Let’s face it; Instagram to millennials is what the introduction of ATMs was to our parents—revolutionary. Ever since the photo-video sharing platform came into existence nearly a decade ago, it’s only been gaining new heights in popularity. While initially iOS exclusive, Instagram became available on the Android Playstore in 2012. Following which, the social media sharing platform was acquired by Facebook for 1 billion dollars in cash and stock! The app has now blown up with over one billion active monthly users. To put that into perspective, there are around 7.8 billion people on the planet.
Considering how active most of us are on social media, we’re bound to have people who might be a little too curious about our lives. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to find out who stalks your profile the most? As of now, Instagram has no formal framework that gives you an insight into who is viewing your profile, stories and posts the most. If you want things to be private, you have make sure your privacy settings are high. Otherwise your only option is to pay attention to who likes your posts the most. Be that as it may, it sure would be pleasant to see who saw what even if some people might feel that is somewhat meddling on the privacy of individuals. Well, we might have an answer for you or at least crowdsourced opinions!
Through Instagram Stories
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The best way to see who saw your Instagram is through the Stories you upload. If you have a public Instagram account this means your Instagram Stories are open, you can check who saw the visible by the public. This is similar to the “opens” metric that is often utilized in a emails. This lets you know who saw your email. If you’re fortunate, the list of Story watchers will be a long one. In case you’re not all that fortunate, the list will be much shorter. This is essential to test the hypothesis we’re talking about. Until a certain number of viewers (let’s say 50), the list will show you names according to the order in which these people viewed the story from the time you posted it.
After this particular number, the list gets jumbled up and according to the popular hypothesis, it re-arranges itself in descending order of the names that have interacted with your profile the most. This interaction can be anything ranging from DMs, tags, comments, likes, and spending more time on your profile. But what if the person who stands first on your Story viewers’ list isn’t someone who DMs you, tags you, comments on or likes your post? How did he/ she get there? How did they interact with your profile even without you knowing? This is when the question of someone spending longer period on your profile and frequently visiting your profile comes in.
While we’d love to believe this hypothesis, it’s something Instagram has neither confirmed nor denied. Since there is very little proof that frequent guests to your Instagram profile will show up high in the list of watchers, the theory should be taken with a pinch of salt. You’ll never know who your top profile guests are unless you covert your personal account into a business one.
Using Third-Party Apps
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Since there are apps that let you know who has unfollowed your profile in recent times to who is following you back from the people you’re following, there definitely have to be apps to tell you who’s stalking you, right? Again, apps like these take a lot of factors into account. From metrics to number of times your profile was visited by an individual account to advertising preferences and much more. Apps like ‘Views For Instagram’ and some other applications need you to give your Instagram login as opposed to merely connecting your account. Connecting permits third-party applications to gain access to specific data from your account. Others demand you to provide your password to enable it to get similar information. If you’re the type who’s always super paranoid about your privacy, it makes sense to NEVER under any circumstance give your Instagram password to any external application.
Converting Your Personal Account To A Business One
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While this process clearly costs more money than merely downloading a third-party app, it seems to be the most logical and legitimate way to find out who’s viewing your profile. One of the measurements you can use is viewers, and this is a sure-fire method to see who visits your Instagram account and even the time and the day that they do it. Once you have applied for a business account, Instagram may or may not review your business and try to verify if the details are accurate. They may check your account and possibly let you switch in the event that you have used a business email. Proper feedback regarding this is mixed as certain users say their account was converted in a day without any checks and others claim that they had received an email at the business address they had provided informing them that their account had been changed to a business one.
It’s a good idea to give your account switch at least a week before you bring out your Sherlock Holmes deerstalker cap. To analyse insights you need to check the top of your Instagram profile for the views counter, select insights and audience, look at followers to see what time of the day people visited your profile the most (especially beneficial if you’re trying to boost your following or be in Instagram influencer). If you’d like to know how many people took a screenshot of your story (only possible in a business account), select the post you’ve uploaded and check the small bookmark to see how many people took screenshots.
All in all, social media leaves very little to privacy. Be it your personal account or a private one. Do you have any secret tips to help you find out who’s stalking your Instagram profile? Let us know if our tricks worked on your profile.
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