How To See Instagram Suggested Friends?
Once you sign up for a new Instagram account, Instagram will ask you to add a phone number or email address. You can create an Instagram account without adding any mobile number or email address too if you want to. Based on which device you are using or which browser you are using, if you have already logged in to your Facebook account, Instagram will ask you if you would like to connect to your existing Facebook account so that Instagram can start suggesting you people from your Facebook account or users that are linked to the email address that you used to create your Facebook account.
After you have created your account, let’s say without any email address or mobile number or without connecting to your Facebook, Instagram will still suggest you Instagram accounts that are popular. Assuming that everyone would like to follow these celebrity accounts with hundreds of millions of followers. The most common ones that everyone would get based on their location in the suggestion list are the Kardashian sisters, Beyonce, Rock, Salman Khan, Taylor Swift, etc.
Find More Friends In Suggestion List (For New Account)
If you want to see more friends and families in your Instagram suggestion list and which makes more sense, then you need to connect your Instagram account to Facebook or Contacts so you can see the suggestion list curated for you to find people/friends you know.
- Open your Instagram app.
- If you have just created your Instagram account, then you can see Connect Contacts on your homepage.
- If you cannot find it, tap on your profile. Then tap on Followers or Following. It doesn’t matter which one.
- Scroll down to the bottom and tap on See All Suggestions.
- Then tap on Connect to Facebook or Connect Contacts.
First, let’s go through Facebook. Select the Facebook account that you want to connect with your new Instagram account. If you want to change the FB account that’s not already on your mobile device then tap on Change. And login to the Facebook account that you want to connect to Instagram. Just remember only one Facebook account can be connected with one Instagram account. After you have connected your Instagram with your FB account you can not only see your Facebook friends as follow suggestion you can also share stories and posts from both accounts
If you want to see Instagram-suggested friends that are on your contact list, then from the Discover People section, there is an option “Connect Contacts”. Tap on Connect. Tap on Allow Access. Now you have to give Instagram app access to your contacts. You can always turn off the access anytime you want. Now Instagram will start suggesting your friends that are on your contact list.
How To See Instagram Suggested Friends For Old Account
- Go to your Profile tab from Instagram app.
- Tap on Following section from the top.
- You can see the list of all the accounts you have followed from your account. Keep scrolling down. After the following lists finish, you can see the “suggestions for you”.
- Here you can see people who have common friends and followers with you. Tap on ‘See All Suggestions’ and you can see a list of all the Instagram suggested friends.
- If you have connected your Instagram with your Facebook account, then you can see more suggestions. If you haven’t done that yet, please follow the steps discussed above.
- If you go to one of those accounts and follow him/her, more suggested accounts will appear on your screen. You can tap on See All and go through the whole list.
Note: This step is not applicable if you are using Instagram on your computer. There is a ‘suggestion for you’ list on the right side of the screen. It’s that easy on your computer.
Furthermore, if you allow Instagram app access to your location, it will help you to get more relevant follow suggestions based on your location. So if you are not of those people who don’t want to share location for social media, then this will be a definite help. In order to do this, go to the app permission settings on your mobile. Find the Instagram app from the list and allow access for Location. You can turn it off anytime you want.
These are different ways you can see your Instagram suggested friends list and how you can manage and use it to get relevant suggestions. If you have any questions please leave them in the comment box below.
