Instagram has a new feature that will easily let you see who’s following you back
Instagram is about to launch a new feature which will tell you exactly who your followers are.
Photographer Anthony Quintano noted on Twitter that searching for someone in Instagram's "People" search tab on your phone will now immediately show you which users follow you, and vice versa.
Similarly to Twitter, the search function will show a small ‘follows you’ next to a profile of a user you’ve befriended on the app.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">You can now see who follows you back on Instagram!! <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://t.co/ElpWkJ5Avj" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3157846-https://t.co/ElpWkJ5Avj" data-vars-event-id="c23">pic.twitter.com/ElpWkJ5Avj</a> — Anthony Quintano (@AnthonyQuintano) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/AnthonyQuintano/status/687531602704900096" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-3157846-https://twitter.com/AnthonyQuintano/status/687531602704900096" data-vars-event-id="c23">January 14, 2016</a>
The new update will also roll out a ‘mutual friends’ function similar to Facebook - so when you click on a profile, it will let you know you which of your own Instagram friends is also following them.
But if you've already reached for your phone and noticed no difference to your Instagram app, you’re not alone. The social media company is still testing this feature out on various subsets of users.
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A company spokesperson confirmed to Mashable that these features are being tested, but did not share a date when UK users can expect the update to land on our phones.
Until then, you’ll have to painstakingly scroll through your followers to find who is, and isn’t, interested in your posts.
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