How to know the ID number of a user on Instagram?

How to know the ID number of a user on Instagram?


Find out how to discover the ID number of an Instagram profile to find them quickly and take advantage of third-party apps, extensions and plugins

If you want a convenient way to find a profile on Instagram, you need to know your identification number. This way, even if there are multiple profiles with similar names, it is possible to identify which person you are really looking for.



How to know the ID number of a user on Instagram?

What is Instagram ID

The Instagram ID number is the identity of each user registered on the social network. This ensures that profiles created on the social network have a unique form of identification and can be found more easily. You can use Instagram ID to:

  • Search for a specific user on the social network;
  • Get more followers with third party apps;
  • You can use extensions or plugins for the social network.

How to find an Instagram ID

Now that you know what Instagram ID is and what it is for, see how to find this information from a user on the social network.

  1. Open Instagram Web (https://www.instagram.com) on your computer in a browser;
  2. Access the profile whose ID you want to find out;
  3. On the profile page, right-click and select “View Page Source”;
  4. On the source code page, search for “page_id”:”profilePage_ or profile_id;
  5. Copy the ID next to the given command.



Find a user's ID on Instagram (Image: Thiago Furquim/Canaltech)

If you are having difficulty locating the source code corresponding to a user ID, you can use the Instagram User Finder website (https://www.instafollowers.co/find-instagram-user-id) for the task. Just copy the profile URL and paste it on the website to quickly find out this information from any user on the social network.

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