How to See Who Person Just Follow for Instagram (Wetin Dey Work and Wetin No Dey Work)

Wetin happen to the Following activity tab

For some years, Instagram get Activity screen with two tabs: You and Following. The Following tab dey show wetin people wey you dey follow dey do, including new accounts wey dem follow and posts wey dem like. Na the normal answer then to "how I fit see who person just follow for Instagram."

Instagram comot the Following tab for October 2019. Nothing replace am. No official screen, setting or hidden menu dey wey list accounts wey another person follow recently. If old guide tell you make you open Activity and tap Following, that guide don old.

How to see who you follow recently (this one dey work)

If na only who you follow recently you wan know, Instagram get way to do am inside the app. You fit arrange your own following list by the date wey you follow each account. Menu names dey change from time to time, so na so e be as of October 2026.

1. Open your profile and tap People wey you dey follow.
2. Look for where to arrange or filter the list near the top.
3. Under where you fit arrange am, choose Date wey you follow: Newest to see accounts wey you follow most recently, or Oldest to see the ones wey you follow longest ago first.

For that same screen, you fit also see groups like accounts wey you hardly interact with and accounts wey dey show pass for your feed. That one dey useful when you wan tidy the list of people wey you dey follow.

This one only dey work for your own list. The option to arrange the list no dey show for other people profiles, and na here most guides dey miss road.

Why the account for top of another person following list no be the one dem follow last

One popular tip talk say when you open another person following list, the accounts for top na the ones wey dem follow most recently. E sound like sense, but e no correct. Plenty reports talk say Instagram no dey arrange another person following list by when dem follow each account. Instagram dey rank the list, and the arrangement fit change depending on who dey look am.

Wetin you dey really see for that list

As e dey happen, the top of another person following list dey usually full with accounts wey matter to you: people wey you too dey follow, people wey dey follow you, and accounts wey you dey interact with. Accounts wey connect una dey rise go top. Two different people fit open the same profile and see different arrangement.

Instagram never publish how this arrangement dey work, and most things wey people write about am na from wetin users notice and small number of write-ups, so no take the details as confirmed. Wetin you fit hold on to na this: the list no arrange by time, so you no fit use am know the "person wey dem follow last."

Why this wrong belief still dey spread

Your own list bin dey look like e arrange by time, and the old Following activity tab really dey arrange things by time. People carry those two ideas enter advice about other people accounts. If person show you screenshot come talk say "na these people she just follow," na guess dem dey guess from list wey Instagram rank.

The method wey dey work: compare two saved copies of their following list

Instagram no dey keep public record of "people wey person just follow," but you fit make your own. The idea simple. Save person full following list today. Save am again after one week or one month. Any account wey dey the second list but no dey the first na new account wey dem follow within that period.

This dey work for public account, and for private account wey you dey follow, because you fit already see the list. E no dey work for private account wey you no dey follow, because Instagram no go show you the list at all.

Step 1: Export the first copy

After you install the igbento extension, open the page to download from Instagram, create new task with the account profile link and choose to export the following list. You fit export any following list wey you fit already see for Instagram as CSV or JSON. igbento dey read the list through your own Instagram login wey already dey active, so e no dey ever ask for your password, and e dey save the file for your computer instead of uploading am.

Name the file with the account and date, like username-following-2026-10-21.csv. Na only that date dey show time for this method, so write am down.

Step 2: Wait, then export am again

Choose time gap wey make sense for the account. One week dey work for person wey dey follow plenty people. One month dey enough for account wey no too dey active. Then export the same list again and save am with the new date.

Step 3: Compare the two files for spreadsheet

Open Google Sheets or Excel. Put the older list for one sheet wey you name Old and the newer list for another sheet wey you name New. Make sure the usernames dey column A for both sheets, starting from row 2 under the heading.

1. For the New sheet, click cell B2 come enter =IF(COUNTIF(Old!A:A, A2)=0, "new follow", "").
2. Drag the formula go down the whole column.
3. Filter column B make e show only account wey dem newly follow. Na those accounts dey the newer list but no dey the older one.
4. To see who dem stop to follow instead, do am the other way round: for the Old sheet, count how many times each username show for the New sheet.

