1,000 Instagram likes cost between $5 and about $10 in September 2026, going by the seller pages and published guides we read. ExpressFollowers sells 1,000 for $6.99 and buycheapestfollowers charges £7.99 for Reels slow likes. artistpush, a Shopify store aimed at musicians, lists 1,000 for $5.00, and a Twicsy customer review puts it at "about ten bucks". Cost per like is the pack price divided by the count. A 100 pack runs $1.45 to $2.00.
Updated October 2026. Every price below is quoted as it appeared where we found it, in its own currency, with the source named each time. Buzzoid, Poprey, Stormlikes and SocialWick showed a bot check instead of a price page, so their ladders are missing.
How much is 1,000 likes on Instagram?
$6.99 in dollars at ExpressFollowers or £7.99 in pounds at buycheapestfollowers, checked September 2026. Those two are the only sellers in the pages we read that print a full ladder next to a refill term. The buycheapestfollowers figures come from its Reels slow likes page, the one that ranks for these searches, and stay in pounds. artistpush's ladder is in the too cheap section below.
| Likes | ExpressFollowers | buycheapestfollowers (Reels slow likes, in pounds) |
|---|---|---|
| 100 | $1.45 ($14.50 per 1,000) | £1.39 (£13.90 per 1,000) |
| 500 | none, split a 1,000 pack | £4.49 (£8.98 per 1,000) |
| 1,000 | $6.99 | £7.99 |
| 5,000 | $33.99 ($6.80 per 1,000) | £39.99 (£8.00 per 1,000) |
| 10,000 | $58.99 ($5.90 per 1,000) | £79.99 (£8.00 per 1,000) |
| Refill (the seller tops the count back up at no charge inside the window) | 30 days | "30 Day Refill Guarantee" |
Prices checked September 2026. The pound column is not converted. Check the day's rate before you set it against the dollar column; at anything above $1.05 to the pound, the 100 and 1,000 packs there cost more in dollars than ours. The other sellers show an entry price only: Stormlikes "from $1.19", Blastup "From $1.39", Twicsy "Only $1.99" and Buzzoid "Now $1.99" in their search titles, and BuzzVoice "from $2.49" on its homepage. If 1,000 is the number you have in mind, the 1,000 Instagram likes pack is $6.99 and can be split across several posts.
Where does the volume discount stop?
Mostly at 1,000 likes. Both ladders fall steeply between 100 and 1,000 and behave differently after that, so divide the pack price by the thousands before you scale up. buycheapestfollowers charges £7.99 per 1,000 at the 1,000 pack, a flat £8.00 per 1,000 at 2,000, 5,000 and 10,000, then £8.64 per 1,000 at 25,000, which costs more per like than the 10,000 pack. It dips again at 50,000 (£7.68) and 100,000 (£7.20). Ours keeps easing past 1,000 without going flat: $14.50 per 1,000 at 100, $6.99 at 1,000, $5.90 at 10,000, $4.00 at 75,000.
Why is the smallest pack the worst value per like?
Because a tiny order costs a seller about as much to process as a big one, so the per like rate is highest at the bottom of every ladder. buycheapestfollowers sells 20 likes for £0.39, which is £19.50 per 1,000, against £7.99 per 1,000 once you buy 1,000. Our 10 like pack is $1.05, or $105 per 1,000, against $6.99 at the 1,000 pack. At that size the point is to see how a seller behaves before you trust it with a bigger order. A test order shows you whether delivery starts in minutes and whether the likes land in a lump or spread out. Tap the count and look at who liked it. It also catches the boring failure, a private post, before it costs more than $1.05. If you would rather spend nothing on the test, the free Instagram likes trial needs no login.
What changes between High Quality, Gender Based and VIP likes?
The pool of accounts the likes come from, and the price. On ExpressFollowers the standard High Quality packs start at 10 likes for $1.05 and 100 for $1.45. Gender Based packs deliver likes from female or male accounts only, which matters for a page whose like list gets looked at, a menswear label or a beauty brand for instance. VIP is the premium tier and starts at 50 likes for $2.99. Other sellers tier too, but they rarely price the gap. Twicsy offers standard and premium likes with no price difference stated, and Onrec's August 2026 guide notes Buzzoid's "Active and VIP tiers at higher prices" on its followers packs. Pay the premium when someone at a brand or an agency is going to scroll through who liked the post.
How many likes should you buy for your follower count?
