If you have started using Instagram's Twitter alternative Threads, you would have noticed that you only see the followers count on your own profile as well as other users' profile. And every other social media platform has conditioned us to check how many people someone else follows. So you must be wondering, how do I check who someone follows? Well, this guide explains how to view your own or someone else's thread follower list.
Here's how to see who you follow in threads
Yes, you read that right. You can see who others are following on Instagram's new Threads app. And here you can do it:
You can now see who someone follows, along with the number of accounts they follow. This method also works on your own profile, so you can easily keep track of who you follow. Want to know why the following number of users are hidden in threads? Keep reading to learn about it.
In response to a question about the following number not being visible in advance, Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri said: "The idea was to make it less prominent how many people you followed to reduce the pressure on that number. Sometimes people on Instagram are afraid to follow more people because they want that sort of follower-to-follower ratio a little bit different. And we just wanted to see what it was like to just get away with it, not completely buy by making it much less prominent, you could just follow people without to worry so much about it."
