When he was born, few imagined that he would become a star of the universe of social networks , much less that he would climb to unseat many of the most used in the world. In just under a decade, Instagram has climbed to one of the five most used and known social networks on the planet.
At first it was thought to be a nice way to share your most special photos with your followers, but people made it much more interesting , to the point that even companies use it to do marketing and attract potential customers to consume their content. That is why about one billion users live in it and use it on a regular basis monthly.
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 in this well-known social network in every possible way .
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Steps to search and find a person within the social network Instagram
Just as we recently taught you how to find people on Facebook and Twitter , Instagram also offers you a series of tools for Search for anyone who is part of its users and find it easily even if you do not know its name, user or simply have little information about it. So take note and learn how to use them all like a professional.
Search by name
We start with the easy thing . 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, so How to know what is the right one? Well, this is easier to breathe 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 you do not get confused.
From your mobile , what you should do is a touch on the “Magnifying glass” that appears in the options menu at the bottom of the screen mobile, which corresponds to the “Explore” section. After that, click on “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 sorted by relevance. That is, Instagram shows you people according to their geographic location, the followers they have in common with you or their fame within the application . 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 must click on the search bar at the top of the screen and type your name. After that, from the same bar a list of possible profiles will be displayed sorted by the same principle of relevance as explained above. You just 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 a famous and there are many fake profiles? How to know which one is true? Easy. Instagram identifies celebrity profiles with a blue icon next to their username , so you know that this is the true profile and not others who claim to be. In the previous image we show you how that icon looks.
By username
If you want to avoid having to guess which of the several profiles with the same name you want to find, then the best way to perform the search is with the username of the person . As you know, when you register on the platform, it asks you to choose a user preceded by a (@) arrogance that only you can have, this is how your fingerprint on IG . Again you can do this in two ways; from the mobile and from the web version.
From the mobile you must enter the «Explore» section; touch «Search»; write the username corresponding to the profile you are looking for; and select the only profile that will appear corresponding to that search. If you cannot find any result, it is because you are typing the name incorrectly 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 just have to click on «Search» and write the profile username , after that you should see the person’s account, and if it is not, it must be for the reasons set forth in the previous paragraph.
Search by hashtags or tags
Hashtags or tags are a good way to find profiles on the platform . These are nothing more than conversation topics, so there are two reasons why you might be interested in using them; that you are looking for someone who talks about this topic at random, or simply because you know that there is a profile that always talks about it and you want to find it. Again, you can do all this in two ways; from the mobile version and the web version.
From the mobile version you simply have to enter the “Explore” section; click on “Search” at the top of the interface; select “Hashtags”; write the hashtag you wish 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.
Since the web version the procedure is almost the same, just click directly on the «Search» option at the top of the screen, write the hashtag and press enter so you can see all the posts related to this .
Find the person who blocked you on Instagram
Here we enter dangerous territory. Officially the platform will not notify you of the blockade, so you have very few ways to find out what happened. As for performing a search for that person, you will not be able to do it on your own profile since none of the queries you make will yield a result .
Now How to know if you have been blocked on Instagram? Well, it’s pretty easy. If you previously had that person on your list of followers and at the time gave a like or made a comment on one of your posts, you can search for them and click on their profile. However, the platform will show you a message like this :
Another way to find out is to simply by 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 you have been blocked . All you can do is create another profile and follow it from it, in case you are interested in continuing to know what is published in your profile.
Find a person by his photo
This is another unknown terrain. Search by photo a person without knowing his name or user can be a titanic task, but fortunately Instagram knows you’re curious and gives you some ways to do it . However, at the outset we tell you that these are not 100% infallible.
The first thing you can do is check the profile of another user that you think you might have on your 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 that follow.
You must go down until you can find the person you are looking for, for which you should look at the thumbnail of his profile picture. However, you will not always be able to see the complete list , so this can complicate things a bit.
The second option you have is to enter the “Explore” section. This section shows you photo and video posts according to your tastes, your location and also according to the followers of the people you follow and the like they give. Therefore it is possible that if the person you are looking for shares a common follower with you, you can find one of their recent publications in this area.
Search people on Instagram by city or location
Another thing you can do is search by location . Like the previous method, this is not 100% infallible, but you don’t lose anything trying 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 pretty girl» take a picture. You were so chartered that you want to follow her to see all her photos for the rest of your life.
What you should do to find your profile is simply search by the location where the photo was taken. To do this you simply have to type «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 place , you will undoubtedly find it among the most recent posts.
Find them by their phone number
Finally, we teach you to perform the search by phone number , which is as accurate as the same username. You just have to know this data of the profile you are looking for and just by typing it in the search bar from the mobile application or the web version you can directly see the profile of that person. Easier than cutting your nails.
Search and find people and profiles outside Instagram
We already told you that we were going to teach you all the existing methods to find people on Instagram, but you will surely think that this is ridiculous. You can really search for people on Instagram without being on the platform? Well The answer is a big yes , and we will show you all the ways you have to do it.
Search for someone from Google
The first option you have is to use Google , the world’s best known search engine. If you cannot find it with this tool, it is probably because it does not exist in the social network. Also, with this technique you have the advantage that it doesn’t matter if the person has blocked you or not , since your search is not related to the platform in any way.
What you have to do is type the person’s name or username followed by the word Instagram . This will show you the profile you are looking for in the first result. In addition, if it is a famous, you have the advantage that Google will show you the official profile of it and you will not have to deal with the hundreds of Fake accounts that may exist in your name.
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Find people through Facebook
As you may 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 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 below:
- Enter your profile in IG and go to the “Discover people” part.
- Then position yourself in «Facebook» and then in «Connect with Facebook» .
- Then you will see a list of people who are still in your Facebook account who have Instagram profile, find the user you want to follow and go.
From third-party applications or websites
Finally, we teach you how to perform the search based on third-party applications or web tools. For this we will use Social Searcher , a platform specially developed for this task that you want to accomplish. What you need to do is enter the website of the tool and enter the name of the person you are looking for and click on « User «.
After that you will see an extensive list of users with the same name who are on different social networks, what you have to do is reduce the search radius to Instagram, which you can do unchecking all the boxes that are at the top of the screen , except for the social network in which you are interested.
Use third-party applications or websites to find people on Instagram What are the better?
We have already taught you everything we know about looking for profiles in this popular social network, now we are going to recommend other tools that, like Social Searcher, can help you find any profile that you propose to easily search.
Instmap.com
We start with a tool specially designed to search profiles on Instagram with a high percentage of success. The reason why it is so good is because uses your location in real time to show you the results that are closest to you , although you can also determine the area where you want that is focused to show you the profiles that are in it or that have recently published in it.
Wink People Search
This is a fairly simple to use search engine that works based on Google’s technology , with the deference that this shows only in the profiles of the main social networks . It is effective because it shows you the results of those users who remain active monthly and also because it is based on your location to show you those that are closest to you. In addition, you can specify the social network where you want to find the profile, so in general it is one of the best websites you have at your disposal.
Nearby
A tool created by Google itself that t and will allow you to find profiles on Instagram through your recently posted photos and videos . In addition, it is completely free, although if you pay an annual subscription you can definitely eliminate the annoying ads on it, which can be very stressful.
PeekYou.com
This is another search engine that will show you the profiles on social networks that you search in the easiest and easiest way possible. You just have to specify the name of the profile, the social network where you are going to search and then indicate the country where you are. You can do all this for free and without signing up , although the price you must pay for it is to support a lot of publicity.