Are you notified when someone views your instagram story

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It's a question most of us wonder on the daily (though we may not want to admit!). Who is viewing my Instagram account? No, not who's commenting, liking, or even watching our IG Stories—that's information we have easy access to. While Instagram shows users a bunch of useful engagement metrics, the Facebook-owned app doesn't yet notify us of who is lurking on our page—viewing but not visibly engaging. Truth is: IG may never notify us of who stalks—ahem, views—our profile, but that doesn't mean we don't wanna know! #InquiringMinds.

So, do you wanna know? Like, really, really wanna know? Though Instagram itself might not have the capability set up, there's definitely a desire amongst users to know this information. And where there's a will, there's a way—or rather, an app.

Note: If your Instagram account is set to private, only your followers will be able to see your Instagram posts and stories. But if your Instagram account is set to public mode, anyone who views your profile can see the content on it.

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Can you see if someone views your Instagram?

Right now, Instagram does not notify you or give you access to a list of who views your Instagram profile. However, a good way to gauge who's eye-emojing your Instagram feed is to see who likes, comments and is following along with your IG Stories regularly. But if you're looking for more information than that, you're not alone. That's where the third-party apps come in...

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How to tell if someone viewed your Instagram

If you want to see who is viewing your Instagram profile on the regular, you'll need to download an app. Below we included apps for both Android and iPhone users as well as free and paid options, too.

iPhone

  • Analyzer Plus
  • FollowMeter
  • IG Reports+ Follower Analyzer
  • Profile+
  • Reports for Followers
  • Visitors Pro App

Android

  • Follower Analyzer for Instagram App
  • Followers Insight for Instagram, Tracker, Analyzer App
  • FollowMeter
  • InMyStalker
  • InReports
  • Profile+ Followers & Profiles Tracker

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Can you see who unfollowed you on Instagram?

Um, heck yeah you can! By downloading most of the apps above, you've unlocked a whole new world of Instagram information.

In addition to showing you who is viewing your profile and looking at the posts on your feed, many of these "stalker-finding" apps also let you see who has unfollowed you, who has blocked you, and who has never followed you back from the start.

Next up, experts' best tips for using Instagram like an influencer.

Learn how to see who's viewing your stories

Updated on December 20, 2020

You won't be able to see who's viewed your regular Instagram photo or video posts, but it's pretty easy to figure out how to see who's viewed your photo or video stories.

These instructions apply to Instagram for Android, iOS, and iPadOS.

How to See Who Viewed Your Instagram Stories

  1. Tap your profile picture bubble at the top of your feed to view your story.

  2. Look at the lower left corner of your story. If any of your followers have already viewed it, you'll see one or multiple profile picture bubbles with a seen-by label beneath it.

    If you don't see this indicator yet, tap the X in the top right corner to close the story and wait a little bit longer for your followers to view it. After waiting, repeat steps three and four.

  3. Tap the profile picture bubbles with the Seen by # label to open the view tab. You'll see a list of all the people who've viewed your story, along with the total view count in the top left. Tap the X in the top right when you're done.

    Tap any viewer's profile picture or name to go directly to their profile. You can also tap the three dots beside their name to hide the story so that person can't view it again or alternatively the mail icon beside their name to send a direct message.

  4. Customize your story's viewing and sharing settings by tapping the gear icon in the top left corner of the story. From here, you can configure the following options:

    • Hide Story From: Select people from your followers list to hide this story from them.
    • Close Friends: Create a list of close friends if you only want to share this story with specific people.
    • Allow Message Replies: Allow your followers or only followers you follow back to reply to your story or turn replies off altogether.
    • Allow Sharing: Allow your followers to share photos and videos from your story as messages.

    Customize your story settings any time you want, even when you don't currently have any live stories, from your account settings. Open your profile, tap the menu icon in the top right, tap Settings, scroll down to Privacy and Security and select Story Controls.

  5. Check your notifications by tapping the heart icon in the bottom menu after the 24-hour story expiration period. Upon expiration, you should receive an automatic notification tell you how many people viewed your story. Tap that notification to open the story's view tab to see who viewed it.

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    Increase the chances of your story being viewed by more of your followers by keeping it around longer than the default 24-hour period. To do this, all you need to do is set your story as a Highlight. Tap to view your story and then tap the Highlight button in the bottom right. Although it will disappear from your followers' feeds after the 24-hour period, it will remain on your profile until you remove it.

  6. Consider setting your Instagram profile to private if you don't want people who don't follow you to view your stories. As long as your profile is public, anyone can tap your profile picture to view your stories.

Whenever you view someone else's story, that person can see that you viewed it. There's no way to view other people' stories anonymously, so if you don't want someone to know that you're viewing their stories, your only options are to either view it through somebody else's account or not view it at all.

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