Find out how many visits Instagram has made possible only on commercial accounts. In this type of profile, the platform counts the number of visits received in the last 7 days, although it does not show the names of users to maintain privacy. Still, the ideal resource to find out if the shared content is generating access, whether for a company account, public person or users who want to receive this type of information.
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If you want to know if the number of people who visited your Instagram, you need to change to a professional account. In the following tutorial, we show how to perform the procedure and activate the hit counter. For this, we use an updated iPhone 7 with iOS 13 system, but the step by step will also work for Android users.
Tutorial shows how to activate a hit counter on your Instagram profile Photo: Marvin Costa / dnetc
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Step 1. Access your profile and tap on the three bars icon in the upper right corner of the screen. Then click on "Settings" to access your account settings;
When accessing the settings for an Instagram account Photo: Reproduo / Marvin Costa
Step 2. Access the option "Account" and then enter "Change to professional account", as shown in the image below;
When accessing the configuration tool for a professional Instagram account Photo: Reproduo / Marvin Costa
Step 3. Choose whether your account is a content creator or company. To do this, tap on the message "Next", below one of the options. On the next page, you will see what you can do with your account. Touch "Next" again;
When to start setting up a professional Instagram account Photo: Reproduo / Marvin Costa
Step 4. Define the category of your page by selecting one of the suggestions presented. Then, tap "Next";
When defining the category of your commercial page on Instagram Photo: Reproduo / Marvin Costa
Step 5. It will be necessary to link a Facebook page created by you to proceed with the procedure. Select the page and tap the "Next" button. On the next page, enter a contact email and a phone number. Press the "Next" button;
When linking a Facebook page with an Instagram business account Photo: Reproduo / Marvin Costa
Step 6. You can choose what will be displayed on your page between category and contact information. Once this is done, tap on "Finish" to finish the procedure and receive the message that your professional account has been defined;
When to finish changing an account on Instagram Photo: Reproduo / Marvin Costa
Step 7. From that moment, your profile will count the visits received. It may take a while for the information to be displayed, but when the data is available, it will be displayed whenever you access your profile, as shown in the image below. If you touch it, you can see other account information, such as recent publications, reach and impressions.
Instagram profile showing the number of visits in the last 7 days Photo: Reproduo / Marvin Costa
Use the tip to monitor the number of visits on your Instagram profile.
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