The activity feed was removed
One Instagram tab used to show the follows, likes and comments of people you follow. Since 2019 activity covers only your own account.
Follow changes collect in one timeline instead, grouped by day.
No login · They never know · Public data only
Instagram Activity Tracker
Track the Instagram activity a public account really shows: follows, unfollows, new and lost followers, each dated when we detected it. Stories and posts stay free in the story viewer.
THE PROBLEM
Why you can't follow Instagram activity any more
Instagram removed the Following activity tab in October 2019 and nothing replaced it. What a public account follows, drops and gains is still public — it is just spread across screens that only show today.
The Instagram Following activity tab
Until October 2019
Since then
Every list shows only now
Instagram following and followers are both snapshots of this moment. Neither says who arrived this week or who quietly left.
We keep each complete Instagram list and compare it with the one before.
Four changes, four dead ends
New follows, unfollows, new followers, lost followers: not one is dated or recorded anywhere in the Instagram app.
All four sit in one filterable timeline, each dated by detection.
WHAT IT IS
What is an Instagram activity tracker?
An Instagram activity tracker can only show what Instagram makes public. Here that means who a public account starts or stops following, and who starts or stops following it.
Track an account and those changes collect in one private timeline, grouped under Today, Yesterday and earlier. What no honest tool shows: Instagram likes, comments, DMs, last active, or anything private.
- New follows and unfollows on its Instagram following list
- New and lost Instagram followers on its follower list
- Grouped by day, dated by when we detected them
- Stories, highlights and posts free in the story viewer
STEP BY STEP
How to track someone's
Instagram activity
Follow changes come from tracking. What they post comes from the free Instagram story viewer.
- 01
Check what is visible first
Search the Instagram username. The free look-up shows the profile, its counts and part of the following list, so you know there is something to track.
- 02
Track it to set a baseline
Sign in free with Google or an email link, never Instagram. The first scan records both of its lists, and you see its cost first.
- 03
Read the timeline, then the stories
Filter the timeline by new follows, unfollows, new or lost followers. For what they share, open the Instagram story viewer.
WHAT YOU GET
What the Instagram Activity Tracker shows
Four kinds of Instagram change, dated and grouped by day, plus the posts you can view free.
One Instagram timeline
New follows and unfollows from the following list, plus new and lost followers from the follower list. Read all four together or filter to one.
Dated by detection
Each entry shows when our check found it, never an invented Instagram follow time. Entries sit under Today, Yesterday and earlier dates.
What they post, free
Activity also means what an account shares. The story viewer opens Instagram stories with no sign-up, and highlights and recent posts with a free account.
Private timeline, no password
Your timeline sits behind your own login and never gets a public link. The Instagram account is never notified.
GOOD TO KNOW
How to read an Instagram activity timeline
01
A date means when we found it
An entry lands on the day a check found it, so a follow under Today may be hours or days old. Read day headings as when we noticed.
02
Renames stay out, closures don't
A username change never shows up, because each account is identified by its Instagram ID. A closed or banned account drops out and reads as an unfollow.
03
A quiet timeline still works
Days without entries usually mean nothing changed, and the last check time is on the page. If the Instagram account turns private, tracking pauses and your history stays.
SIDE BY SIDE
Why use an Instagram Activity Tracker?
| INSTORYVIEW | CHECKING IT YOURSELF | |
|---|---|---|
| Someone's new follows | Detected and dated in one timeline per account | No Instagram screen has shown them since 2019 |
| Followers who left | Found by a later scan and dated when detected | Only the count drops; you need an old copy of the list |
| Follows and followers together | Four kinds of change in one filterable timeline | Two Instagram lists, both showing only the present |
| Last active | Not shown. It isn't public, and we won't pretend otherwise | Only in Instagram DMs, between connected accounts |
WHO IT'S FOR
People who track Instagram activity
Three ways to read a public Instagram account without opening it ten times a day.
A friend's public account
Catch up in one visit: today's stories and recent posts in the free viewer, plus a dated list of the accounts they follow or drop.
For example
One visit covers it: today's story, the weekend's two posts, and the three accounts they have followed since Monday.
Team and band fans
Fans often spot new signings or collaborators in the Instagram accounts a club or band starts following.
For example
A club account follows a 19-year-old midfielder nobody has reported on. Fans have read transfers this way for years.
Agencies shortlisting creators
Read both sides at once: whether follows and followers move steadily or in jumps, and what the account publishes day to day.
For example
Two creators, the same follower count. One grew steadily over six weeks; the other gained four thousand in one night.
TOOLS
Explore More Ig Follower Tracker tools
- Instagram Recent Following TrackerCompare snapshots of a public Instagram following list to see who it recently followed, with detection times.
- Instagram Recent Followers TrackerRead the top of a public Instagram follower list — roughly newest first, never exact — for its most recent followers.
- Instagram Following Changes TrackerDiff each Instagram following snapshot against the last to log every profile added or dropped, with detection times.
- Instagram Unfollow TrackerCompare public Instagram follower snapshots over time to research possible unfollows without connecting Instagram credentials.
- Instagram Story ViewerLoad public Instagram stories, highlights and posts through our servers, so you never appear in the viewer list.
FAQ
Questions about Instagram activity tracking
No. Instagram doesn't publish one account's likes and comments as a list, so no outside tool can honestly show them. A site promising the likes of any username, especially one asking for your password, is a red flag.
No. Instagram's activity status appears only inside DMs, only between connected accounts, and only when both allow it. It is never public, so we don't show it and nobody else honestly can.
Instagram removed it in October 2019. It showed what the people you follow liked, commented on and followed. Since then the activity section covers only your own account, and tracking public lists is the closest honest substitute.
Four kinds of change: new follows and unfollows on the following list, and new and lost followers on the follower list. Follower-side changes cover accounts up to 100,000 followers, verified ones excluded. Private accounts are out of reach.
Yes, on a paid plan. The 3-day trial tracks 1 Instagram account with 100 credits. Starter tracks 10 accounts with 2,000 credits a month, Pro 50 with 6,000. Every plan scans both lists, and each completed scan costs credits.
No. We read only what it shows publicly, through our own servers and never through an Instagram account of yours, so it gets no notification. Your timeline opens only after you sign in and has no public link.