How to see who views your Instagram profile and stalks your account
- Find your stalkers in Instagram Stories
- 1. Hide your Stories from your Instagram followers
- 2. Check the list of Instagram story viewers
- FAQ on how to find out who views your Instagram profile
- Can I see who views my Instagram profile in the Activity tab?
- Are there apps or services that reveal Instagram stalkers?
- What can I do about my Instagram stalkers?
- The bottom line
Stories can tell you who views your Instagram profile but does not follow you. Let's start by defining the ways how users can view your stories:
- In the feed. Subscribed users can open Stories on their feed and watch everything that was posted by the accounts they follow, including yours.
- On your profile page. Subscribed and unsubscribed can go to your Instagram profile page and tap your profile picture to open your stories.
If an unsubscribed user watches your stories, this user definitely stalks your Instagram account. There is no way they viewed your stories by accident or while watching other stories in their feed. They had the intention and did specific actions for this.
So, when you want to see who views your Instagram account without subscribing, you should post a story for unsubscribed users only and then check the list of viewers. Below are detailed instructions.
First of all, you need to hide your stories from your followers to see unsubscribed users who view your Instagram profile page:
01. Go to your profile page.
02. Tap the three-line menu.
03. Choose Settings and privacy.
04. Find the section "Who can see your content" and choose Hide story and live.
05. Tap Hide story and live from.
06. Check all the accounts.
07. Go back.
Now, you can post a story and be sure only unsubscribed users will see it. If you need help, here is a guide on posting an Instagram story.
After posting a story on Instagram, you can see who views it. Bear in mind that your story is visible for 24 hours after you post it. So, you better check the list of viewers at the end of this time — your stalker may wait for the last moment.
Follow the steps to see who viewed your Instagram story:
- Go to your profile page.
- Open your story.
- Tap the profile photos at the bottom.
You can see the list of viewers. Since the story is only visible to unsubscribed users, you can be sure these viewers purposely went to your page before viewing.
Unfortunately, stalkers' Instagram accounts are often empty or fake. So, it is impossible to identify who the account belongs to.
Also, you should know that your stalkers may view your Instagram page without viewing your stories, they may check only your posts for example.
If you still have questions about figuring out your Instagram stalkers, you can find the answers in this section.
In short, the Activity tab is not likely to help you. It notifies you about users' likes, comments, and new followers. But Instagram stalkers usually leave no likes or comments and do not subscribe. Still, you can go check the tab for unfamiliar accounts that are not subscribed to you. Stalkers may like your photos without intention.
There are no apps or services that can tell you who views your Instagram profile page. Instagram never reveals this information to any users. So, there is no way to develop apps or services like this.
Don't be deceived! You may see apps and services that promise to tell you who views your Instagram profile, but they do not work, and, most importantly, they are not safe. These may be hackers trying to steal your account data. Do not use them to find out your Instagram stalkers.
If you don't want particular people to view your Instagram profile — block them. This hides your following and follower lists, photos, and videos on your profile page from them.
Open a person's page and disclose the three dots on the right.
- The "Block" option offers to block the existing account or every one the user will make in the future, or you can block the user's page. A blocked user can't find your profile, posts, Stories, and send messages. The notification about blocking is not delivered.
- The "Restrict" option limits the user's interactions with your profile. Comments of this user will be shown only for you two. You can manually make any of them visible to other Instagram users, or delete them. Messages from a restricted user appear in Direct requests.
One more method to avoid Instagram stalkers viewing your profile content is to make your account private. Thus, unsubscribed users will not be allowed to see your posts and Stories.
You can see who viewed your profile on Instagram without subscribing to it. You need to hide your stories from followers and post a new story for this. Then, you check the list of the story viewers. These viewers stalk your account.
If you don't want a particular user to stalk you on Instagram, you can block it. If you don't want to get rid of all your stalkers, make your account private.