Read an account by who it is connected to
Follower counts describe reach. Connections describe relationships. Deep Analytics takes the follower and following lists we already store for a public account and works out which ties go both ways, which only go out, and which only come in.
Public accounts only. Collected once a day. No free trial.
Every tie is one of three kinds
The map is built from stored follower and following lists, so a connection is a fact about those lists rather than a sample of observed activity. Mutual ties sit closest to the centre because they are the ones that usually matter.
- Mutual — both follow each other
- Outbound — the account follows, not returned
- Inbound — follows the account, not followed back
What Deep Analytics adds
The tracker answers what changed. Deep Analytics answers who this account is actually close to.
Mutual connection map
Built from the follower and following lists we already store, so it needs no extra requests to Instagram and covers the whole list rather than a sample of it.
Posts, archived
Public posts are cached as they are collected, so a post that is later deleted is still readable in your dashboard.
Likers and commenters
Who engages with the account's posts, gathered from public post pages. Coverage is a sample rather than a complete list — see the limits below.
Interests and topics
Recurring themes derived from the account's own public bio and captions, presented as topics rather than conclusions about the person.
Locations
Places tagged on public posts, plotted so you can see where the account's content comes from.
Adds to any tracked account
Deep Analytics is a per-account add-on at $4 a month. Turn it on for the one account you care about without upgrading your whole plan.
How the analysis is collected
One collection pass per day, working from data the tracker already holds plus a bounded number of extra public reads.
The lists come from the tracker
Follower and following snapshots are already stored for every tracked account. The connection map is computed from those two lists, which is why it is complete rather than sampled and costs no extra requests.
A daily pass collects the rest
Once every 24 hours a scheduled job collects public posts and the engagement on them, within a fixed time budget per account so one large profile cannot starve the others.
Each source has its own cooldown
Posts are refreshed no more than once a day, and likers and commenters less often than that. Re-reading the same public pages more aggressively is what gets scraping infrastructure blocked.
Results are cached and dated
Everything collected is stored with the date it was collected, so your dashboard shows a history rather than only the latest pass — including posts that have since been removed.
How it is priced
An add-on per account, not a plan upgrade.
- Attaches to one account you already track
- Also payable with 200 Telegram Stars
- Cancel whenever — it simply stops renewing
The free trial that used to appear here was removed: the payment route never accepted it, so the button returned an error instead of starting anything.
What the analysis will not tell you
An earlier version of this dashboard promised more than the collection could deliver. These are the real boundaries.
- 1.
Likers and commenters are a sample, not a census. We read a limited number of engagers per post, so on a post with thousands of likes the chance of any specific person appearing is small. Treat a name in that list as evidence it engaged, and its absence as no evidence either way.
- 2.
Nothing here is live. Collection runs once every 24 hours, so the dashboard reflects the state at the last pass. If you need change detection within the hour, that is the tracker's job, not this one.
- 3.
The connection map describes follow relationships, not affection. A mutual tie means two accounts follow each other and nothing more; likes and comments layer on top of it as an optional signal rather than forming its basis.
- 4.
It only works on public accounts, and only on accounts you have added to the tracker. There is no free trial — the add-on is $4 per month per account from the first day.
Reading an account through its connections
Why mutual ties carry more information than follower counts
A follower count is a single number that mixes together people who chose the account, people who followed back out of politeness and accounts that are not people at all. A mutual tie is a stronger claim: both sides took an action towards the other. Sorting an account's network into mutual, outbound-only and inbound-only turns one number into three, and the ratios between them describe very different accounts. A profile whose ties are almost all inbound behaves like a broadcaster; one whose ties are mostly mutual behaves like a social circle; one with a large outbound-only group is usually following far more than it can read.
Why we rebuilt the map on stored lists
The first version of this map tried to infer relationships from observed likes and comments. It never produced usable output, and the reason was arithmetic rather than a bug: sampling a handful of an account's follows per run, with a multi-day cooldown between runs, covered only a few per cent of a normal following list inside the window the map looked at. Rebuilding it on the follower and following snapshots the tracker already keeps changed the map from a thin sample into a complete picture of the follow graph, and made likes and comments what they should always have been — an optional overlay.
