Instagram story viewer
Type the username of a public Instagram account to watch its active stories in this page, photos and videos. Free, with no Instagram account and no email.
Active stories show here.
What the story viewer shows
Type a username, and the tool plays the stories the account has active.
Active stories
The account's active stories show as a row of tiles, photos and videos. Highlights are not read.
Watch in the page
Tap a tile to open the story here. Videos play in the page, and the arrows move to the previous or next story.
No account, no email
You never log in to Instagram and we ask for no email. Your Instagram account is not used.
Public accounts
The tool reads what a public account shows, through our data provider. A private account's stories do not come back.
How the story viewer works
You type a username into this Instagram story viewer, or paste a profile or story link and we take the username from it. Your browser sends it to our server. You never log in to Instagram, and we ask for no password and no email.
Our server asks a third-party data provider for the account, then for its active stories. We keep each answer for 1 minute, so a story posted in the last minute can be missing; look again after that.
Tap a tile to watch that story in the page; the arrows open the previous and the next one. Each tile and each story comes through our server, and our CDN and your browser may keep a copy for up to an hour.
The viewer is free and we set no daily limit. We do not save the username in our database; the request is logged with your IP address. To keep a story as a file, use our Instagram story downloader.
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What to know about the story viewerStory viewer: questions and answers
Answers written from how the lookup works on our server. If your question is not here, our support page shows how to reach our team.
How do I view someone's Instagram story here?
Type the account's username above, or paste its profile link, and press Show stories. Its active stories show as a row of tiles; tap one to watch it in the page, and use the arrows for the next. Used as an insta story viewer or an ig story viewer, it needs no Instagram login and no app.
Is this story viewer anonymous? Will the account know I watched?
We cannot promise that. You never log in and your Instagram account is not used, so your Instagram name is not sent with the request: our data provider reads the story, and it reaches you through our server. We cannot see what Instagram records or shows the story's owner when our provider reads it, so we make no promise about it.
Do I need an Instagram account or an email?
No. You can view Instagram stories without an account here: type a username and press Show stories. We never ask for an Instagram login, a password or an email, and there is nothing to install.
Which stories can I see?
The stories a public account has active when you look it up, as our data provider returns them, photos and videos. The tool does not read highlights.
Can I watch stories from a private account?
No. The tool reads what a public account shows, so a private account's stories do not come back and the result shows no stories.
Why does it say there are no stories?
The account may have no active story right now, or keep its stories to its followers. If we could not read the account at all, the message says that instead: check the spelling. A story posted a moment ago can also be missing, because we keep each answer for 1 minute; look again after that.
Can I save a story?
This page has no save key: it is for watching. Our Instagram story downloader, linked above, shows the same active stories with a save key on each; one save in a browser is free, then it asks for an email.
Want views on your own posts?
Our Instagram views packages ask for the link of a post, never your password. There is no package for story views. Sizes and prices are on the page.