instagram instances
On TikTok and Instagram, everything you start from the channel page is an instance: one service, one amount, one target. Followers go to the profile. Likes, views, comments, saves and shares go to one post, Reel or video, so you paste its link. The steps below use a TikTok account first, then show where Instagram differs.
Open the TikTok channel page
On the dashboard, press the eye on a TikTok card. A channel with no instances yet shows this screen next to a phone-style preview of the profile.
- Create instance: opens the form
- Auto-start: your rules for new posts
- Profile preview: the counts are refreshed every couple of days, not live
Press Create instance. The form opens on Followers.
Pick a TikTok service and see what’s left
Open the service picker at the top of the form. Each line shows what’s left of that metric in your plan this period, shared across all your TikTok accounts.
- Service picker
- A service
- What’s left of it this period
| Service | Target | Starts | Pace | Top-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Followers | Your profile | Within 3 hours | Up to 5,000 a day | 7 days |
| Likes | Post link | Within 1 hour | Up to 50,000 a day | 30 days |
| Views | Post link | Within 15 minutes | Up to 100,000 a day | 30 days |
| Comments | Post link | Within 30 minutes | Up to 5,000 a day | None |
| Saves | Post link | Within 1 hour | Up to 2,000 a day | 30 days |
| Shares | Post link | Within 3 hours | 500–1,000 a day | None |
A top-up covers drops inside its window: if some of the likes on a post disappear within 30 days, Socialbot tops them back up. TikTok comments are short, positive and picked at random, and you can’t write your own. Followers need the account to stay public while they arrive. The form for followers is shown step by step in getting started.
Send likes, views, comments, saves or shares to one TikTok post
- In the TikTok app, open the video, tap Share, then Copy link.
- In the form, pick the service, for example Likes, and set the amount.
- Paste the link into the Target field, where it says “Paste the post / video link”.
- Read the delivery note under the link, then press Start instance.
- Service: Likes
- The post or video link you pasted
- Delivery note: start time and top-up for this service
- Start instance
Start instance stays grey until there’s a link in the field. Check it before you press, because the likes go to exactly the link you pasted.
Say a 2,000-follower baking account posts a sourdough video at 7 pm and wants it to look active that evening. Start 300 TikTok likes on it right after posting: likes begin within 1 hour, and 300 is a small slice of the 50,000-a-day pace. To have every new video get likes without doing this each time, turn on Save for Auto-Start instead (how Auto-Start works).
Instagram instances: the same form, with a few differences
An Instagram channel page works the same way: Create instance, pick a service, set the amount, check the target, press Start instance. The preview beside the form shows the profile’s posts, followers and following, its name, category and bio.
- What’s left of this metric in your plan
- Service picker
- Amount
- Target: the profile, since followers go to it
- Start instance
- Profile preview: posts, followers, following, name and bio
- Followers: turn off “Flag for review” first (Settings → Follow and invite friends), or Instagram holds the new follows for your approval. The smallest amount you can start is 100.
- Comments: short, positive English comments picked at random, at up to 300 a day, from 10 at a time. You can’t write your own text. They usually start within 1 hour but can take 10 hours or more on busy days. A very large amount can finish as Ended early, and whatever wasn’t delivered goes back to your allowance.
- Not offered: Instagram shares and story views.
- No Auto-Start: Instagram channel pages have no Auto-start button and no Save for Auto-Start switch. You start every Instagram instance by hand.
Views on an Instagram Reel
Reel views work on Reels and video posts. Copy the Reel’s link in Instagram (the paper plane, then Copy link) and paste it as the target.
- Service: Views
- Pace and how long 20,000 takes
- The Reel or post link
- Delivery note: start time, and no top-up on Reel views
Views start within 1 hour and run at up to 100,000 a day, so 20,000 lands in under a day. Reel views have no top-up, so views Instagram filters out later stay gone. More detail is on the Instagram Reel views page.
Top-up windows on Instagram
| Service | Starts | Pace | Top-up |
|---|---|---|---|
| Followers | Within 1 hour | Up to 10,000 a day | 30 days |
| Likes | Within 3 hours | Up to 10,000 a day | 30 days |
| Reel views | Within 1 hour | Up to 100,000 a day | None |
| Comments | Within 1 hour (10+ hours on busy days) | Up to 300 a day | None |
| Saves | Within 1 hour | Up to 1,000 a day | None |
The channel page lists each instance with its status and progress. For its first minute a new instance counts down (“Starting in 0:45”) with a Stop button, and stopping then returns the full amount to your allowance. After that minute it runs to the end. Each status is explained in the dashboard and instances guide.