How to See Reposts on Instagram: Yours, Theirs and Who Reposted You

How to see reposts on Instagram on your own profile

To see your own reposts on Instagram, go to your profile in the app and tap the dedicated Reposts tab. Instagram's Help Center lists exactly that route, and the tab uses a two-arrow icon.

1. Open the Instagram app on your phone or tablet.
2. Tap your profile picture at the bottom right.
3. Below your bio, find the row of tabs.
4. Tap the tab with the two-arrow icon. This is your Reposts tab.
5. Tap any post to open it in full, with credit to the original creator.

Your Reposts tab only fills up once you have used the repost button. Meta introduced the button on August 6, 2025 and placed reposts in their own profile tab so you can revisit them. Instagram's Help Center lists reposting for the iPhone, Android and iPad apps, not for computers, so use the app if the tab does not appear on the web.

You can also find your reposts through your profile menu. Tap Menu, then Your activity, then Reposts. Instagram's Help Center says this screen lets you view, manage and bulk delete your reposts.

How to see someone else's reposts on Instagram

To see someone else's reposts on Instagram, open their profile and tap their Reposts tab. You can do this for any public account, and for a private account once it has accepted your follow request.

1. Search for the account or tap their name on any post.
2. On their profile, scroll to the row of tabs below the bio.
3. Tap the two-arrow icon.
4. Scroll through the posts and Reels they have reposted.

If the tab is empty, the account has not reposted anything yet or has removed its reposts. If the profile says the account is private, you need to be an approved follower first.

Account owners can limit who sees this tab by going private or removing reposts. Our guide on how to hide reposts on Instagram explains those choices from the other side.

Can you see who reposted your Instagram post?

Yes, you can usually see who reposted your Instagram post through your notifications. There is no single page that lists every account that has ever reposted a post.

Check your notifications

1. Open your notifications. In most app versions this is the heart icon at the top of the home feed.
2. Look for alerts that say an account reposted your post or Reel.
3. Tap the alert to open the repost or the account's profile.

Instagram's help pages do not describe repost notifications, but Later's May 2026 reposting guide says the creator receives a notification about a repost. An October 2026 guide from IGExport adds that several reposts of the same post can be grouped into one line that expands when tapped, and that older notifications drop off, so the list may be incomplete for posts from months ago.

Check the repost count

Instagram also counts reposts. Meta's developer documentation lists a reposts metric for posts, Reels and Stories, defined as reposts minus deleted reposts. Counts give numbers, not usernames, so they tell you how many reposts you got but not who made them.

Instagram repost notification: what gets sent and when

The original creator gets an Instagram repost notification when someone uses the repost button on their post or Reel, according to 2026 guides. Other ways of sharing behave differently, so it helps to know which actions send an alert.

The chat rule is the one people get wrong most often. Instagram's Help Center says that when you share a post to a chat, the person who uploaded it will not be notified. Our guide on whether you can see who shared your Instagram post covers that side in detail.

What happens when you repost on Instagram?

When you repost on Instagram, the post or Reel is added to your Reposts tab, may be shown to your followers in their feeds and is credited to the original creator. The creator's content can then reach people who do not follow them.

• Your profile: The repost appears in your Reposts tab, not in your main grid.
• Your followers: Meta says reposts are recommended in your friends' and followers' feeds.
• The creator: Reposts are credited to the original poster, and Meta says creators may reach people who do not follow them.
• Your note: Instagram's Help Center says you can add text by tapping the bubble by your profile picture, then tapping Save.
• Comments: The Help Center says comments other people leave on your repost arrive as direct messages to you.
• Limits: Only public posts and Reels can be reposted, only if the creator allows reposts, and you cannot repost a repost.

A repost stays until you remove it, unlike a Story share that disappears after 24 hours. For the full step-by-step, read how to repost on Instagram.

How to check repost counts in Instagram Insights

To check repost counts, open the post and tap View Insights, then look through the interaction figures. Insights show totals, never a list of the accounts behind them.

Instagram's Help Center says you need a public personal or professional account to see insights. Its post insights page lists interactions such as likes, comments, saves and shares. Reposts are tracked as a separate metric in Meta's developer documentation, so where the repost figure appears in the app can differ by version.

1. Open the post or Reel on your profile.
2. Tap View Insights below it.
3. Scroll to the interactions section.
4. Look for the repost figure alongside likes, comments, saves and shares.

If you cannot find insights, check that your account is public and your app is up to date. To understand every number on that screen, our guide to Instagram Insights explained walks through each metric.

Are repost tracker websites safe to use?

Most repost tracker websites only show what a public account has reposted, which you can already see in the app for free. None of them can reveal who reposted you beyond what Instagram shows in your notifications.

IGExport, which makes one such viewer, says in its 2026 guide that the tool shows what an account reposted, not a list of who reposted that account. The data simply is not public in any other form.

• Never enter your Instagram password on an outside site to see reposts.
• Be wary of tools that ask you to install an app or browser extension that acts inside your account.
• If a site claims to list everyone who reposted you, treat it as a sign the tool is not honest about what it can do.

The in-app Reposts tab and your notifications remain the reliable way to see reposts on Instagram.

How to get more people to repost your Instagram posts

Posts get reposted when they are useful, funny or say something people want to stand behind. Making the post easy to share and asking clearly helps too.

• Make it useful on its own. Tips, checklists and short how-tos travel well because the reposter looks helpful for sharing them.
• Keep your account public. Only public posts and Reels can be reposted.
• Leave reposts switched on. In Menu, then Sharing and reuse, check the toggle next to Reposts on posts and reels.
• Ask once, plainly. A short line such as repost this for a friend who needs it gives people a reason to tap.

Sharing in general carries weight on Instagram. In January 2025, Instagram head Adam Mosseri named watch time, likes and sends as the top three ranking signals, as reported by Social Media Today. Some accounts also buy Instagram reposts so a new post looks shared early. Bought reposts add social proof. They do not create real fans or sales by themselves, so pair them with content people genuinely want to pass on.