What is photo dump on Snapchat?

Q: What does dump account mean?

Dump accounts are pretty self-explanatory–its where you dump a large sum of photos in one account.

Instagram’s slideshow feature has been out since 2017, but it wasn’t until this past year that the feature revamped our social media feeds forever. Maybe it was the rise of vaxxed girl summer making us want to share our various activities, or maybe it was just the ripple effect of one brave miscellaneous slideshow. Whatever the rhyme or reason, the fact is: The age of photo dumps is upon us, and it might be here to stay.

If you’re late to the game, a “photo dump” is essentially a series of pictures shared in one Instagram post. They are often unrelated to one another, hence it looking like you might have just dumped random photos from your camera roll out onto the grid. What results is a fun, eclectic curation of your recent life happenings — from landscapes to food pics to selfies and everything in between. It’s a great way of giving the highlight reel (or, even better, the blooper reel) of what you’ve been up to for your followers.

As carefree and fun as the photo dump trend can be, finding a way to sum up your random slew of pictures into one encapsulating caption can be daunting. Should you try to find a common theme? Build a narrative that crescendoes with a goofy pic of your bestie? Or just post a series of emojis? The possibilities are, much like a photo dump, seemingly infinite. These photo dump Instagram captions can match any series of photos, whether you want something clever, quirky, or straight to the point.

Here are some clever Instagram photo dump caption ideas to get you inspired.

1. Mems

Simple and sweet. Instagram is a great way to keep a digital photo album of your favorite memories, and a photo dump lets us keep time by documenting mini-chapters of our lives.

2. Swipe for a surprise…

Bury the lede with this caption by saving your goofiest picture (or boyfriend soft launch) for the last slide. The suspense will also ensure that your followers will probably swipe through all of your pics to get to the end.

3. Weekend Moodboard

Curate a slideshow of good mems and/or inspo pics for the perfect “moodboard.”

4. Hump day, dump day

Nothing beats that mid-week malaise like looking back on some fun pics. Save this caption for a Wednesday, and let the photo dump roll.

5. Lately

Here’s another simple caption to let your followers know what you’ve been up to these days.

6. good weekend reveal →

Let your slideshow swiping feel like an unveiling of the perfect photo dump with this caption.

7. My lovely photo dumps

Here’s a less provocative remix of Fergie’s “My Humps” that’s sure to get some ‘00s kids engagement in the comments.

8. Random!

Few captions have ever felt more accurate for a photo dump than Bella Hadid’s profound, “Random !” Whether you’re ready to hit your followers with a totally miscellaneous slideshow of random moments, or love using “random” ironically for its cheugy connotations, this one word says it all.

9. Previously on…

Here’s a simple reminder to your followers that you are, in fact, the main character by treating your life like a serial drama.

10. Choose your fighter.

Repurpose this meme-ified Mortal Kombat line by posting a series of “fighters” to choose from. (Think: You and your friends before a night out, or your favorite fall pics going head to head.)

11. Phuck a photo dump

When all else fails, you might ask yourself, “What would Rihanna do?” If you’ve been dwelling on curating the perfect photo dump for too long, take a note from the queen of coy Instagrams and ditch to slideshow for your favorite pic. Life’s too short to stress over photo dumps.

12. Incoming...

Brace yourselves, a photo dump is coming to a feed near you.

13. Sliiiiiide to the left!

Few words can command an entire crowd into obedience quite like DJ Casper’s “Cha Cha Slide.” Take it back now, y’all.

14. Camera Roll Collage

If your camera roll is so eclectic that it almost resembles a glued together poster board of magazine scraps, make it look intentional by calling it art.

15. 2022 Vision Board

Sure, you might have already posted a few “mood board” photo dumps. But this caption says, “I manifested this.”

16. Swipe left for some folks I’d swipe right on.

Perfect for a photo series of your platonic soulmates. Or, of course, you can save it for the hard launch of your Hinge crush.

17. Swiper, no swiping!

If your weekend was as adventurous as a Dora episode, or your followers are fellow 2000s kids, here’s a great callback.

18. If I left you on read, here’s why...

Whether you’re been off the grid adventuring, or just keeping busy by scrolling on your phone all day, this photo dump caption will answer any questions for your followers waiting on a reply from you.

19. One man’s photo dump is another man’s treasure.

If your photos are much better suited for a museum than they are for the dump, this caption will keep your dump dignified.

20. POV: You’re in my camera roll.

If TikTok has taught us one thing, it’s that the internet loves a good POV caption. Give your followers a behind the scenes look at your camera roll with this caption.

21. Beep Beep Backing up the photo dump truck.

Like a dump truck reversing to unload its cargo, but it’s dumping out photos instead. Get it?

This article was originally published on Oct. 11, 2021

What is the point of a photo dump?

Technically speaking, a photo dump is an Instagram carousel post. However, it's the type of content in the carousel that qualifies it as a "dump". Rather than perfectly edited photos and videos, a photo dump is a low-effort, random collection – up to 10 slides – that conveys a story or mood.

How many photos should you post in a photo dump?

Unlike a classic carousel of carefully selected content (for example, this Met Gala post from Kylie Jenner), a photo dump post is meant to appear uncurated, unedited and unposed. Typically, these posts will contain 4 or more individual photos or videos (the more, the better—it's called a dump, not a sprinkle).