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How to View Mutual Followers on Instagram

By Aya Masango

Are you wondering which accounts follow both you and your favorite Instagram profiles? The app lets you check your mutuals.

We all know that in order to grow your network, you must connect with people. A common way to do that is through mutual friends and contacts. Social media platforms make it easier to foster connections with like-minded people.

Instagram is one such platform. Fortunately, it allows you to quickly check someone's mutual followers to help you decide whether to follow them. This article will show you how to find mutual followers on someone's profile. Let's get started.

What Are Mutual Followers on Instagram? Why Should You Check Them?

Mutual followers are Instagram accounts that you and another account have in common, like mutual friends in real life. Specifically, they're accounts that follow you and the profile you're looking at.

There are many reasons why you'd want to know if you and another Instagram account have mutual followers. If a stranger starts following you on Instagram, the first thing you'd want to do is check if anyone you know follows them. You might feel more comfortable following them back or accepting their follow request (in the event that your Instagram account is private) if they're followed by your friends or people you trust.

And if you're checking out an account for a business you want to buy from, you might want to vet it through mutual followers before giving it your money. You could also want to scope out a follow suggestion you came across in your Instagram feed. These can get annoying, though, so you may want to get rid of Instagram follow suggestions at some point.

How to View Someone's Mutual Followers on Instagram

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Checking someone's mutual followers has never been easier. And you can do it whether you follow that account or not. Instagram shows you how many followers you have in common, and you can browse the list on their profile.

Here's how:

  1. Open the profile whose mutual followers you want to see.
  2. If you have mutual followers, they'll appear in their bio after the words "Followed by". If there are more than two mutual followers, this will be indicated by the words "and [amount] others" after the two names. For example, "Followed by Jane Doe, John Doe, and 14 others".
  3. To view the mutual followers mentioned, tap on their names.
  4. To expand the list, tap on "... others".
  5. This will take you to their follower page with the Mutual tab selected. Scroll down the list to see all the mutual followers.

From there, you can tap any mutual follower to browse their Instagram page or send them a Direct Message.

Do Your Research on an Instagram Account

There are many reasons why you'd want to check out someone's mutual followers on Instagram. One of those is to get a second opinion on someone you're considering following.

You could also very well want to learn more about someone who has started following you. Whatever the reason, it's a good way to quickly vet an account you're unfamiliar with on Instagram.

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About The Author

Aya has been a copywriter since 2014. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce Marketing Management Honors degree and a Bachelor of Social Science degree in Marketing/Management and Media & Cultural Studies. She's been a marketing consultant and freelance writer for international websites, writing about tech, media, social media, and more, since 2019.

How To Find Mutual Instagram Followers

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Following the same people can provide insight on an account.

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If you’ve ever needed proof that it’s a small world after all, find a totally random account on Instagram — like a sustainable clothing brand, or a lifestyle influencer, or person you met at a party last week — and check their mutuals. Chances are, someone you know loves that brand, is #influenced by the celeb, or went to, like, pre-school with party-goer. Searching for mutuals on Instagram is a solid way to get to learn more about accounts before you even connect.

When you find out you have friends in common with someone or something, it can instantly make them feel more familiar to you. It can also help you place them: If they’re friends with your nearest and dearest, you know they’re (most likely) good people. If they’re mutuals with your foodie friends, you know they have good taste. And when you meet someone in wild, only to find out that you have mutuals on Instagram, it can cement your connection and give you even more to talk about — or make them feel more safe.

"If I match with someone on a dating app, and find them on Instagram and we have zero mutuals, I'm like, scared,” Ashlee, 30, tells Bustle. “I mean, how is that even possible? If you don't know people I know, I don't need to know you. Besides, I want a chance to ask our mutual for details,” she says.

But how are you supposed to find them? Here’s how to sleuth your Instagram connections for IRL connections and find more to talk about.

