Guides and explainers

How Instagram actually behaves, what the tools here can and cannot reach, and the checks worth running before you trust an account.

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Tools

Start with a username

Look up a public account’s bio, stats and recent media.

See a profile photo at full size instead of a thumbnail.

See who follows a public account and who it follows.

Watch public stories from the last 24 hours.

Open the story albums an account chose to keep.

Browse an account’s public reels with view counts.