When your follower count exceeds 9,999 on Instagram, “K” will be added to your follower count. This implies that from 10,000 followers upward, your followers’ count will be displayed as 10k. At this point, knowing the exact number of followers you have becomes difficult.

How then do you see the exact number of people following you? Well, there’s an easy trick to solve the problem. However, it isn’t exactly straightforward. You will need a PC to carry out the trick; it can’t be done on a mobile phone.

You can only check the exact number of your followers on your mobile phone if you have an Instagram business account.

Let’s dive into the tricks to solve your concern without further ado. Shall we?

How To See the Exact Number of Followers on Instagram

There are two ways to go about this, just follow the steps below.

Using Your Browser on Your PC/Laptop

You can only apply this method using a PC. Below are the steps:

  • Open your browser, navigate Instagram.com, and enter your account details to log in.As soon as you are logged into the Instagram website, you will find a search bar at the top middle; click on it.Type into the search box the account name you’re curious about.When the page comes up, hover the cursor over the person’s follower count. The exact number of people following the person will be displayed to you.

It might interest you to know that you don’t necessarily have to log in with your account if you don’t want to. You just need the username of the account you’re curious about. Here’s how to go about it.

Open your browser and go to www.instagram.com/username. For example, let’s assume you want to know the exact number of followers ITGeared has. Given that our username is itgeared, this is what you’ll type into the URL bar – www.instagram.com/itgeared.

Viola! Mission accomplished. How easy was that? Do you think we exaggerated when we said, “however, it isn’t exactly straightforward”?

Using Instagram Insights

This method is more straightforward, except it can only be done on an Instagram business account using the mobile app. Below are the steps:

  • Ensure your account on Instagram is a business account.View your profile by clicking on your profile icon. You’ll find it at the bottom right.Select Insights on your profile page.Finally, click on Audience, and you will be shown your exact number of followers.

Note that you can only use this method to see your exact number of followers. If you want to see other people’s followers count, you will have to adopt method one.

Conclusion

Applying any of those methods can help you see your exact follower count on Instagram if you or the account you want to check has up to 10k followers.

If you have less than 10k followers, you definitely do not need this. There’s no wasted knowledge, by the way. You could share this newly acquired knowledge by sharing the information with those who might need it or sharing this post.