How To See If You Have Mutuals In Common On Instagram

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There are two different ways to see mutuals on Instagram. To see just how interwoven your social circles are, head to the person’s account. Tap their followers to load the main list of people who follow them. If it’s a personal account (aka, a person and not Glossier) the first people who load will people you follow, who also follow the account. (If it’s an account like Glossier that has over two million followers, the first people to load under followers will not be mutuals.) To the left of the Followers tab, you’ll also see a Mutuals tabs with the exact number of friends you have in common with them (if you have any). If you have no friends in common with the account, you won’t see a Mutuals tab.

How To See If Your Friends Follow The Account On Instagram

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Let’s say you’re curious about a new skin care company, and look them up on Instagram to learn more about their products. If you were to find out that some people you know already follow the account — say, a good skin influencer — it might give you a bit more confidence in trying out their products. To find mutual friends with an account you don’t already follow, just pull up their profile in the search bar, and look under their bio link for “Followed by. ” If people you know follow the account, you’ll see a preview of two usernames followed by the number of how many other accounts you follow that follow them too. You can tap that number to open up their Mutual followers tab.

How to identify non-reciprocal followers on Instagram and unfollow them

Unsubscribing from non-reciprocal followers on Instagram is necessary if the profile owner plans to promote their services, form a customer base or simply fans who will actively support the content. The list of subscriptions that have not been mutually added may exceed 10,000 if the account is large.

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    • We use Instahero to delete not mutual
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Independent Instagram: How to determine

9000 9000 9000 9000 9000 starts with the fact that the blog owner needs to create a list of accounts and gradually unfollow.

This can be done in two ways:

  • by yourself. By manually checking all subscribers;
  • through online services. Easier and faster, besides there is an automatic removal.

If you choose the first option, then the owner just needs to make a list of his subscriptions and the same list of subscribers. Next, the two groups are compared and the accounts that are not included in the list of fans are found.

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SMM specialist, design, promote and maintain pages on Instagram

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When using services, you need to pay attention to the tariff plan. Some of the sites offer a free trial period, which will help you remove only some of the fakes (if the account is large) or all (if there are few subscribers).

Non-reciprocal subscriptions are often pages that have subscribed due to mass following, they can be safely unsubscribed automatically. Initially, such a user subscribes, and then, when a mutual request is sent, he unsubscribes. In this way, a new and “live” audience is recruited, which complies with the promotion rules. nine0003

Via your fan list

It's hard to choose who didn't subscribe to the page and only works if the blog has less than 5,000 subscribers.

How to do the analysis yourself:

  • copy the list of subscribers, see manually;
  • use Excel spreadsheets and formatting conditions "Same values".

The last option can be performed after the profile owner has already transferred nicknames to the table. nine0003

This is easier to do through the computer version:

  1. Log in to Instagram via the web format - log in.
  2. Go to the section: "Subscribers" - open a new spreadsheet in Excel.
  3. Copy nicknames - paste into a column.

Scroll and copy until all data has been transferred. The same actions must be repeated with the "Subscriptions" list.

What to do next:

  1. Open Excel with the transferred values. nine0010
  2. Select column with data about subscribers and subscriptions.
  3. Top section: "Data" - Working with data.
  4. Delete duplicates - confirm.

A list of technicians who are not included in the list of mutual subscriptions will now appear. This option is relevant if the page owner subscribes to all fans.

SpamGuard – online unsubscribe

SpamGuard allows you to unsubscribe from non-reciprocal accounts. The user only needs to run a scan to check the list of inappropriate subscriptions. nine0003

How it works:

  1. Enter the SpamGuard service - select: "Start scanning".
  2. Add account - enter your nickname.
  3. Attach page - start checking.

To perform the first analysis, the page owner must provide an email address. You can use anyone, even the one that does not match the one attached on Instagram.

