‘There are a lot of confounding factors, do you visit their profile, like their feed post, comment on their feed post, view their stories? Do you check the list multiple times? If you, tries to show you a new set of people, it’s trying to give you new information every time you check the list.’ ‘The people that show up on that list are not the people that stalk you the most, it’s actually based on your activity and the people you’re closest to,’ Gutman said. In other words, are Instagram Story viewers ranked in order of how much they fancy you, please God yes? Well, product lead for Instagram Home, Julian Gutman revealed this very information to The Verge last year. So, how does Instagram order the viewers of your story?

We all put on content on social media with the intention to have some sort of social impact – or you’d just keep your cocktail selfies to yourself – so it’s not exactly surprising some of us care about what impact that content has actually had on the people that interact with our content most. No, but seriously, we know we shouldn’t care – but frankly, we do. If you’re a basic like me, you might even be posting things with the intention of having a certain someone see it (who doesn’t love a thirst trap?) and in that case, you’re definitely checking who viewed your story.īut what does the order people appear in on your story views ACTUALLY mean? If a frenemy suddenly starts appearing at the top of the list all the time, does that mean they’re stalking you relentlessly? If the person you fancy drops to the bottom, have they stopped engaging with your profile as much? And most importantly, if your crush is your number one viewer… ARE THEY IN LOVE WITH YOU OR WHAT? It sounds ridiculous, but with the addictive nature of social media, it’s hardly surprising so many of us have taken to noting down these seemingly minor changes in someone’s social media behaviour. The pictures they like, the people they follow and most annoyingly, where they appear on the list of people that viewed your Instagram Story. We’ve all been there, you start dating someone new, swap Instagrams and all of a sudden, you’re noticing every little thing they do online.

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