See who they just followed. And who just followed them.
Type any public Instagram handle. The newest we have spotted come first, new names are marked on your second look, and you can watch their live stories without logging in to anything.
How it works
Three taps from a handle to the truth.
Instagram won't tell you when someone followed. SpyFollr remembers what the list looked like last time — so the difference is obvious.
Type a handle
Any public account. No login, no install, nothing sent to them.
Read page one
Instagram’s own order stopped meaning anything in September 2026, so SpyFollr makes its own: it watches an account over time and puts whoever it has just spotted at the top, dated the day it first saw them.
Look again later
Every look adds to what we know of their lists. Anyone we have not seen before is marked as new, dated the day we first saw them.
The app
Stop checking. Get told.
Add any account to a watchlist and your phone buzzes when their list moves — who, and the day we noticed. Same rules: no login, nothing sent to them.
Tuesday, 13 September
09:12
SpyFollrnow@lina.moreaufollowed 3 new accountsSpyFollr1h ago@harbor.ceramicsgot 1 new followerSpyFollrYesterday@noor.atelierfollowed 2 new accounts · followers +4From the blog
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Questions
Honest answers, no hedging.
Does the account find out I looked?
No. Nothing is sent to them, and there is no view receipt on a follower or following list the way there is on a story.
Do I need to log in to Instagram?
No — neither to Instagram nor to anything here. Only public accounts can be read.
Why does it not show WHEN someone was followed?
Instagram publishes no follow dates. The order of the list is the only signal there is, which is why a second look is what turns it into a date.
What about a private account?
It cannot be read, and the lookup stops as soon as the profile says private.
* We do not notify the person you look up, and you never sign in to Instagram. SpyFollr reads only public data, through a data provider, and your name never appears in their viewer list.