In practice, they typically use a combination of approaches rather than a single tool. This includes tracking account growth, analyzing mutual followings, monitoring likes and comments from major influencers, and finding audience overlap.

This is more of an analytical approach than a direct function for viewing followings.

There’s currently no direct, official way to see who someone recently followed on Instagram. The platform hides this information. But a tool like recently-followed.com can simplify tracking these changes. The service helps analyze changes in followings and audience dynamics and is used to understand how accounts’ lists are changing, their growth, post activity, likes and comments, as well as any new connections that emerge over time.