How to see who viewed your Instagram story

Georgina Smith
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After posting an Instagram story, you may be keen to find out who has viewed it. Here’s how to find out who’s seen your Instagram story in 2022.

Instagram has been a staple in millions of people’s daily social media routine for many years now, and while it started off as a place for people to primarily upload square images, the app has since expanded into a variety of different types of content.

This has included anything from Instagram Video to the TikTok-style Reels feature that’s popular with many users.

However, perhaps one of the most used tools on the platform is the ‘Story’ feature. This allows people to upload pictures or images that will only last for 24 hours, and you can customize which users are able to view these temporary posts. You can also make them more permanent by uploading them as highlights.

If you want to keep an eye on who specifically is or isn’t viewing your stories, you can do so simply from within the app.

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Users can upload a number of different types of content to Instagram.

How to see who has seen your Instagram story

Looking at who has seen your story on Instagram is very simple, and allows you to keep track of how much engagement your posts are getting, as well as whether particular accounts have or haven’t seen your story.

To check, simply do as follows:

  1. Open Instagram.
  2. Click on your story in the top left corner of your feed.
  3. Swipe up on the screen. This will allow you to view how many people have seen your story, as well as which accounts specifically saw it.

It’s worth noting that only you can see who has seen your story.

If you want to know more about how to use Instagram, you can check out our other guides here:

How to link your Instagram account to TikTokHow to see your first-liked Instagram postHow to switch Instagram feed to chronological orderHow to re-share a post to your Story on InstagramHow to make money on InstagramHow to hide likes on Instagram

About The Author

Georgina was formerly an entertainment writer for Dexerto. She covered all aspects of influencer culture on TikTok and more, including creators such as Charli D’Amelio and Addison Rae. She also wrote about hit reality shows such as Love Island and Below Deck.