Key takeaways
Instagram does not give personal accounts a simple list called “people who unfollowed me.” You can verify one person manually, but finding every unfollower requires comparing your follower list over time.
Open your Followers list and search for the person's exact username. If the account is active and does not appear, they are not currently following you. You can also open their profile and look for the “Follows you” label, although labels and layouts can vary by app version.
You need two snapshots: who followed you before and who follows you now. The names present in the first list but missing from the second are possible unfollowers. Manual screenshots or spreadsheets work for small accounts, but they become impractical as your audience grows.
A follower tracker automates that comparison. Catchr records changes after monitoring starts and presents unfollows in a readable timeline, so you do not have to remember old lists or rely on notification guesses.
A lower count does not always mean a real person deliberately unfollowed you. Accounts may be deleted, temporarily deactivated, suspended, or removed as spam. Several changes can also happen between checks. See the full breakdown of why Instagram followers sometimes drop suddenly.
Be cautious if a tool asks you to type your Instagram password directly into an unfamiliar form. Prefer a method that:
Catchr tracks public activity without logging in to the account being monitored. Private-account support uses a secure, consent-based flow rather than asking for another person's password.
Only if a reliable snapshot or tracker was already recording the account. Current follower data cannot reconstruct a complete historical list by itself. The best time to start tracking is before you need the answer.
Use Catchr to monitor follows and unfollows, receive change alerts, and review multiple accounts in one place. The result is a timeline based on recorded changes—not a guess based on list order.
No. Instagram does not normally send a named unfollow notification.
Only if you previously saved follower lists or used monitoring that recorded those changes.
Deleted, deactivated, suspended, or spam accounts can also reduce the displayed count.
Choose tools with clear privacy practices and avoid giving your password to services that cannot explain why it is needed.
Yes. Once monitoring establishes a baseline, Catchr can record later follow and unfollow changes.
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