Knowing who visited your social media profile is a common curiosity among many users of these platforms. After all, who doesn't want to find out if that special someone is watching them or, in the case of content creators, if a brand has noticed them? However, not all platforms offer this feature natively.

On Facebook, for example, the social network does not allow users to know who has viewed their profile. In the case of Instagram, although it is possible to see how many people have visited your profile, you cannot know who these people are. 

So how do you identify who is looking at your profile?

The best way to achieve this is through apps. But before you download any, read the reviews and see what users are saying about them. This way, you can identify whether they are credible and truly deliver on their value proposition. 

Also, be sure to pay attention to the permissions requested by the app. This is because if it asks for access to irrelevant things, such as seeing messages sent and received, it could be a warning that it is fraudulent and could leak your personal information. 

That said, we will present three apps that are highly rated by their users to help you find out who visited your profile on social media. 

InStalker: Who viewed my profile

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InStalker is a highly rated app that allows users to see who has visited their Instagram profiles. It works by tracking the behavior of users on the platform. Once you sign up for the app, it will generate a report with information about the visits to your profile.

And this report is complete! It comes with data such as profile picture, date and time of visit. But InStalker is not limited to just analyzing your visitors. That's because it also shows you who unfollowed you, who blocked you and even helps you detect fake followers that hinder your engagement.

InStalker is free to use. However, if you want to access features like seeing who has visited your profile in incognito mode, you will need to subscribe to the platform's premium plan. On the downside, we can highlight that the app can collect information about your activity on Instagram, such as the accounts you visit, and the fact that it is only available for Android.

Available for Android system, at Google Play

Reports+ for Followers

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Reports+ for Followers also lets you know who visited your Instagram profile. However, you need to pay for the premium plan to do so. After all, in the free version of the platform, you only have access to some basic information, such as the number of visits to your profile.

With the Reports+ premium plan for Followers, you have access to a complete list of your visitors' data on the social network. This way, you can find out details such as their name and time of visit. The app uses a method called fingerprinting to identify the devices that visited your profile.

But it's important to know that this method isn't 100% accurate. It's possible that the same device is used by multiple people. In addition, the app may not be able to identify all visitors to your profile. This is because Instagram may block access to this information. 

Available for iOS and Android systems, App Store and Google Play.

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Profile Tracker

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Following our list of who visited your social media profiles, we'll highlight Profile Tracker, for Facebook lovers. Just like the other apps we've highlighted, it allows you to access a complete report with the username, profile picture, and date and time of who visited your profile. 

The app is free, but it does not have an iOS version. In addition, it can collect information about your Facebook activity. It is also worth mentioning that the app only works to track personal profiles. Therefore, if you have a Facebook page, you will not be able to know who visited it with it. 

But don't despair if your goal is to monitor engagement and visits to your Facebook page. That's because the social network itself provides official tools, such as Facebook Insights for this purpose, which will provide accurate and reliable data on the performance of your page.

Available for Android system, at Google Play

More tips

In addition to using the apps we mentioned, there are other ways to find out who is watching your social media. For example, on Instagram, you can track the views of your photos and videos. If you notice a sudden increase in views on a particular post, it is possible that someone is trying to stalk you.

Additionally, the platform has a feature called Stories. There you can also see who is following you. Generally, the people who view your Stories are the people who are most interested in your routine. 

You can also use social media analytics tools. While they won’t show you the exact profile of who visited you, they can be very useful in providing information about your profile visitors, such as where they came from and what time they visited you.

Did it satisfy your curiosity?

Whether out of curiosity or for more details on the impact of your content work, it is always important to know who visited your profile on social networks. Use one of the apps we have listed, as they have good ratings in the app stores and you will not regret it.