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Suitable for medium and large accounts that run blogs or shops! When connecting the full tariff, the owner receives permanent protection of the page from bots, non-mutual subscribers. Works automatically: you do not have to start the uninstallation procedure yourself. But in demo mode, you can try out the verification and see how many fans have not signed up for a mutual subscription.

Use InstaHero to remove non-reciprocal

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The InstaHero service is aimed at protecting the page and removing bots and fakes, analytics. With it, the user can remove unnecessary or non-reciprocal subscribers.

How to identify and delete:

  1. Enter the InstaHiro service - create an account.
  2. Connect your profile from Instagram.
  3. Select section: "Analysis" - Mutual subscribers. nine0010
  4. View percentage - Cleaning.
  5. According to the parameters - select: "Not mutually signed".
  6. Start deletion.

InstaHero can set the time when the service will clear the page. This is necessary so that the page is not blocked for automatic actions.

To perform a purge, the owner must provide their registration information. You cannot perform such an action on a page that is not accessible. But you can see what percentage of mutual subscriptions competitors have. nine0003

Zengram: if subscribed not mutually

In the Zengram service, you can unsubscribe from everyone who has not subscribed using the built-in function.

How to start unsubscribing from non-reciprocal subscribers:

  1. Enter the Zengram service - select: "Registration".
  2. Enter your email address and create a password.
  3. Select option: "Connect account" - in the side menu function: "Promotion".
  4. Bottom: "Settings" - Unsubscribe. nine0010
  5. From non-important - confirm and start deletion.

In the Zengram service, you can set up constant account monitoring with checking for new subscribers, bots and fakes.

But its main focus is to promote the page and organize mass following, likes and comments. If the owner has a large blog with more than 100,000 subscribers, Zengram will help in constant analytics and sending messages to attract customers.

Why delete non-reciprocal followers on Instagram

The main problem why non-mutual subscribers are removed is the lack of activity. So, a user who subscribed due to mass following is unlikely to leave a comment or like. This affects not only the number of interactions with the content, but it is also possible to further promote the content and make up the intended target audience.

Other reasons why non-reciprocal subscribers interfere:

  • the blog owner clutters up the list of his subscriptions, receives unnecessary publications in the Feed; nine0010
  • the number of subscriptions can exceed subscribers. And such an indicator often indicates that the blog is inactive or is needed for mass subscriptions;
  • affect the promotion. Compiling an estimated target audience becomes more difficult due to the fact that half can be added from different countries, cities.

The profile owner must keep a close eye on all fans by checking the list regularly. This is necessary in order to view competitor data and timely remove those who can simply follow the page. nine0003

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Promotion of services on Instagram - basic techniques

More and more companies and individual professionals are starting to use Instagram* for commercial purposes. This is especially true for beauty masters, photographers, psychologists - everyone who can be the face of their business.

Self blogging guys via_photo with 3 million subscribers tell how they got there

The social network is perfectly sharpened to attract customers in the service sector. About who should first of all start a commercial profile and where to start, read the article "How to sell services on Instagram * - guide".

In this material, we will consider the most effective and relevant methods of promoting services that beginners may not know about, and experienced ones may not know everything about.

Want to get the most out of tags? Come to the practical online course "Hashtags as a way to promote in Inst". You will learn how to attract followers, get new customers and grow in revenue by promoting for free through hashtags. Choose a tariff for participation and take the most relevant #chips to increase your audience! nine0003

Checklist for preparing a profile for promoting services

Work aimed at business development begins long before the transition directly to warm-up and sales - with account registration, profile design, development of a content strategy.

You can contact SMM specialists to set up an account and draw up a content plan, or you can do it yourself, based on our checklist.

Registration of a commercial account

To promote a product or service on Instagram*, you need to register a commercial account. This is a profile with advanced features for SMM, analytics, traffic acquisition, and advertising. Including with the function of ordering and booking through stickers. nine0003

There are several ways to create a commercial profile:

  • indicate that the account will be commercial when registering;
  • through a business account on Facebook*;
  • transfer a personal page to a professional account.
Switching to a professional account in the settings in the web version of Instagram*

In the account settings, you need to specify the category, description of the service, contacts, link to the site, if any.

