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• Instagram makes it hard to see who unfollows you.
But recently, I found out there's an app that solves this problem. Followers+, by Tappple, was introduced to me by a hipper, more in-touch friend, and now that I've used it, there's no turning back. The way it works is by gathering all the mathematics and data behind your pictures, hashtags, and — most importantly — followers. And yes, it tells you who unfollowed you. Here's how it works: The front page of the app looks like the stock exchange.Amy Daire/INSIDERAt the very top, your most recent post is highlighted along with how many likes and comments it got and a percentage that represents how well it did compared to your other posts. It also shows a graph that details how well your last seven posts have done and has a continuous scroll showing your rises, falls, and total engagements. With a small scroll, you get to the good stuff. Sections like "New Followers," "Lost Followers," and "Blocking Me" contain all the juicy details.Amy Daire/INSIDERIn each section you can see the name, picture, and handle of the users in question. "Lost Followers" lists users by when they stopped following you. Other sections are just rolling lists of users. I found the most treacherous section to be "Not Following Me Back."Amy Daire/INSIDERThe "Not Following Me Back" section leads you to the aptly named "Unrequited" page, which reveals everyone who isn't returning the favor.Amy Daire/INSIDERIf you decide to click into this page, beware: You will find people you thought were following you, and it has the potential to ruin friendships. If you're lucky, this page will mostly consist of companies, celebrities, and Insta-famous accounts with hundreds of thousands of followers. Just don't be surprised if you catch a few of your besties on this list! This page also shows you how many times these not-followers have liked your pictures.Amy Daire/INSIDERThis could mean that they were once following you and unfollowed you before you downloaded the app or that they've never followed you, but have kept a close eye. Once you've gotten over that, the most useful tool is the "Lost Followers" section.Amy Daire/INSIDERYou'll be able to see who unfollowed you and when they did. You can also slapback by easily unfollowing them on this app as well, which will surely keep your Follower to Following ratio up to par. If a user deletes their account they will also show up in this section.Amy Daire/INSIDERIn other sections of the app, you can also see which days and hours have proved most successful for posting on your page, optimize your next uploads, and if you're willing to shell out some bucks, see who has deleted comments or unliked your pictures. On the downside, this app is neither endorsed nor supported by Instagram, so there's a risk it could be deleted. For now, it works just fine with an overall four-star review in the app store. There have been some claims in the "poor reviews" section that it lies about people unfollowing you, but that hasn't happened to me yet. If that scares you away, there's always the old-fashioned, click-and-scroll method to fall back on. Unsplash Facebook-owned Instagramis one of the biggest photo-sharing platforms and has over one billion monthly active users. It is similar to Twitter in the way that you can follow users and allow users to follow you. If you have set your profile to private, only users that follow you can view the photos and videos shared by you. You get a notification when someone requests to follow you on Instagram and you can either accept or decline the request. To protect user privacy, Instagram does not notify you if someone has unfollowed you. If you want to know who has unfollowed you on Instagram, there are two ways to do this – manually or use a third-party app. How to check who unfollowed you on Instagram
It may not always be practicable to go for the manual method. If you have many followers, it may not be easy to find out who unfollowed you by this method. FollowMeter
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