Instagram testing hidden like counts globally

Since it's a test, only some of Instagram's users are going to find like counts hidden, while the app will look just as it always has for others. — AFP

LOS ANGELES: Like counts will be disappearing from Instagram all over the world starting this week: The Facebook-owned photo sharing service is extending its test of hiding like counts to all of its territories, TechCrunch was first to report Nov 14 morning.

Instagram began hiding like counts for a subset of its users in Canada this spring, and subsequently expanded the test to half a dozen other countries, including Brazil, Japan and Australia. Last week, Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri announced that like counts would be hidden from some users in the US as early as this week as well.