We offer you to read more in the article “Guide for a business profile on Instagram*”. nine0003

Selling design

Promoting a product or service on Instagram* starts with creating a profile. Mandatory items to pay attention to:

  • name;
  • avatar;
  • profile cap;
  • contacts;
  • additional information.

Here is a detailed article “How to set up an Instagram profile* for selling services” to help.

Content and posting strategy

Quality and original content is very important. But this is where difficulties can arise, especially if you are not used to writing for social networks and have no idea what to tell subscribers about. nine0003

In this case, we recommend that you draw up a content plan or use the ready-made examples that the authors of SMMplanner compiled for various specialists: a lash maker, a stylist, a tarot reader. A post idea generator will help you find topics for publications.

If you want to take a more professional approach to content creation, we recommend the article "10 tips for creating a better content strategy: a guide from SMMplanner".

Methods of promotion on Instagram* of service accounts

By now you already have a profile with regular posts. Let's go directly to the methods and tools that help to tell as many people as possible about it. nine0003

Increase profile activity and reach

Several ways to make your profile “alive” and interesting for subscribers:

  • Regularly post content that hits the audience well. These are informational, engaging, entertaining, expert posts in such proportions that commercial content accounts for no more than 20-30% of publications. You can make your own unique headings, regularly conduct interactive activities, tell subscribers interesting stories with continuation in several posts or stories. Track engagement and experiment to increase your engagement. nine0010
  • Make posts with high quality, put up-to-date hashtags, geolocation, select the optimal time for publication.
  • Use game elements and reward subscribers for being active.
  • For the service sector, it is mandatory to post reviews with the permission of customers.
  • Communicate with the audience, arrange drawings, live broadcasts, including jointly with other specialists from related fields.
Do not be afraid to communicate with subscribers on a variety of topics, like zubochistka.spb and they will love you

Setting up targeted advertising

Targeted advertising is advertising that is shown to the target audience. Your target audience is people who may be interested in your service, for example, women aged 25–40 from your region who visit beauty salon websites and read beauty bloggers.

You can go further and collect not just people who are potentially interested in manicure, psychology or cooking courses, but have paid attention to this topic on the net quite recently. For example, using the Pepper.Ninja service (the parser has a tool for working with Instagram * th, you can try it for free), you can collect subscribers of certain accounts and people who actively liked them there. Read more about this in the articles “How to build an audience from Instagram*” and “How to show ads to competitors' followers on Instagram*”. nine0003

Next, move on to setting up targeted advertising. We go to the advertising account on Facebook* and upload the audience collected through the parser there (the “Audience” section, the “Create a custom audience” item) or set up the target audience according to the parameters that are in the RK, specify the promotion goals, set up the ad, select the placement, set budget and impressions.

You don't need to look far for examples of targeted advertising:

In my account, it occurs every 3 blocks of stories and 3 posts in the feed

In 2023, targeted advertising on Instagram* is not available to users from Russia. But you can parse the audience using Pepper.Ninja and run ads on the same users on VKontakte.

We use competitors' hashtags

You can find out which hashtags your competitors use - just send a link to your account to the Gennady bot. It will collect a list of tags that you can use in its entirety or select the most relevant tags. Thus, your posts will be able to find the same audience that the competitor tuned in to. nine0003

It remains only to copy the received hashtags and decide on the desired frequency.

Another way is to collect hashtags from your competitors' followers. These are the tags that users themselves subscribe to. You can find them using the Pepper.Ninja service and the Instagram Followers Hashtags tool. Read more about this in the article "Hashtag Parsing: How to Get Your Competitors' Clients".

