Search users by city on Instagram

Method 1: search by location

Even though Instagram's search capabilities are very limited, people can still be found by city using geotags added when creating specific content. This method is only enabled when using the official mobile application, while any version of the web portal does not provide the indispensable tools.

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1. Open the official Instagram app and use the bottom bar to go to the search page. Here, at the same time, you must touch the text bar “Look for”..
2. Use the navigation menu to switch to the tab “Places”. and press “Nearby places”If you are interested in the people of your city or area. This will result in a complete list of all available alternatives..
3. If you don't want to use “Nearby places.”in the text box. “Look for”. proceedings. “Places”. enter the name of the desired location and select the appropriate option from the automatically suggested list. This will open a page with the posts created in the specified sale.
4. In the tab. “UP” The most popular posts are found, regardless of publication date. For this, page data cannot be described as accurate.

   When you go to the tab. “Recent”.A list of the most recent publications will be presented, marked by a specific location and ranked only in order of relevance. In both variants, after finding and opening a publication, just click on the username and subscribe.

Finally, pay attention that sometimes the attached labels do not correspond to the permanent location of a person. To subscribe to exactly the right users, check the posts and note the guidelines provided in the separate instructions section.

Method 2: search by hashtags

Another method of searching for people from a specific location is the use of hashtags, that, despite this, they can give very inaccurate information because there are no restrictions to establish them. Besides, this approach is equally achievable from the computer and through the application, and has many characteristics of its own, that are commented separately.

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Option 1: mobile device

1. In the search tab, tap the top search box, then go to the tab “Labels”..
2. Fill in the blank. “Look for”. based on the name of the desired location, adding the hashtag symbol before – “#”. Enter the full name of the colony without separations or additional characters, as screenshot shown.
3. Once you have made your selection, you will be taken to a page with the posts tagged with the selected hashtag, which can be up to several million. As in the previous method, there are two tabs available here: “UP”. and “Recent”. with exactly the same characteristics.

   It is better to search posts between “Recent”.since in this circumstance there are more possibilities of finding personal messages not related to the business. All you have to do is touch the name at the top of the screen to navigate and view the person's posts..

   Due to the imprecise nature of hashtags, sometimes it will be much more effective to use specific services, stores, etc. This will allow finding “live” users who have visited the selected location and who usually live in the desired city..

Option 2: web portal

1. To search for a person by hashtag using the web portal, follow the link below and, being in any section, click the left mouse button on the block “Look for”.. In this field, first enter the character of the hashtag, as shown in our example.

   After this character, add settlement name without separations or additional symbols to start the search immediately. In the results list, just click the one you want.

2. Once you've decided on a hashtag, you can browse the posts, highlighting the following first “The best”.but in limited quantities. If you are only interested in the latest, scroll down the page a bit to the subsection “Most recent first” and select the entry you want.
3. To open a profile, while viewing a post on the right side of the popup, click on the link with the user's name. After, check other user posts for locality tags.

Do not forget that the hashtags can be put in an unlimited way, so you can only guarantee the veracity of the result after personally reviewing the profile. You can also use an application to check not only the labels, but also the location indication.

Additional Recommendations

To make sure you find users by city, you should pay attention to some general recommendations that are relevant regardless of the method you choose. Despite this, we still cannot guarantee the success of finding people from the correct location, since only the content plays an important role in the social network.

• If you use geotags and hashtags with your own city many times, Instagram recommendations will suggest nearby users. Thus, indicating your location can make the search easier.
• If you are looking for random people from a certain city, you should select place names and hashtags as sophisticated as possible. Despite this, this is only relevant in the case of small towns.
• Often, there are many users from the same location in subscribers, subscriptions and comments from people in a given city, that can be used to aid searches. Verification must be done on a case-by-case basis.

Consider the recommendations provided and combine them with the search methods in the instructions. Applying different solutions you will be able to find people from the desired places.

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