Instagram, like the rest of social networks, serves to connect people to each other. The increase in users that Instagram is suffering does not stop increasing, and the social network of images and videos is increasingly popular..
Part of this popularity is because from Instagram they strive to launch new functions at a dizzying pace, which manages to keep the attention of users who are already inside and attract that of new ones. Some of the last most popular have been the possibility of incorporating animated GIFs and backgrounds with lyrics and color in the 24-hour Instagram stories .
Perhaps there has been the situation that you want to find a person on Instagram to follow and do not know how to locate it within the application, and that is why today in TechnoWikis we will explain how to find people on Instagram using different methods..
1. How to search people on Instagram by name
This is the most conventional way of looking for a person within this social network, although it is not the only one, it is undoubtedly the best known. For this you will have to follow these steps:
Step 1
Enter the Instagram application from your mobile phone and once inside click on the magnifying glass icon located on the bottom bar of your Instagram wall.
Step 2
You will appear on a new screen. At the top of the screen you will find a search bar with a magnifying glass.
You can enter
- Name of the person you are looking for.
- Surname of the person you are looking for.
- Name on Facebook of the person you are looking for
Step 3
Instagram suggestions under that name will appear. Click on the correct one and on the “Follow†button and it will be ready.
2. How to find Facebook friends on Instagram
You might also have a person on Facebook but not follow them on Instagram. Instagram has reserved a space in its application to show you the people you have on Facebook that use Instagram. To see them you will have to follow these steps:
Step 1
Enter the Instagram application from your mobile phone and once inside click on the icon of the corresponding person with the contacts located in the upper right corner of the screen.
Step 2
At the top of the screen you will see the “Facebook†option in second place. Press here.
Step 3
A list will appear with all your Facebook contacts that have an account linked to Instagram. Press the "Follow" button when you find the one you were looking for and it will be ready.
3. How to search people on Instagram by phone number
You may also not find the person you are looking for by name or by contact on Facebook, but Instagram can find it for you with the phone number. For this you will have to follow these steps:
Step 1
If you don't have the phone number on your mobile, keep it in your phonebook.
Step 2
Now on your Instagram wall click on the icon of the person located in the upper right corner of the screen.
Step 3
Three options appear in the top bar. Press the last option "Contacts"
Step 4
A list will appear with the contacts you have saved that have an Instagram account. Press "Follow" when you find the contact and it will be ready.
It's that simple to find a person using different options on Instagram
