Can you see who views your Instagram Story?
When you open a Story, you see the list of viewers and Insights tab. If 24 hours since your Instagram Story was published haven’t passed, you can look at this information from your profile page.
To see the list of the viewers:
- Open a Story.
- Tap the users icons.
- Switch to the tab with an eye icon.
There you see a list of people who has seen your Stories on Instagram. By tapping a profile photo, you can get to the viewer’s page.
You can get the list of the people who looks at your Instagram Story if you use a computer. But there is no Insights' tab, there are only usernames.
Here is how you can see who viewed your Insta Stories:
- Open a Story.
- Tap the users’ icons.
You can tell who viewed your Instagram Story even if it has disappeared from your profile page. The list of viewers is available in your account Archive for 48 hours since the content was published. Stories go there automatically after 24 hours since they were posted, the time when they disappear from your profile. You won’t find Stories that you deleted manually there.
Here is how you can see the list.
- Open account settings.
- Choose Archive.
- Tap the menu.
- Choose Stories Archive.
- Tap a Story.
- Tap the list of viewers.
- Switch to the tab with an eye icon.
If there is no Story you need, check your Archive settings.
Instagram Stories go to the archive only if you haven’t changed the default settings. Check whether the feature works, and turn it on if it doesn’t.
- Open your account settings.
- Choose Settings.
- Open Privacy.
- Go to Story.
- Tap the button near Save Stories to Archive if it’s gray. If it’s blue, the feature is turned on.
If your profile is public, people can view your Instagram Stories anonymously, you will never know who they are.
Instagram Stories stalkers do it using online Instagram savers or viewers. People don’t have to authorize their IG accounts on such websites. So you will never know who saw your Instagram Story. Their username won't appear on the viewers list.
If you don’t want Instagram stalkers to watch your profile anonymously, make it private. Unfortunately, it will also disallow users to see your posts, Reels, IGTV if they are not following you.
Read how to make your account private here.
Now you know how to see who viewed your Instagram Story even when it disappears from your profile page. Open the list of viewers of a Story in the app or on the website using a computer. Go to the Archive to see the views of a disappeared Story, it’s available only in the app.
If you can't see who watched your Instagram Story, nobody has viewed it yet. If you can't find a Story in Archive, check the auto-save settings.
Did you find a stalker among users who watched your Story?