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Even though Instagram stories are only available to others for 24 hours, there's a secret way to see who viewed your story for even longer. If it's been fewer than 24 hours, you can see who has viewed your stories by just swiping up from the story. After the story expires, you can just open the story from your story archive to see who viewed it for up to 48 hours since you posted it. This wikiHow guide will teach you how to see who viewed your Instagram story for up to 48 hours on your Android, iPhone, or iPad, plus answer common questions about how Instagram story views work.
See Who Viewed Your Instagram Story: Quick Steps
- Go to your Instagram profile and tap ≡.
- Tap Archive.
- Select Stories archive.
- Tap a story posted within the last 48 hours.
- Swipe up from the bottom to see who viewed it.
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See Who Viewed Your Story
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Go to your Instagram profile. If it's been more than 24 hours since you posted your Instagram story, you can still see who has viewed it for up to 48 hours in your archive. To get started, open the Instagram app and tap on your profile icon at the bottom-right corner of the app.[1]- The archiving feature must be enabled for this method to work. This feature is turned on by default, so unless you turned it off manually, you should be able to see who viewed your stories.
- If it's been fewer than 24 hours since you posted your story, just open your story and swipe up to see the viewer list.
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Tap ≡. This three-line menu icon will be located at the top-right corner of your screen.Advertisement -
Tap Archive. It will be the second option on the list under "How you use Instagram."- Your Stories archive should be the default view that opens. If you see "Posts archive" or "Live archive" at the top instead, tap it, then select Stories archive.
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Select a story to see who viewed it. As long as it has been less than 48 hours since you posted the Instagram story, you can see the viewer list. Be sure to select a story you posted fewer than 48 hours ago.- Even though the viewer list is only available for 48 hours, you can see who liked the story forever.
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Swipe up on the story. Now you can see the number of viewers and the usernames of the people who have viewed your story.[2]- You will also see activity like who liked it and who reposted it.
- The number of views on your story includes rewatches. If people have been watching your story more than once, you'll see more views than usernames on the list.
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QuestionHow do you view who watched your story from say, 2 years ago?
WFTop AnswererIt's not possible. You can only see the list of story viewers up to 48 hours after you post it.
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This function is also available on the Instagram highlights feature. If you have added your stories to highlights, you can see the viewer's details from there. Note that the 48-hour limit is also applied here.Thanks
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