How to know someone follows you back on instagram

If you care about your follower count on Instagram, it can be kind of unnerving when someone unfollows you. Perhaps they unfollowed you because they haven’t seen you in a long time, or maybe it’s something else? Whatever the case, Instagram won’t alert you when you are unfollowed, so you have to take extra measures if you want to figure out who unfollowed you. Here’s how to see who unfollowed you on Instagram.

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How to see who unfollowed you on Instagram

Checking a user’s Following list

By visiting a user’s Instagram profile, you can manually check to see if they follow you or not. Of course, you will need to know whether or not they ever followed you in the first place to determine if they unfollowed you.

How to know someone follows you back on instagram

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On their profile, press the number in the top right above Following. If they follow you, your account will appear at the top of this list.

How to know someone follows you back on instagram

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Example of someone who has not unfollowed you.

If that Instagram user is not following you—meaning they never followed you in the first place or ended up unfollowing you—then your profile will not appear in their Following list at all.

Checking your own Followers list

To check your own Followers list, go to your Instagram profile. Here, Instagram allows you to see the total number of people that follow you and all of the accounts that follow you.

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Within your follower list, type the name or username of the person you think unfollowed you in the Search field at the top. If their profile appears, they still follow you; if they have unfollowed you, it will say No users found in the results.

How to know someone follows you back on instagram

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Utilizing a third-party app

The other way to see who unfollowed you on Instagram is to use a third-party app like Followmeter. You must grant the app access to your Instagram account by logging in. After that, Followmeter will keep track of all the following activity that goes on with your account.

How to know someone follows you back on instagram

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Open the Followmeter app (Android | iOS), then press the Unfollowers button to check who recently unfollowed you.

How to know someone follows you back on instagram

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FAQs

Instagram allows you to unfollow a maximum of two hundred accounts per day.

The best way to do this would be to mute that user. You can decide what you want to see from them for as long as you want.

How do you know if a person is following you back on Instagram?

The first thing you can do is go to your profile and click on 'Followers'. You can then search a name to check if they are following you or not. Another method is to go to the person's profile and click on 'Following'. You can then search for your name to check if they are following you or not.

How do you know whos not following you back on Instagram?

Simply head over to their Instagram profile and tap the box that says “Following.” There, you'll see a list of people that person is following. If you know for sure they were following you, but you're not on that list, you can safely assume you've been unfollowed.

Can you see who is following you on Instagram?

Click the Followers tab, which will have a number before it corresponding with the number of accounts that follow your teen. You can scroll or search through the followers and following lists. You can tap on any of the accounts on these lists to see their Instagram profile.