Account warming, properly
A warm up schedule that holds up, what makes synthetic warming obvious, and why identical behaviour across accounts is the pattern that gets them flagged.
Reviewed by John Carroll ยท Updated 7 October 2026
Warming is the cheapest thing you can do to raise account survival, and the easiest to do badly.
A schedule that works
| Day | Behaviour | Posting |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | Browse feed, watch reels fully, open profiles | None |
| 3 to 5 | Light likes, a few niche follows, story views | None |
| 5 to 7 | Continue, add profile picture and bio if not set | First post, no link |
| 8 to 14 | Normal consumption alongside posting | Build to normal rate |
| 14+ | Normal | Links and stickers |
What makes warming look synthetic
- Identical timing. Fifty accounts starting their session at the same minute.
- Identical counts. Exactly twelve likes, exactly four follows, every account.
- Fixed offsets. Randomising by adding a few minutes is still a pattern, just a shifted one.
- No consumption after warming. Real accounts keep browsing. Accounts that only post are obvious.
The uncomfortable part
Good warming is slow. A week per account, per slot, with no output. At a hundred accounts that is a hundred weeks of warming nobody wants to pay a person to do, which is precisely why it gets skipped and precisely why skipping it costs more than it saves.
On a fleet it runs per account in the background and costs you nothing but time already passing.
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