Once you have compiled a list of hashtags from your competitors' followers, you can use them in your posts, as well as analyze your target audience in more detail - who these people are and what they are interested in. In the future, you can take the identified interests as the basis for writing new posts. nine0003

We organize mutual PR and order advertising from bloggers

The first is cheaper or completely free, because it allows you to promote both accounts, the second is more expensive.

Accounts with similar topics are suitable for mutual PR. For example, if you offer knitting lessons, partnering with a yarn store is a good option. You can agree to place partner posts in each other's feeds or hold a joint broadcast, during which you and your partner can interest a new audience, organize a joint competition. nine0003 Mutual PR can be organized by two people, or by a "crowd" - the more prizes, the more interesting

To advertise with a blogger, find a profile with a similar topic and a similar audience. Contact the owner of the page and discuss the terms. Professional SMM specialists at this stage ask the blogger for page statistics.

Looking for a good specialist to promote services on Instagram*

Not everyone understands how to promote their services on Instagram*. And not everyone who understands can do it as effectively as a specialist. If you are looking for an SMM specialist, take a look at SMM.school graduates - each of them has the necessary knowledge and preferred topics, as well as cases of successful projects. nine0003

If you still decide to promote services on your own, we also recommend reading the article “12 ways to promote on Instagram for free*”.

Automating social media management with SMMplanner

Scheduled posting services allow you to schedule posts in advance and set the time of publication. This saves time, allows SMMs to promote more pages, and allows account holders not to be distracted from working with clients. In particular, the tool is relevant for those who sell their services on Instagram* and cannot be distracted by trifles, but it is necessary to maintain activity in the profile and the involvement of subscribers. nine0003

One such service is SMMplanner. Among its advantages: wide functionality, the ability to maintain multiple accounts in different social networks, work through the official Instagram API*.

SMMplanner features auto-posting, copyright protection, photo editor, and more

Features that make SMMplanner use one of the conditions in some vacancies for SMM workers:

  • safe and stable work through the official Instagram API *; nine0010
  • delayed posting and auto-deletion of posts;
  • watermarks in the form of inscriptions or pictures that will not allow your copyright content to be stolen;
  • the ability to add the first comment on behalf of the page when publishing;
  • team work - through SMMplanner you can work together on a project with other specialists, for example, a copywriter and content manager;
  • is a good built-in photo and video editor.
SMMplanner can be used free of charge with limited functionality or choose the appropriate plan

Within a week after registration (or two weeks when connected via an affiliate link), the "Initial trial" tariff is valid, within which the user has access to:

  • posting through the official API;
  • connect up to 5 accounts at the same time;
  • unlimited posting of stories, gifs and videos;
  • delete publications on schedule;
  • automatic markup of links for UTM tags;
  • 3 types of content feed display; nine0010
  • 5 watermark slots;
  • own proxies;
  • team work.

After a week, the service automatically switches to the "Trial" tariff, but you can also choose one of the paid tariffs. In the Trial, you can make 50 or 100 (when registering in the social networks of the service) delayed publications with photos every month, create 5 watermarks for projects, keep up to 5 pages simultaneously and edit Stories for free.

On the "Trial" tariff, it is quite possible to maintain an account about services for free. The tool will help you to maintain activity in your profile and the regularity of content release. nine0003

To start working with SMMplanner, you need to connect it to your account. To do this:

  • log in to the delayed posting service;
  • in the "Accounts" tab, connect one or more social networks to the service;
  • choose a connection method - through an extended or official limited API;
  • bind an account by entering a username and password.

Once connected, you will be able to schedule your first publications.

After registration, the possibilities of the PRO-tariff "Initial" will become available

Full instructions for connecting the SMMplanner service can be found in the article “Connecting Instagram* to the SMMplanner service”.

To get inspired for a decisive breakthrough in the promotion of services, we offer the article “How to promote an Instagram account * from zero to 3000 subscribers in a month”.

Errors in promoting a commercial account

Here's how not to do it: