Instagram mutual followers
Compare two public accounts and see the accounts they both follow, with the compared numbers shown.
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Find the accounts two Instagram profiles both follow
Enter two public usernames and this tool shows the accounts that both of them follow. It is a quick way to see shared interests, find the creators and brands that matter in a niche, or check whether two accounts move in the same circles before you plan a collaboration.
To be exact about what is compared: the tool reads the following list of each account, the accounts each of them follows, up to 200 accounts per profile, and lists the accounts that appear in both lists. It does not compare complete follower lists, and it does not show who follows whom in private.
How to compare two accounts
Enter the first account
Type a @username or paste a profile link.
Enter the second account
Both accounts must be public.
See the overlap
The shared accounts are listed, plus how many of each list were compared and whether the two accounts follow each other. A swap button switches the two fields.
What the numbers mean
For accounts that follow up to 200 others, the comparison covers the whole following list. For accounts that follow more, it covers the first 200 that Instagram returns, which are the most recently followed, so the overlap you see is a minimum and the real number can be higher. The page always shows how many accounts from each side were read, so you know how complete the result is.
| Situation | Result |
|---|---|
| Both accounts public, each following 200 or fewer | The full overlap of their following lists |
| One or both follow more than 200 | The overlap within the first 200 of each list |
| One account private | No comparison; its list is visible only to approved followers |
Good uses for a following overlap
- Collaboration research. Two creators who follow many of the same accounts may well share an audience too.
- Niche mapping. Compare three or four leading accounts in pairs; the accounts that keep coming up are the hubs of that niche.
- Finding people to follow. Accounts followed by two people whose taste you trust are often worth a look.
To see the posts of any of the accounts in the result, open them in the Instagram viewer.
Mutual followers questions
Does it show the followers two accounts have in common?
Not completely. It compares following lists, which are shorter and more stable than follower lists. Common followers would need full follower lists, which are not available for large accounts.
Can I see whether two people follow each other?
Yes, within the compared part. Above the result, the tool says for each of the two accounts whether it follows the other, or that it cannot tell when the following list was longer than the part it read.
Will the two accounts be notified?
No. The tool reads public lists and does not use your account.
Can I compare more than two accounts?
One run compares two. For a group, compare the accounts in pairs and note the names that keep appearing in every result.
Why do I get fewer mutual accounts than expected?
Probably because one of the accounts follows more than 200 others, so only part of its list was compared.
Related tools
To look at one account in depth, run Instagram analytics or the profile audit. The whole set of lookups is on the Instagram profile tools page.