If you prefer VLOOKUP, use =ISNA(VLOOKUP(A2, Old!A:A, 1, FALSE)). E dey return TRUE for usernames wey no dey the old list. Both formulas dey give the same answer.

Option wey no need formula

Arrange both lists from A to Z and put dem side by side. Check both columns together as you dey go down. E dey slower for long lists, but e dey work for following list wey get few hundred accounts. If the list big pass that, use the formula.

Wetin this method no fit tell you

This method of comparing saved copies no dey deceive you, but e get real limits. Know dem before you depend on the result.

• No exact dates. You go only know say dem follow the account between the first saved copy and the second one. If you dey export every week, na period of seven days be that.
• Nothing before your first saved copy. The first export na where your comparison start. E no fit tell you wetin the person follow last week.
• If dem follow account come unfollow am between saved copies, e no go show. If person follow account on Tuesday come remove am on Thursday, and you export on Monday and Friday, you no go see anything.
• You no get access to private accounts. If you no fit see the following list for Instagram, you no fit export am either.
• Big lists dey take time. To export thousands of accounts mean thousands of requests, so expect say e go take some time. Leave Instagram open make e finish.

Also understand wetin igbento free tool to check who unfollow you dey do here. E dey compare two exports of your own followers and people wey you dey follow, wey you download from Instagram page to download your information. E no dey read other people lists, so for another person account, export the list come use spreadsheet compare am.

Comparison of all the methods: how correct dem be, dates and whose account dem dey work for

Na so the options compare as of October 2026.

The pattern clear: anything wey claim say e dey show who another person just follow either dey compare saved copies or dey guess from the list wey Instagram rank.

Tools to track who person just follow: wetin dem promise and wetin to watch

Search for "tool to track who person just follow" and you go see web dashboards wey promise to show updates of who account wey you dey track follow, sometimes with dates and times. These tools usually dey work the same way wey we explain above: dem dey check the account at set times, save each result, then show you wetin change. Wetin make am easy na say dem dey do the exporting and comparing for you for background.

Things wey you suppose check before you pay

• Dem often dey charge for each account wey you track. One dashboard wey publish im price dey charge around $4.49 every month for each account wey you track, so the cost go add up if you dey track several accounts. Another one list $4.99 every week or $39.99 every year. Prices dey change, so check the current page.
• Dem no fit access private accounts. No honest tracking tool fit see the following list of private account wey e no get access to. Shine your eye for any service wey claim otherwise.
• The record dey start when tracking start. Like the method wey you do by yourself, tracking tool no fit show accounts wey person follow before e start to check.
• No ever give anybody your Instagram password. Instagram help information, as other sources report am, list giving your username and password to outside app or website as one reason for the warning wey mean "we suspect say automated activity dey happen." If you don already do am, change your password, turn on verification wey need two steps, and remove the app under Apps and websites.

If you do am yourself, e no go cost you anything apart from few minutes, and your data go remain for your own computer. Tracking tool wey you pay for dey save you work if you really need to check several public accounts regularly.

The button above na for the part of Instagram wey concern your own account: to find who no dey follow you back and tidy your following list. For more details, see the guide to track who unfollow you.

Privacy and respect: use am with sense

Good reasons to compare following lists include market research about business wey dey compete with you, checking which accounts brand or creator wey you dey work with dey newly follow, and watching your own account for strangers or bots. These ones no carry much risk, and you fit dey open about wetin you dey do.

Bad reasons include tracking your ex, monitoring your partner, or keeping record of who person wey dey keep their life private dey talk to. No do am. No contact, confront or pressure anybody because of who dem dey follow. Who person follow no be sure sign of anything, and if you act on guess, you fit hurt person.

Stick to accounts wey choose to dey public, no ever try bypass private account restrictions, and delete exports wey you no need again. igbento no get affiliation with Instagram or Meta.

If na changes to your own followers you really wan know

Plenty people wey dey search for who person just follow actually dey concerned about their own account: who follow dem recently, and who stop. That one easier, because your own data dey available. The guide to see who unfollow you explain how to compare two downloads of your own data, and the guide to find who no dey follow you back show how to list accounts wey no return your follow.

For free option wey dey work for phone, open the tool to check who unfollow you, upload your Instagram data file, and e go show who no dey follow you back. With two files, e go show who unfollow you and who follow you since the older export. For plans and limits for the extension, see prices.