Ask Evie: My Boyfriend’s Instagram Feed Is Full Of OnlyFans Girls. Is This Normal?

READER’S QUESTION: “Hi Evie! I read somewhere that you can tell a lot about someone’s habits on Instagram by looking at their ‘Explore’ page, regardless of who they’re following. I know this isn’t great, but sometimes I look over at my boyfriend’s phone when he’s on there or I get a glance after he’s shown me something (a reel or funny meme, for example) and is exiting out, and I always see half-naked girls for a split-second. So, the other night he was busy in another room and left his phone on the charger, and I quickly opened up the app and went straight to his ‘Explore’ page to see if I could gather what he has been looking at/engaging with. It was literally ALL half-naked OnlyFans models. The next time he was on the app in front of me, I asked him why there’s always OnlyFans models popping up. He said that he has no idea because he doesn’t follow them and doesn’t like or comment on the photos. From what I can tell, this seems to be true, but I brought up the thing I read about how Instagram only shows you content that you have demonstrated you’re interested in and how my feed is never full of half-naked women (or men, for that matter). He brushed it off and said that Instagram just pushes that type of content to men, not women, regardless of their habits on the app and that he’s actually annoyed by it. Could this be true? Is every guy’s Instagram ‘Explore’ page full of OnlyFans models, or is my boyfriend actually engaging with these girls or looking at their photos in a porn kind of way?”