{"id":512,"date":"2022-03-13T22:11:55","date_gmt":"2022-03-13T22:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bandittracker.com\/?p=512"},"modified":"2022-03-13T22:11:57","modified_gmt":"2022-03-13T22:11:57","slug":"who-viewed-your-profile-on-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bandittracker.com\/who-viewed-your-profile-on-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Know Who Viewed Your Profile On Social Media"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When you create an account on most social media sites, you set up a profile that shows your chosen display name and some other details about you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other people may find your profile when they are searching for you online. Can you tell who has been looking you up?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This article gives you powerful tips on how to find out if people are searching for your details on these popular platforms:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Facebook<\/li><li>Instagram<\/li><li>Twitter<\/li><li>Snapchat<\/li><li>LinkedIn<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_64 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6617469dcc493\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6617469dcc493\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/bandittracker.com\/who-viewed-your-profile-on-social-media\/#Does_Facebook_Show_Who_Viewed_Your_Profile\" title=\"Does Facebook Show Who Viewed Your Profile?\">Does Facebook Show Who Viewed Your Profile?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/bandittracker.com\/who-viewed-your-profile-on-social-media\/#Does_Instagram_Show_Who_Viewed_Your_Profile\" title=\"Does Instagram Show Who Viewed Your Profile?\">Does Instagram Show Who Viewed Your Profile?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/bandittracker.com\/who-viewed-your-profile-on-social-media\/#Does_Twitter_Show_Who_Viewed_Your_Profile\" title=\"Does Twitter Show Who Viewed Your Profile?\">Does Twitter Show Who Viewed Your Profile?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/bandittracker.com\/who-viewed-your-profile-on-social-media\/#Does_Snapchat_Show_Who_Viewed_Your_Profile\" title=\"Does Snapchat Show Who Viewed Your Profile?\">Does Snapchat Show Who Viewed Your Profile?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/bandittracker.com\/who-viewed-your-profile-on-social-media\/#Check_Who_Looked_At_Your_Profile_On_LinkedIn\" title=\"Check Who Looked At Your Profile On LinkedIn\">Check Who Looked At Your Profile On LinkedIn<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Does_Facebook_Show_Who_Viewed_Your_Profile\"><\/span>Does Facebook Show Who Viewed Your Profile?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Facebook doesn\u2019t have a feature that shows you who searched for you there or looked at your profile picture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some third-party applications may claim that they can give you this information. But this is against Facebook\u2019s terms and conditions, and they will be shut down quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, sometimes you can see indirect evidence that other Facebook users have been looking at your profile or reading your posts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The trick is to use the \u201cPeople You May Know\u201d feature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Using the \u201cPeople You May Know\u201d feature<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To use this feature, click on your Facebook profile to open the profile page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u201cPeople You May Know\u201d box is at the top of the page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can scroll through a number of profiles that Facebook is suggesting as potential acquaintances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The key point is to look for people with whom you don\u2019t have a mutual friend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"439\" height=\"278\" src=\"https:\/\/bandittracker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/facebook_people_you_may_know.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bandittracker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/facebook_people_you_may_know.jpg 439w, https:\/\/bandittracker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/facebook_people_you_may_know-300x190.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 439px) 100vw, 439px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In the picture above from my Facebook account, the guy in the middle shares a mutual friend with me. (<em>I haven\u2019t obscured the picture because it\u2019s a deceased historical figure<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of the \u201cPeople You May Know\u201d will fall into this category of sharing a mutual friend with you. That\u2019s why Facebook is suggesting that you know each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the other two people in the extract above do not share friends with me. There must be another reason why the algorithm thinks we have some kind of link.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The problem is that we can\u2019t know definitively why Facebook picked these people. They do not make the details of the algorithm public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, it\u2019s reasonable to suspect that one reason is that the person interacted with you in some way on Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They may have gone so far as to like one of your posts. But they could also have just viewed your profile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are plenty of reports by Facebook users who noticed that someone popped into their \u201cPeople You May Know\u201d box after they opened the person\u2019s profile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Does_Instagram_Show_Who_Viewed_Your_Profile\"><\/span>Does Instagram Show Who Viewed Your Profile?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Instagram is owned by the same company that owns Facebook. That\u2019s Meta now!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unsurprisingly, they have similar privacy policies. Neither platform tells you who viewed your profile without interacting with it (through likes and shares).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, you can get good metrics on Instagram about who likes your posts or watches your stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The system is similar to how I described Facebook in the previous section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click on the number of likes that are displayed beneath your post. This takes you to the list of user names who liked it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Does_Twitter_Show_Who_Viewed_Your_Profile\"><\/span>Does Twitter Show Who Viewed Your Profile?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Twitter does not have a feature that shows you who viewed your profile or read your tweets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, if a person goes further and likes or retweets your tweet, you will be able to see this activity. To see who liked a particular tweet, open it and look at the line beneath the text. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This line tells you how many people have retweeted or liked your tweet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"429\" height=\"58\" src=\"https:\/\/bandittracker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/twitter_likes_retweets.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bandittracker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/twitter_likes_retweets.jpg 429w, https:\/\/bandittracker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/twitter_likes_retweets-300x41.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 429px) 100vw, 429px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>When you click on either the retweets or the likes, you will see the user names of the people who have chosen not to be private on Twitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you suspect (or hope) that someone you have a crush on is checking you out on Twitter? You could try to flush them out!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s say it\u2019s a guy who is a big Patriots fan. Or it\u2019s a girl who is a big Patriots fan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You could tweet the typical kind of message that a Patriots fan would enjoy. Then keep an eye on the list of users in the likes section. Good luck!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Does_Snapchat_Show_Who_Viewed_Your_Profile\"><\/span>Does Snapchat Show Who Viewed Your Profile?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Snapchat gives you more details about other people than Facebook or Instagram. There doesn\u2019t have to be the same level of interaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The application will show you if someone has:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>read your Snapchat story<\/li><li>looked you up on Snapchat mats<\/li><li>took a screenshot of your story<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>To see who has read your Snapchat story, open the \u201cMy Story\u201d page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The number of readers is displayed beside the icon of an eye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You get to the list of user names who read the story by swiping down the screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Check_Who_Looked_At_Your_Profile_On_LinkedIn\"><\/span>Check Who Looked At Your Profile On LinkedIn<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>LinkedIn makes it easier than Facebook or Instagram to see who has viewed your profile on their platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even the free account on LinkedIn lets you see the last five people who viewed your profile. The Premium account gives you more history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To access this list, click on the link titled &#8220;who viewed your profile&#8221; under your profile picture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"232\" src=\"https:\/\/bandittracker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/john_summer.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bandittracker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/john_summer.jpg 233w, https:\/\/bandittracker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/john_summer-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>However, you may not see much details of people looking you up. LinkedIn users have the option to set their privacy in a way that hides most of their details. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is what you\u2019d see (<em>yes, it really is that blurry<\/em>):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"370\" height=\"193\" src=\"https:\/\/bandittracker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/private_status_greys_out_history.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bandittracker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/private_status_greys_out_history.jpg 370w, https:\/\/bandittracker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/private_status_greys_out_history-300x156.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the default privacy settings are quite low and many people don\u2019t change them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You may be able to see a full name, their city, their work history, and where they went to college.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>If that has suddenly made you want to change your security on LinkedIn\u2026check out our guide to <a href=\"https:\/\/bandittracker.com\/privacy-when-viewing-people-on-linkedin\/\">setting your privacy on LinkedIn<\/a>!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you create an account on most social media sites, you set up a profile that shows your chosen display name and some other details about you. 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