By now, you've most likely noticed the many apps and Web services claiming to let you see who's viewing your Facebook profile. Is your college ex checking up on you? Is someone from work scrolling through pictures of your beach vacation? Are your parents secretly peeking in on your private life? These apps promise the answers.
Unfortunately, they don't deliver. Not a single one of them, and if you stumble into these sorts of apps, Facebook not only denies that they work but also asks you to report them. You can be percent certain that each and every app that says "See who views your profile! These apps would like you to cough up your Facebook password, or they might install the ability to spam your friends via your Facebook wall.
In some cases, malicious users can even use their junk apps to find your physical address [source: Stellin ]. Again: Be extremely wary of any service or app that claims to show you who's been viewing your Facebook profile.
This functionality violates Facebook's privacy rules. If you've fallen prey to a purported stalker app or any other type of Facebook malware , be sure to check out Facebook's instructions for revoking app access to your account. That said, there are a couple ways to get clues and insights into who's been floating around your profile. You won't end up with the definitive list you're likely looking for but keep reading for tips and tricks that toe -- but don't cross!
First, it's important to understand the lingo. There's a big difference between Facebook pages , Facebook profiles, and Facebook Stories. Facebook Stories were introduced in as the company's way of countering the immense popularity of Snapchat. Stories are collections of photos and videos from the past 24 hours, and after a day, they automatically vanish, in a manner reminiscent of Snapchat. Users can see who has visited their Stories and even pinpoint which bits of content each visitor viewed.
But again, a Story is not your profile [sources: Kelly , Sulleyman ]. Then, there are fan pages. Profiles, which are supposed to serve simply for social functions, don't. Facebook Insights is the easiest way to get a handle on your business or fan page traffic. Among other metrics, Insights tells users the number of people who like their page, how many people see a post and how many people clicked the post.
It's already in the Facebook app directory, so simply search for it within Facebook, and you can have it installed with a couple of clicks. The problem, for those who want to stalk the stalkers, is that the company has imposed some limits intended to make it more difficult to determine precisely who's viewing and clicking your page and clicking your posts.
For example, Page Insights are only available to pages with more than 30 likes and only provide demographic info once at least 30 visitors from the demographic have visited the page or post. If you want more full-featured analytics, you're going to have to get a little creative. However, you can get an idea of who viewed your profile. While on your mobile phone app, click on the three lines to see the app options.
You will see the option Friends, click on it and All Friends. At this point, you should see people you tend to interact with the most on Facebook. If you were to access your profile first, and then friends, you would see your friend list in alphabetical order. You would have a better chance of finding out know who viewed your profile on Facebook by going through the friend tab directly.
This next one is somewhat risky, but with other information, it could give you an idea. Take a look at the People You May Know section. Usually, the people who are there share mutual friends and a location with you.
Another indicator that seems to be stable is the people who are liking your status updates. This article was written by Jack Lloyd. He has over two years of experience writing and editing technology-related articles. He is technology enthusiast and an English teacher. The wikiHow Tech Team also followed the article's instructions and verified that they work. This article has been viewed 2,, times.
This wikiHow article teaches you a few tricks for finding out who looks at your Facebook profile the most. Facebook doesn't provide an official way to see who views your profile, but don't give up hope—there are still a few tricks you can try to see who's checking you out! Open Facebook.
Click your name. Click Friends. Review the top 10 to 20 results. Consider each of your top friends. Look at friend suggestions. Did this summary help you?
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Question 2. Monitor who likes your posts. People who like your posts probably look at your profile, too. To test the theory, create a neutral but interesting post, like a really cool photo, oddball news story, or an interesting scientific discovery—something sure to elicit a response.
The people who look at your profile most often will probably like or otherwise react to your post. Create about 5 or so posts over a week's time. Are there certain people liking or commenting more than others?
Compare responses to all the posts to find out—people who react to a lot of your posts may be looking at your profile to see what you have to say. Question 3. Post tracking links to log peoples' IP addresses. This will only work if you have friends in a variety of cities. This won't tell you people's names, but you can look up their IP addresses to find their general locations.
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