Are you an avid online browser user of Instagram? If so, you may have noticed that, unlike the mobile app, it does not show posts in chronological order. On the other hand, the web version lacks a chronological option completely, compared to the mobile app. However, there’s a rather clever way to achieve it.
Why Doesn’t Instagram Web Display Posts in Chronological Order?
You may touch on the dropdown menu that appears next to the Instagram logo in the Instagram app for iPhone and Android. Two options are displayed on this menu: “Favorites” and “Following.” When you choose the “Following” option, a chronological list of posts from the accounts you are following displays. Select the “Favorites” option that displays posts in chronological order from the accounts you have favorited.
However, neither the web version nor the Instagram app for Windows provides you with this choice. Thankfully, you can see your feed chronologically if you use the web to visit Instagram. However, it’s important to understand why Instagram displays posts differently on mobile and the web before moving on.
Instagram has grown to be one of the most well-liked and often-used smartphone apps. Instagram uses an algorithm to display your posts it believes you’ll like to interact with in order to keep you interested. By doing this, you’ll continue to use Instagram longer, which eventually increases income for the firm.
The majority of Instagram’s user base uses the mobile app to access the platform. Although a significant number of users browse Instagram via the website or Windows program, this portion remains far lower than that of users using the mobile app. In other words, it’s unlikely that Instagram has invested the time and resources necessary to fully develop the capabilities of a less well-known platform.
How to Get Your Instagram Feed in Chronological Order
Sadly, there isn’t an “official” method for seeing your Instagram feed historically on the internet. On the Instagram website, a Reddit user did find a few links that allow you to view your feed chronologically. Posts from the accounts you follow are displayed chronologically in the following link: www.instagram.com/?variant=following. Similar to this, posts from your favorite accounts are displayed chronologically on the Favorites link (www.instagram.com/?variant=favorites).
If you want to view your feed chronologically, you can copy these links and manually enter them into your browser. For convenience, you may even bookmark them. But keep in mind that you may only use these URLs on the Instagram website.
Other Ways to See Your Feed Chronologically
As previously mentioned, you are not officially able to browse your Instagram feed in chronological order on the web or the desktop app. Therefore, it wouldn’t be shocking if they were to invalidate the mentioned links as soon as they became aware of them. It’s possible that when you read this article, the links won’t function.
If that’s the case, there are a couple of ways you may use Instagram’s web and desktop versions to view your feed in chronological order. To begin with, you need to spend time with accounts whose posts you want to make sure you don’t miss more often. To let the Instagram algorithm know that you like material from that specific account, you can flag their posts as “Interested.”
Additionally, you need to change your Favorites feed. This will make it easier for the Instagram algorithm to determine if you want to view a wide variety of posts from that account.
To put it simply, the objective of the game is to train the Instagram algorithm to recognize which types of posts you like to see first and which ones you do not.