Download Article
Figure out who’s watching your Insta stories
Download Article

Instagram borrowed the “Stories” feature from Snapchat in 2016, and it became an essential part of the platform. Now more than 500 million Instagram users use Instagram stories every day. With stories, you can share photos and videos that disappear from your profile after 24 hours. You can see who has viewed your stories by just swiping up from the story panel. When the story disappears from your story tab after 24 hours, you can no longer access this data from there. But actually, you can see the list of story viewers up to 48 hours after you post it using Instagram's archives feature. Read this How.com.vn to learn more!

How to Check Instagram Story Views After 24 Hours

  • Go to your Instagram profile and tap the button in the top right corner.
  • Tap on the “Archive” option, then navigate to the “Stories archive” section.
  • From there, you can click on a story and see who has viewed it.
  • Keep in mind that this only works up to 48 hours after the story was posted.
  1. How.com.vn English: Instagram  app on android app drawer.png
    1
    Open the Instagram app on your smartphone. It’s the purple, pink, and orange icon with a white camera inside that you'll find on one of your Home screens, in the app drawer, or by searching.
    • Login with your account, if you haven't already done so. Also, make sure that the archiving feature is not disabled on your account.
  2. How.com.vn English: Instagram profile icon position.png
    2
    Go to your profile page. Tap on your profile icon at the bottom-right corner of the app.
    Advertisement
  3. How.com.vn English: Instagram menu icon.png
    3
    Tap on the button. This will be located at the top-right corner of your screen. The menu tab will show up, after doing so.
  4. How.com.vn English: Instagram archive option.png
    4
    Tap on the Archive option. It will be the second option on the list.
  5. How.com.vn English: Instagram archives list.png
    5
    Navigate to the “Stories archive” section. Tap on the Posts archive option at the top then select “Stories archive”.
  6. How.com.vn English: Archived Instagram stories.png
    6
    Select a story from there. Remember that you can only see the viewer info up to 48 hours after you post it.
  7. How.com.vn English: See Who Viewed Your Instagram Story.png
    7
    Swipe up on the story. Now you can see the number and the usernames of the people who have viewed your story. That's all!
  8. Advertisement

Community Q&A

Search
Add New Question
  • Question
    How do you view who watched your story from say, 2 years ago?
    How.com.vn English: WF
    WF
    Top Answerer
    It's not possible. You can only see the list of story viewers up to 48 hours after you post it.
Ask a Question
200 characters left
Include your email address to get a message when this question is answered.
Submit
      Advertisement

      Video

      Tips

      • This function is also available on the Instagram highlights feature. If you have been added your stories to highlights, you can see the viewers details from there. Note that the 48 hours limit is also applied here.
      Submit a Tip
      All tip submissions are carefully reviewed before being published
      Thanks for submitting a tip for review!
      Advertisement

      About This Article

      How.com.vn is a “wiki,” similar to Wikipedia, which means that many of our articles are co-written by multiple authors. To create this article, volunteer authors worked to edit and improve it over time. This article has been viewed 219,414 times.
      How helpful is this?
      Co-authors: 8
      Updated: March 29, 2024
      Views: 219,414
      Categories: Instagram
      Thanks to all authors for creating a page that has been read 219,414 times.

      Is this article up to date?

      ⚠️ Disclaimer:

      Content from Wiki How English language website. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License; additional terms may apply.
      Wiki How does not encourage the violation of any laws, and cannot be responsible for any violations of such laws, should you link to this domain, or use, reproduce, or republish the information contained herein.

      Notices:
      • - A few of these subjects are frequently censored by educational, governmental, corporate, parental and other filtering schemes.
      • - Some articles may contain names, images, artworks or descriptions of events that some cultures restrict access to
      • - Please note: Wiki How does not give you opinion about the law, or advice about medical. If you need specific advice (for example, medical, legal, financial or risk management), please seek a professional who is licensed or knowledgeable in that area.
      • - Readers should not judge the importance of topics based on their coverage on Wiki How, nor think a topic is important just because it is the subject of a Wiki article.

      Advertisement