Tailwind Turbo is a community-powered engagement tool that helps your best Pins gain real traction on Pinterest. When your Pins earn saves, comments, and click-through visits from real creators in the Turbo community, Pinterest's algorithm takes notice — and starts showing your content to more people.

This guide will walk you through exactly how Turbo works, how to get started, and how to use it effectively.

Turbo is a give-and-get community of professional content creators. You browse a feed of other members' Pins and engage with content you genuinely find valuable. In exchange, your Pins are shown to the community and earn real engagement from other members.

The engagement your Pins receive — saves, comments, and clicks — are authentic signals that Pinterest's algorithm uses to decide how broadly to distribute your content. More engagement means more impressions, which means more reach and traffic.

Important: Turbo is not a bot or an automated engagement ring. Every interaction in Turbo comes from a real human creator. This is what makes the engagement meaningful to Pinterest's algorithm — and to your results.

Turbo requires the Tailwind Turbo browser extension to be installed before you can participate. Make sure you've installed it in your browser before continuing. You can find the extension link inside your Turbo dashboard.

Head to tailwindapp.com/dashboard/v2/turbo to access the Turbo feed. This is where you'll both discover other creators' Pins and submit your own.

Browse the feed and engage with Pins you genuinely find interesting or valuable. You can:

Each authentic engagement earns you submission slots — the ability to add more of your own Pins to the feed.

The key word is authentic. Turbo's community is made up of real creators who only interact with content they'd genuinely want to engage with. Superficial or spammy engagement is quickly moderated by the community and won't earn you slots.

Once you have submission slots available, add your strongest Pins to the Turbo feed. Great candidates include:

Think of Turbo as a way to amplify momentum — it works best when you're submitting high-quality content that the community will genuinely want to engage with.

Turbo works best as a regular routine rather than a one-time effort. Most successful Turbo members spend 5–10 minutes a few times a week engaging with Pins in the feed and submitting their strongest new content. That small, consistent investment compounds over time.

Submitting Pins to Turbo uses Tailwind Credits. You can see exactly how many credits will be used before you submit a Pin, based on how long you want it boosted in the feed. Credits are included in every paid Tailwind plan, and you can always purchase additional rollover credits if needed.

Learn more about Tailwind Credits →

Submit your best content, not your newest content. Turbo amplifies momentum. Pins that are visually strong, link to genuinely useful content, and are relevant to a broad audience of creators will earn the most engagement. A great Pin in Turbo will outperform a mediocre one every time.

Use SmartPin to fuel your Turbo submissions. SmartPin automatically generates a fresh, unique Pin for your most important URLs every 7 days. Once a SmartPin draft looks strong, submit it to Turbo for an early engagement boost. This combination — automatic fresh Pin creation + community-powered amplification — is one of the most effective Pinterest growth routines you can build. Get started with SmartPin →

Be a community member, not just a submitter. The more genuinely you engage with other creators' content in Turbo, the more slots you earn and the more valuable you are to the community. Creators who only submit without engaging tend to earn fewer slots over time.

Don't resubmit the exact same Pin repeatedly. If a Pin has already cycled through Turbo, create a fresh version (a new design or updated image) before resubmitting. Submitting the exact same Pin multiple times may be flagged by the community.

Watch for community moderation signals. If a Pin you submitted doesn't seem to be gaining traction or gets removed, it may be a sign the Pin wasn't a good fit for the community's quality bar. Try submitting a different, stronger Pin instead.

Turbo results aren't instant — and that's by design. Some Pins pick up engagement quickly; others take a little longer depending on community activity and how relevant your content is to other members. The most important thing is consistency. Creators who show up regularly, engage authentically, and submit quality content are the ones who see the best long-term results.

When Turbo is working well for you, you'll notice stronger early engagement on new Pins, increased impressions over time, and a growing amount of traffic back to your most important content.

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