Photos, carousels, reels and videos from public accounts, plus the likes, comments and tagged photos around them.
Every image in a carousel, the caption, the location tag and the date.
Played in the browser without the app, with the caption and the sound credit.
On a public post, the likes and comments are public too, and so are the photos the account is tagged in.
Every part of a public post that the app shows a visitor, in the browser and without a login.
The image at full width, with the caption, the date and the location tag when the owner added one.
Every slide in order, photos and videos mixed, with a marker for the slide you are on.
Short videos with sound, the caption and the audio credit, played in the browser.
The comments on a public post, with the replies under each one, in the order Instagram shows them.
The like count, unless the owner chose to hide it on that post.
The tab of posts that other accounts made and tagged this account in, on a public profile.
Open a post from the grid to see it at full size with its caption and date.
Swipe or use the arrows to move through the slides of a carousel.
Tap a reel or a video for sound.
Comments load under the post, and replies open under each comment.
The location tag names the place the owner chose, when the owner added one.
Reels are the part of Instagram most people meet outside the app, through a shared link. A reels viewer opens the rest of them.
On a public profile, reels have a tab next to the grid. A reels viewer opens that tab and plays each one in the browser.
Tap the video for sound, as on a phone. The audio credit under it names the track or the original sound.
A reel shows how many times it was played. Instagram does not show the owner who played it, whether the viewer was signed in or not.
Videos posted to the grid open in the same player, with the caption and the comments under them.
No. Instagram shows a number of plays, never the names behind it.
No. Reels on a private account are closed to everyone the owner has not approved, a viewer included.
A link to a public reel opens in the browser. A viewer adds the rest of the account's reels and posts beside it.
What a visitor can read around a post depends on one setting: whether the account is public.
No. Reading comments is not recorded. Writing one needs an account and shows your name.
The owner can hide like counts on a post. When they do, no viewer shows the number.
No. A viewer shows what the post shows at the moment you open it.
The owner can turn comments off on a post, and then there are none to read, in the app or in a viewer.
The tagged tab collects posts that other accounts made and tagged this one in. For a venue or a shop, those are photos customers posted.
The tab lists posts other accounts made and tagged this account in, newest first.
Only tagged posts from public accounts appear to a visitor; a tag inside a private account's post stays with its approved followers.
The owner can remove a tag or hide a tagged post from the profile, and the post then leaves the tab.
On a private account the tagged tab is closed along with the rest of the profile.
A live broadcast shows its host the accounts that join it. Watching a live from your own account puts your name in front of the host while the broadcast runs.
Posts carry the details people check before they book, buy or plan: dishes, sizes, opening hours.
Photos, carousels, reels, likes, comments and tagged photos on a private account are shown only to followers the owner approved. No viewer changes that.
The public account whose posts you want to see.
Every public post in order, each one openable.
The full image or video, the caption, the likes and the comments.
A private account shows its header and a lock to everyone the owner has not approved. No viewer on this site, and none anywhere else, opens the rest. The private accounts guide explains what is and is not possible.
Short answers. Each page in this section goes deeper.
Type a public username and open the viewer. No Instagram login on your side, no name on theirs.
