Have you looked at your Instagram Story viewers, and are wondering how Instagram determines the order?

Or, perhaps you just viewed someone else’s Story, and you’re interested in where you’ll show up.

The truth is, Instagram uses a simple algorithm for Stories with less than 50 views, and a more complex algorithm for Stories with more than 50 viewers. In this article, I’ll be breaking both of these down in detail. I’ll also show how you can avoid showing up in the viewers list at all, if you wish to do so.

Let’s get started!

Instagram provides a number of useful analytics to determine the performance of your Instagram Stories.

While you can see the total number of viewers and even the specific accounts that viewed or interacted with your story, you may be wondering – can you also see who skips it?

This is an excellent question. In this article, we’ll cover everything that you need to know!