Friends and family
You saw a new name in someone's comments and wonder when they connected. A recent-follow report shows which accounts a public profile added during each week or month.
Recent Follow
Enter a public Instagram username and see their recent follows: the accounts they started following, grouped by week or month in one report.
Public accounts only · No Instagram login needed · Plans start at $4.99/mo, cancel anytime
Start tracking takes you to sign-up. Add a public Instagram account in your dashboard after signing up.
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Who checks recent follows?
Creators and brands
When a creator you work with starts following a competitor, you want to know early. Weekly reports list every recent follow of the accounts you track.
Researchers
Follow patterns show how communities form and change. Reports can be downloaded as .csv files for your own analysis.
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What "recent follow" means, and why Instagram won't show you
"Recent follow" can mean two different things. It can mean the accounts a person recently started following, or the people who recently started following them. This page is about the first meaning.
Instagram used to show other people's follows in the Following Activity tab. That tab was removed in 2019. Today you can open a public account's Following list, but its order is not strictly by time, and nothing marks what is new. There is no built-in way to see what someone followed this week.
Recent Follow is also the name of a separate app. This page explains the term and how Snoopreport reports recent follows.
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How It Works
- 1
Enter a username.
Type the username of any public Instagram account; your Instagram login is not needed.
- 2
We track the changes.
From that day on, we save the account's public likes, follows and unfollows.
- 3
You get a report.
Weekly and monthly reports in your dashboard show everything that changed during that period.
Why not just check Instagram? Instagram removed the Following Activity tab in 2019. Today the app shows no record of recent follows or the posts someone liked. A Snoopreport tracker keeps that record for you.
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Recent Follow vs Recent Followers
Snoopreport tracks the actions of the account you add: who it follows and unfollows. It does not list that account's followers.
| Comparison | Recent follow | Recent followers |
|---|---|---|
| What it means | Accounts a person started following | People who started following a person |
| Where to see it | A Snoopreport report for a public account | Your own Instagram notifications and Followers list |
| Time frame | The week or month of each report, from the day tracking starts | Only for your own account, in notifications |
| Tracked by Snoopreport | Yes | No |
What We Track and What We Don't
Trusted by 500,000+ users since 2017
We track
- Public accounts only
- Actions of the tracked account itself: the accounts it follows and unfollows, and the posts it likes
- Changes from the day tracking starts; earlier history is available as a retrospective report for $1.19 per account per week
We don't track
- Private accounts
- Who follows the tracked account: reports cover its own actions, not its followers
- Direct messages, comments, story views or online status
- Every single action: Instagram does not make all activity public, so a report captures up to 75% of an account's public actions
A report shows that an action happened during the week or month, not why it happened.
Pricing
Plans start at $4.99/mo for the Personal plan with 2 tracked accounts. Cancel anytime.
| Plan | Tracked accounts | Monthly | With AI summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | 2 | $4.99 | $6.99 |
| Small business | 10 | $14.99 | $19.99 |
| Professional | 100 | $44.99 | $69.99 |
Need earlier history? A retrospective report is $1.19 per account per week.
Subscriptions renew monthly. Cancel anytime in your dashboard settings; the rest of the paid month is not refunded.
The AI summary adds a short overview of the interests based on a person's likes and follows.
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Snoopreport reviews
It’s an awesome tool that lets you track likes and follows on any public profile. It’s basically a feature that was on IG before 2019, but in the form of handy reports. The only catch is that you have to wait about a week for the reports to be generated. Alternatively, you can pay a few bucks and get the retrospective data immediately
Monir, Product Hunt
I’ve been using it for a few months to track some competitors of my business, and it works really well for this. Tracking them gave me a lot of insights into how to manage my business Instagram profile. Also, being able to get past activity reports helped a lot, since I didn’t have to wait for the activity to happen.
Letícia Paulino, Product Hunt
This is the perfect tool for keeping up with what my favorite celebrities do on Instagram. I love being able to see what posts they like, who they follow, and how their interests change over time. I tested a couple other trackers, but Snoopreport was the most complete. Highly recommend if you’re curious about your favorite public figures!
Guilherme, Product Hunt
Recent follow FAQ
Can you see someone's recent follows on Instagram?
Yes, for public accounts. Instagram does not show them in the app, but once you add an account to Snoopreport, each report lists the accounts it followed since the previous report.
Is the top of the Following list the most recent follow?
No. The list is not sorted strictly by date, so the first account you see is not always the newest follow.
Can I see when someone followed an account?
It depends. Reports don't show the exact day of each follow. They show every follow that happened within the report's period, a week or a month, starting from the day you add the account.
Does it work for private accounts?
No. We track public accounts only.
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Recent Follow
Enter a public username to see the accounts it starts following, week by week.
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