When was born, few imagined that he was going to become a star in the universe of social networks, much less that it would scale to unseat many of the most used in the world. In just under a decade, Instagram has climbed to be one of the five most used social networks and known on the planet.
At first it was thought that it was a nice way to share your most special photos with your followers, but people turned it into something much more interesting, to the point that even companies use it for marketing and attract potential customers to consume their content. That is why close to a billion users live on it and use it on a monthly basis on a regular basis.
So how to find someone among so many people? This is a question that we will answer in this post, where We will teach you how to search for a person or profile on this well-known social network in all possible ways..
Steps to search and find a person within the Instagram social network
Just like we taught you recently ay Twitteralso Instagram puts at your disposal a series of tools to search for anyone who is part of your users and find them easily despite the fact that you do not know her name, username or simply have little information about her. So take note and learn how to use them all like a professional.
Search by name
We start with the easy. Suppose you know the name of the person you are looking for, but since there are so many people, it is more than likely that there are several profiles with the same name, then How do you know it’s the one? Well this is easier than breathing. There are two ways to do it; from the app or from the web version. Both are very similar, but they have slight differences that we will explain so that you do not get confused.
From the phonewhat you should do is a touch on the “Magnifying glass” that appears in the options menu that is at the bottom of the mobile screen, which corresponds to the section “Explore”. After that click where it says “Search” at the top, which is also accompanied by a magnifying glass. In this space you must write the full name of the person you are looking for, or at least their first and last name.
After that you will see a list of possible profiles ordered by relevance. That is Instagram shows you people based on their geographic location, the followers they have in common with you, or their fame within the app.. So the person you are looking for should be among the first five results that the app shows you.
From the web version the process is very similar. You should click on the search bar at the top of the screen and write if name. After that, from the same bar a list of possible profiles will be displayed ordered by the same principle of relevance that we explained before. You simply have to identify the one that corresponds to the person you are looking for and that’s it.
Now, what if the person you are looking for is famous and there are many fake profiles? How to know which one is the real one? Easy. Instagram identifies celebrity profiles with a blue icon next to their username, so you know that this is the true profile and not the others who claim to be. In the previous image we show you what this icon looks like.
By username
If you want to avoid having to guess which of several profiles with the same name is the one you want to find, then the best way to search is with the person’s username. As you well know, when you register on the platform, it asks you to choose a user preceded by an at sign (@) that only you can have, this is how your fingerprint on IG. Again this can be done in two ways; from the mobile and from the web version.
From the mobile you must enter the section “Explore”; touch on “Search”; write the username corresponding to the profile you are looking for; Y select the only profile that will appear corresponding to that search. If you can’t find any results it’s because you are misspelling the name or simply because that person has blocked you. So rectify the information or try to make the query from another profile.
From the web version you simply have to click on “Search” Y write profile usernameafter that you should see the person’s account, and if not, it must be for the reasons that we explained to you in the previous paragraph.
Search by hashtags or tags
Hashtags or labels are a good way to find profiles on the platform. These are just talking points, so there are two reasons why you might be interested in using them; that you are looking for someone who talks about that subject randomly, or simply because you know that there is a profile that always talks about it and you want to find him. Again, you can do all of this in two ways; from the mobile version and the web version.
From the mobile version you simply have to enter the section “Explore”; Click on “Search” at the top of the interface; select “Hashtags”; write the hashtag you want to consult; and review the publications made under it until you find the profile you are looking for or choose one of the experts or influencers who talk about it.
From the web version the procedure is almost the same, you just have to click directly on the option “Search” at the top of the screen, write the hashtag and press enter so you can see all the posts related to it.
Find the person who blocked you on Instagram
Here we enter dangerous territory. Officially, the platform will not notify you of the block, so you have very few ways to find out what happened. As for conducting a search for that person, you will not be able to do it for your own profile since none of the queries you make will return a result.
However How to know if you have been blocked on Instagram? Well, it’s quite easy. If you previously had that person on your follower list and at the time they liked or commented on one of your posts, you can search for them and click on their profile. Nevertheless, the platform will show you a message like this:
Another way to find out is to simply typing the username in the search bar, if there is no result, you can assume that you have been sent to oblivion by that person and they have blocked you. The only thing you can do is create another profile and follow her from it, in case you are interested in continuing to know what is published on her profile.
Find a person by their photo
This is another unknown terrain. to a person without knowing their name or their username can be a daunting task, but fortunately Instagram knows you’re curious and gives you some ways to do it. However, from the outset we tell you that these are not 100% infallible.
The first thing you can do is consult the profile of another user that you think may have on their list of followers who you are looking for. To do this you must enter the account of the same and click on “followers“, so you can see the list of all the users who follow you.
You must go down until you can find the person you are looking for, for which you must look at the thumbnail of their profile photo. Nevertheless, you won’t always be able to see the full listso this can complicate things a bit.
The second option you have is to enter the section “Explore”. This section shows you posts of photos and videos according to your tastes, your location and also according to the followers of the people you follow and the likes they give. Thus It is possible that if the person you are looking for shares a follower in common with you, you can find one of his recent posts in this area.
Find people on Instagram by city or location
Another thing you can do is search by location. Like the previous method, this one is not 100% foolproof, but there is nothing to lose by trying it and you may succeed if you do it the right way.
Let’s put ourselves in context, suppose that last weekend you were in the “Paseo de la Castellana in Madrid” and you saw a “very cute girl” take a picture. You were so infatuated that you want to follow her to see all the photos of her for the rest of your life.
All you have to do to find their profile is simply search for the location where the photo was taken. To do this you just have to write “Paseo de la Castellana Madrid” in the search bar from your mobile or web browser and see the results. If the girl you saw posted the photo on her profile and specified that she did it from that placeyou can undoubtedly find it among the most recent publications.
Find them by their phone number
Finally, we teach you how to perform the search by phone number, which is as precise a piece of data as the username itself. You simply have to know this information about the profile you are looking for and just by typing it in the search bar from the mobile application or the web version you will be able to directly see the profile of that person. Easier than cutting your nails.
Search and find people and profiles outside of Instagram
We already told you that we were going to teach you all the existing methods to find people on Instagram, but surely you will think that this is ridiculous?Can you seriously search for people on Instagram without being on the platform? Well the answer that’s a big yesand we are going to teach you all the ways you have to do it.
Find someone from Google
The first option you have is to use Google, the most popular search engine in the world. If you can’t find it with this tool, it’s probably because it doesn’t exist on the social network. Furthermore, with this technique you have the advantage that it doesn’t matter if the person has blocked you or notsince your search is not related to the platform in any way.
What you have to do is write the name of the person or their username followed by the word Instagram. In this way, the profile you are looking for will be shown in the first result. Also, if it is a celebrity, you have the advantage that Google will show you their official profile and you will not have to deal with the hundreds of fake accounts that possibly exist under your name.
Find people through Facebook
As you well know, Facebook was made a couple of years ago with the social network Instagram, so the profiles between both platforms are linked in some way. If you have a contact on Facebook and you want to import it to Instagram, you can use the synchronization that the same platform offers you.
To do this you must follow the steps that we present below:
- and go to the part of “Discover people”.
- Then position yourself in “Facebook” and then in “Connect with Facebook”.
- Then you will see a list of people you follow on your Facebook account who have an Instagram profile, search for the user you want to follow and that’s it.
From third-party applications or websites
Finally, we teach you how to carry out the search using third-party applications or web tools. For this we are going to use Social Searchera…
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