Where the sampling still applies, and what that means for you
Engagement is different from follows. Reading who liked a post means fetching that post's engagement list, and those lists are long, capped and expensive to page through. We take a bounded number per post, so on a small account the sample is a large share of the total and on a large one it is a sliver. This is why the dashboard presents likers as accounts we saw engaging rather than as a ranking of the top fans, and why a regular commenter can be absent from a given pass. The connection map has no such caveat, because it is computed from lists we hold in full.
Questions people ask before buying
Most of these come down to the same thing: how much of this is measured and how much is inferred. The honest answer differs by section, so here it is section by section.
Can I see who someone follows on Instagram?
For a public account, yes — the following list is visible to anyone. What Instagram does not give you is structure: it will not tell you which of those follows are returned, and comparing two lists by hand for an account with a thousand follows is not realistic. That comparison is exactly what the connection map does, and because it uses the complete stored lists it is the one part of this product with no sampling caveat.
Does it show who likes someone's posts most often?
It shows accounts we observed liking or commenting on collected posts, which is not the same claim. We read a limited number of engagers per post, so the list is a sample. On an account with a few dozen likes per post the sample covers most of them; on an account with thousands it covers a small fraction. We label it as observed engagement rather than a top-fans ranking for that reason.
How current is the data?
Collection runs once a day, so the dashboard reflects the most recent pass rather than the present moment. Individual sources are refreshed on their own cooldowns and some are slower than daily. If you need to know about a change today rather than tomorrow, use the tracker: it re-checks on the hour for paid plans, and its events feed the same dashboard.
What do I need before I can turn this on?
The account has to be public and already tracked, because the analysis builds on the follower and following snapshots the tracker keeps. Once it is, Deep Analytics is a $4 monthly add-on for that specific account, payable by card, crypto or 200 Telegram Stars. There is no trial period — the add-on bills from the first day.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the difference between this and the tracker?
The tracker answers what changed and when: follows, unfollows, new stories. Deep Analytics answers what the account looks like as a network: which ties are mutual, who engages with its posts, what topics recur. They share the same stored snapshots, and Deep Analytics is an add-on on top of a tracked account.
How much does it cost?
$4 per month for one account, or 200 Telegram Stars for the same period. It attaches to a single account rather than to your plan, so tracking five accounts and analysing one is a normal setup.
Is there a free trial?
No. There used to be a trial button in the interface but the payment route never accepted trial requests, so it returned an error rather than starting anything. It has been removed instead of fixed, and the add-on bills from the first day.
How often does the data update?
Once per day. A single scheduled pass collects posts and engagement for every enabled account, and different sources have their own cooldowns on top of that, so some parts refresh less often than daily.
Is the connection map based on likes?
No, and this changed recently. It is computed from the stored follower and following lists, so a tie is mutual, outbound-only or inbound-only as a matter of fact. Likes and comments are an optional overlay on top of that structure, not the thing the map is made of.
Why is someone missing from the likers list?
Because we read a bounded number of engagers per post rather than the full list. On a post with a lot of likes the chance of any specific account appearing is low. Absence from the list is not evidence that someone did not engage.
Can I analyse a private account?
No. Private accounts do not expose posts, followers or following to visitors, so there is nothing to collect. The account also has to be one you have added to the tracker, since the analysis builds on its stored snapshots.
What happens to my data if I cancel?
Collection stops at the end of the paid period and the add-on simply does not renew. Data already collected stays visible in your dashboard subject to the normal retention windows, and the tracked account keeps working on your base plan.
The shape of the collection
Four numbers that set your expectations about what arrives and when.
A single scheduled run each morning gathers posts and engagement for every enabled account.
Mutual, outbound-only and inbound-only, derived from the two stored lists.
Monthly add-on price, or 200 Telegram Stars for the same period.
The connection map uses the full stored lists rather than a sample. Engagement data does not — that part is sampled.
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