Research: Instagram's algorithm favors semi-nude pictures - Business Insider

Algorithm Watch, a research and advocacy organisation focused on algorithmic decision-making, collected data from 26 volunteer Instagram users to see which pictures from a select group of 37 creators were placed highest in their main feeds. This was done using a browser add-on, which automatically opened the Instagram homepage at regular intervals and analyzed the photos it saw there. Overall 2,400 photos from February to May 2020 were analyzed.