Instagram is one of the biggest platforms to get yourself noticed (more than 400 million users worldwide) and keep a tab on people you interact with or would like to learn about. If you are a new user to Instagram, then the first thing you need to do is start following like minded people and may be get followed by others. You need to start from the people you personally know and then move on to people you are interested in.
The most basic thing you can start with is manually search for Instagram users by entering their name or Instagram username. This is not a convenient option as there is a good chance you might not have list of all usernames of your friends and entering just the name may show hundreds of users, making it hard to search.
If you will allow Instagram to connect with your Facebook account, then it will automatically show all your Facebook friends that are also using Instagram. If you logged in with your Facebook account, then this option will be enabled by default, otherwise, you will have to allow Facebook to connect with your Instagram account.
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You can also find people from your phone’s contact list that are also using Instagram. Instagram will scan your Contact list and find everyone who is on Instagram using different factors, such as saved email address or contact number.
If you are trying to find more people to follow, then you might like to check out who Instagram thinks you may like to follow. Instagram will use many factors that are connected to you to show people that may interest you to follow, so most probably you will find someone of your interest to follow here.
If you really want to find posts of your interest, then using hashtags is the best way. Hashtags are basically keywords that you may use to search for photos that are of similar type. When people upload pictures they categorize it by adding hashtags, you can use a hashtag to find those pictures.
To search for hashtags, tap on the “Magnifying glass” icon in the bottom tray, and then tap on “Search” at the top. Here, navigate to “Tags” option to filter your search and just enter the keyword. For example, to search for pictures related to “Technology” type in “Tech” or “Technology” and you will see all the related tags and total number of photos under it.
If you don’t want to search people on your Android or iOS phone, then you might like to try out Instagram web client from your choice browser. Just login to Instagram web client using your browser. You will see a very simple interface with just some few suggestions and search bar to search for Instagram users.
As the Web based client of Instagram is very limited, many third-party service have sprung out to make it easier to find people on Instagram. One of such services include, InstaBAM. This service is meant to help you find Instagram posts and people that are near your location.
If you are an iOS user, you might like to try out Huntgram. It will let you add filters to avoid content you don’t want to see and you can search people based on countries and best posts. It also has a side news and stories features to help get more information about a specific user.
With the above methods, you should be able to find all your friends that are on Instagram. If they are not enough, Instagram makes it very easy to find people that may interest you and follow them with a single tap. Do try out third-party solutions for finding people on Instagram as they make it much easier and fun to find people near you.
