Last updated on 2025-10-24, by Leia

Can You See Who Views Your Facebook Profile?

Suspecting someone is stalking your Facebook profile? Here’s the problem: Facebook doesn’t share profile viewers. You can see who views your Stories or interacts with your posts, but your profile views are a mystery. In this blog post, I am going to discuss why Facebook does not show that information and whether you can trust those random apps that say they’ll show you profile viewers.

Does Facebook Have Profile Views?

No. At this moment, Facebook doesn’t allow you to check the profile viewers. Facebook’s official policy states that users cannot see who viewed their profile, and third-party apps can’t provide this information either. This restriction exists to protect user privacy and maintain trust across the platform.

Why Facebook Doesn’t Let You See Profile Viewers

Facebook doesn’t let users check the profile viewers, which is mainly due to concerns about privacy and safety of the viewers, and to build a harmonious environment for the platform. If everyone can see who has viewed the profile page, this may bring unnecessary harassment and pressure for users. For example, you check your cowork’s profile frequently due to curiosity or a job-related reason. If the other person knows this, you may be embarrassed, or worse, in conflict.

Besides the privacy problem, there are legal and technical reasons due to data protection laws like GDPR, which require ensuring users’ data safety, while profile viewing may lead to data leaking. Moreover, tracking profile viewing for billions of users is a complicated technology that is an extra-demanding task for Facebook’s system.

Can Third-Party Apps Really Show Who Has Viewed Your Profile?

Third-party apps that claim to show who is viewing your Facebook profile are usually not reliable. The apps have no right to access Facebook’s data, and they often rely on fake metrics or the users’ curiosity to try. Some apps even ask you to grant the right to access your personal data and post in your name (which may be a scam). This is a big risk to your safety and privacy.  Using these kinds of apps can also violate Facebook’s terms of service. Your account may just be banned because of this. So, it is best not to use these apps at all.

Additionally, the official Facebook page encourages users to report when seeing these apps. Here are the steps.

Step 1: Click on the profile icon in the right-hand corner of your Facebook page.

Step 2: Choose Settings&privacy, and choose Settings.

Step 3: Choose Apps and websites from the menu.

Step 4: Click the View and edit button to choose the app to report.

Step 5: scroll down and choose Report this app.

Step 6: Enter the reasons and click Done.

What Does Facebook Let You See

What you can see on Facebook is not about who has visited your profile. It is based on legitimate interactions. You can see who viewed your Stories, who liked comments on your posts, and how many viewers viewed your video. And for the Pages you manage, you can go even deeper: Page Insights provide reach, impressions, engagement rate, listener demographics, etc. Your Notifications and Activity Log will be there to show direct interactions (likes, comments, shares, friend requests) to give you a clearer indication of who is engaging with your content without ever having to expose the contents of each profile viewer.

If you need to analyse offline data or save backups of your own posts, video view counts are easy to monitor, and you may have an option to download the video to save for your records. Sometimes I will download my Facebook videos so that I can analyse view time or keep a backup. That is where a video downloader comes in handy. One of the best Facebook video downloaders is Moyea Video Downloader (which downloads to MP4 or MKV format, allows batch downloading, and can download high-res files up to 8k from Facebook and a variety of other sites). It will make it simple for you to download Facebook Reels, Stories, etc., for offline use. I mention this only as an ever-so-slightly practical option for exporting videos you like that you can try.  The steps are easy you only need to copy and paste the Facebook video URL to the downloader and begin to download the content.

Protecting Your Privacy on Facebook

If you really care about who has viewed your profile or post content, you can adjust some settings to limit certain people from seeing it. Below are the steps I’ve organized (and I’ve confirmed that these options can be found under Facebook’s “Audience and Visibility” section in the settings).

Step 1: Log in to your Facebook account and enter Settings and Privacy, and then go to the Settings section of Facebook.

Step 2: Once you’ve entered Settings, scroll down to find the Audience and Visibility section. Here are some key settings you can adjust:

Choose Friends or Only Me as the default audience under Who can see your future posts when you would like to keep your posts hidden from others.

Switch the setting under Who can look you up using the email addresses or phone numbers to No One to limit people from finding you by your email address or phone number.

Check who can find and contact you to limit friend requests or profile searches from people you don’t know.

If you worry your old posts are public, you can use Limit Past Posts so that posts you posted when they were public or friends of friend’s settings become friends only.

In the Profile and Tagging section, you can manage who can post on your profile, who can tag you, and if you need to review what you’re tagged in before it appears.

Step 3: It’s a good idea to review these settings regularly, as Facebook sometimes updates them. You may also want to utilize the Privacy Checkup tool, which provides a summary of your basic privacy preferences.

FAQs

1. What is a Facebook profile?

A Facebook profile is your personal page on Facebook, where you can include your information, such as name, pictures, posts, and interests, etc. Other users can find you based on your profile name, interact with you, and view your posted content. You can adjust the settings to let who can view your profile.

2. How to create a new Facebook profile?

Go to facebook.com or open your Facebook app on the device, click on the Sign up button, enter your name, email, or phone number, password, and other information. Follow the instructions to verify your account, and after that, you can get a new Facebook profile and begin to post and share with your friends.

3. Can someone tell if you look them up on Facebook?

No. Facebook does not have the ability to notify you who has looked you up on Facebook. This is absolutely private data, and any apps that claim to have this kind of ability are not legitimate and can lead to a big risk for your personal safety.

Conclusion

Anyway, for the question "Can you see who views your Facebook profile?" The answer is a big NO, and I personally think this is a good thing, since this is safer in terms of privacy. But you can see who interacts with your posts, who views your Stories, and even check Page metrics. Just keep this in mind, keep your privacy settings updated, and don’t choose any sketchy app. Your account and your peace of mind will thank you.