Observing the chronology of accounts a user has begun following on Instagram is a feature absent from the platform’s native interface. While Instagram provides a list of followers and those a user is following, it does not offer sorting options to display the most recently added connections at the top. Third-party applications and websites often claim the ability to provide this data; however, their access and accuracy can be unreliable, and their use often violates Instagram’s terms of service.
The chronological order of newly followed accounts could be strategically valuable for market research, competitive analysis, or understanding emerging trends within a particular user’s network. Historically, applications have attempted to fill this void by offering features that track this data, but Instagram has actively worked to limit such access to maintain user privacy and data control. The inability to directly view this information promotes a greater degree of user privacy and discourages data scraping.