Nowadays, social media is rapidly gaining popularity. More and more people every day create a page on Instagram as there are many interesting features that can make your free time interesting. You can post photos and videos on Instagram, make Lives, chat with your friends, make video calls and find much interesting information.

However, when you create a page, it would be boring if it would be plain. You can add friends to “activate” your profile. Even though after the first steps of creating an account, you’ll be asked to add some people to friends, how to do that later if you don’t know how exactly your friend’s nickname is? Don’t worry, it’s possible to do in an astonishingly simple way.

How to find contacts on Instagram

Instagram’s one of the most popular social media nowadays. Millions of users every day find out something new and post their photos and videos there. One of the main features of Instagram is that people have an opportunity to easily find and be connected to a large community of users spending on mutual friends, interests, or hashtags.

There are many ways to find new people on Instagram. For example, someone may write you a message, you’ll have a message request and then you can tap on the profile. Another way is to find friends via your contacts.

Even though the method can sound confusing, there’s literally nothing difficult. It can be done in a few clicks without spending a lot of time. Moreover, it’s the most convenient way for those who want to add their friends or relatives when the nickname is unknown. This can save your nerves as you won’t need to take many actions.

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How to find contacts on Instagram via iPhone

Instagram nowadays is a social media that’s widely used and well-known for its great features. The service is quite interesting for usage. For example, except for posting some events, you may also chat with your friends. However, to chat with friends, you should know how to sync the contacts and add subscribers. To do that, you should follow the steps which would be mentioned in the section below:

• First of all, you should open the Instagram app.
• After that, you should open your profile.
• There, you’ll see a “Discover People” option, you should tap on it.

• On the next screen, you should tap on the “Connect to Facebook” or “Connect Contacts” option. Both of the options can be selected, you’ll only need to repeat the steps once more and choose another option.

• To complete the process, you should tap on the “Allow Access” option. Since then, the synchronization would be started.

Since then, all people that have an Instagram profile in your contacts would be detected. So, you can easily follow them on the service and exchange messages and posts. You can also see all the events that have occurred with the person in his/her stories.

How to find contacts on Instagram via Android

People who use Android smartphones also tend to use Instagram, Of course, due to the differences in OS, the steps may a bit vary from the ones that iPhones have. However, there’s still nothing difficult to add friends through contacts on Instagram. This would help you to see the life of the person you know, you can also like and comment on his/her photos and videos. So, if you want to find contacts on Instagram via Android, you should follow the steps which would be mentioned in the section below:

• First of all, you should open the Instagram app.
• After that, you should tap on the “Profile” icon.
• Then, under the “Edit Profile” button, you’ll the the “Discover People” section. You should tap on the “See All” option.
• On the next screen, you should tap on the “Connect to Facebook” or “Connect Contacts” option. Both of the options can be selected, you’ll only need to repeat the steps once more and choose another option.
  Next, you’ll see a pop-up where you should tap on the “Allow Access” option.
• After that, you should look through the “Top Suggestions” section.
• To complete the process, you should find the desired person and tap on his/her profile. Then, you should click on the “Follow” option.

Since then, you can chat with the person, and see his/her posts, and stories. You’ll also be able to visit their streams. Moreover, you can exchange some useful posts or make video calls to be able to communicate even if you’re far away from one another.

How to add contacts through the Instagram Search

Instagram developers have provided their users with great opportunities that would help to make new bonds through the platform. There are several ways to add friends on Instagram, Two of them have been mentioned before, however, there’s one more method. Finding the contacts through the Instagram Search is suitable for those, who know the nickname or real name of the person that should be added. So, to do that, you should follow the steps which would be mentioned in the section below:

• First of all, you should open the Instagram app.
• After that, you should tap on the “Magnifying glass” icon at the bottom bar.
• Then, you should see the next window and click on the “Search” field at the top of the screen.

• Next, you should fill in the nickname of the real name of the person.

• To complete the process, you should find the proper profile, tap on it and then click on the “Follow” option.

Since then, one more person would be added to your friends. You can follow his/her life, posts, streams, and stories. However, sometimes, you may see the “User Not Found” warning, which means, that you won’t be able to follow the person.

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Why not all contacts are shown on Instagram

If you’ve tried the methods of syncing your contacts to your Instagram, you may have noticed that not all of your contacts can be found through this method. This makes some people disappointed and confused. However, you shouldn’t worry, it should be like that due to some reasons.

Maybe the person doesn’t have an Instagram profile, so he/she wouldn’t be displayed in the contact list. In case, if there’s an old number of the person on your phone, the person also wouldn’t be displayed on Instagram.

So, it means that if there are enough credentials known about the person, you’ll be able to find him/her via the contacts, however, if not, the only way to follow the person is to find the profile via the search method.