Between 3 and 8 percent of your followers per post, so each one lands near what it would get on its own. That is Pajaronian's rule and the seller pages sit close to it. Under 2,000 followers buycheapestfollowers says 50 to 100 likes a post, which is our 100 pack at $1.45. At 5,000 followers the percent rule gives 150 to 400. One 1,000 pack at $6.99 split over three or four posts covers that. buycheapestfollowers gives a product launch 500 to 1,000 gradual likes, one 1,000 pack again. Blastup's FAQ goes higher for a post you are pushing for reach, 1,000 to 5,000, so $6.99 to $33.99 here, and the same FAQ says 10,000 hearts on a post from a 500 follower account looks highly suspicious. The mistake runs the other way too, a small account dropping a whole 5,000 pack on one Reel because the per like price looked good.
How long does a refill last, and what happens on day 31?
Thirty days at most sellers that print a window, ExpressFollowers included, and on day 31 that window has closed. buycheapestfollowers advertises a "30 Day Refill Guarantee". Blastup's is automatic for 30 days by its own page, and SocialBoosting's premium tier gets 30 days in Pajaronian's write up, though the same guide's comparison table says lifetime. Onrec's August 2026 guide quotes longer windows, up to 90 days at SocialWick and no expiry at SocFlare, both on followers packs.
What a refill request looks like, and the paying twice problem
On our side you send the post link and order number to support, and replacements are delivered gradually within the 30 day window at no cost. Onrec's warning fits here. "If half the followers vanish and there is no refill policy, you may end up paying twice." A 1,000 pack at $6.99 that holds costs $6.99. The same count from a seller with no refill that sheds a chunk you then reorder costs $13.98. Pajaronian's guide, the one contributed by SocialBoosting, reports a 1,000 like order at Boostme that arrived within 4 hours and lost roughly 7 percent over 30 days. On 1,000 that is about 70 likes.
How cheap is too cheap for Instagram likes?
Do the sum per 1,000. artistpush will sell you a million likes for $149. That is $0.149 per 1,000, about 67 likes for a penny. Its own 1,000 pack on the same page is $5, so the big one is 33 times cheaper per like. Real accounts don't get 33 times cheaper because you ordered more of them. Something else is doing the liking. The same ladder has 5,000 for $6.00 and 10,000 for $8.00, which is why artistpush's ladder stays out of the table above. Onrec puts the rule plainly: "Cheap should mean affordable enough to test, not suspiciously cheap." At the sellers that publish a ladder and a refill, 1,000 likes costs $6.99 in dollars or £7.99 in pounds in September 2026, and a price at a tenth of that is the flag. Los Gatan's April 2026 guide, produced with SocialBoosting and measuring followers, puts 30 day retention at a "Standard Bot Site" at 42 percent against 97 percent for its top pick.
What does buying likes cost per month on a real schedule?
Take three posts a week at 200 to 500 likes each, which is about 13 posts a month. At 200 likes a post you need 2,600 likes. Three 1,000 packs at $6.99 come to $20.97 and cover 15 posts, because one order can be split across several posts here, and Blastup, buycheapestfollowers and Twicsy say the same on their pages or in customer reviews. At 500 likes a post you need 6,500. One 5,000 pack at $33.99 plus two 1,000 packs at $6.99 each comes to $47.97. Buying the 10,000 pack at $58.99 instead covers 20 posts at 500 likes, so it stretches into a seventh week and costs less per post. Compare that with ordering per post: 100 likes at $1.45 on each of 13 posts is $18.85 for 1,300 likes, half the likes of the split route for nearly the same money. Work out your month first, then pick the pack from our Instagram likes packages that covers it with the least left over.
Does delivery speed or currency change the price?
Speed doesn't change the price at any seller we could read. buycheapestfollowers lets you pick from nine delivery speeds, ASAP to 144 hours, all at one price, and Blastup advertises "Customizable Speed". We don't sell speed at all. Every pack starts within minutes and lands at a natural pace, so there is no fast lane to pay for. You pay by card. If the seller bills in a currency you don't hold, pounds at buycheapestfollowers, euros at SocialWick by Onrec's account, expect your bank to add a conversion charge on top; none of the pages we read mentions it. If you're pricing followers alongside likes, our Instagram followers cost index tracks those prices separately.
If you're reading this well after September 2026, check the seller's page before you trust any figure here, ours included.
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In-house social media specialist focused on how platform algorithms on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and X respond to engagement. Joined ExpressFollowers at launch in 2016 and has run thousands of controlled growth tests across every major platform.
