Instagram Business Profile & Instagram Creator Account

Facebook and Instagram made some changes to how external companies access and process data, so they can better separate business data from personal data. Therefore, Blinkfire, and every other provider in the industry who abides by Facebook and Instagram’s terms of service, will also have to make some changes to follow suit.

Third-party content can now be analyzed from Instagram Business Profiles starting April 4, 2018 (further changes were made December 11, 2018) or via an Instagram Creator Account (launched mid-August of 2019). All other unauthenticated access is not supported. Below is what is and is not viewable in Blinkfire Analytics based on the Facebook and Instagram changes. 

Instagram Private Account

Instagram Private Account - Signed into Blinkfire with Instagram

  • What is visible? Owned and operated Instagram timeline posts and followers.
  • What is not visible? Owned and operated Instagram Stories, Instagram Insights, and Instagram Demographics.

Instagram Private Account - Not signed into Blinkfire with Instagram

  • What is visible? Owned and operated Instagram timeline posts and followers before April 4, 2018.
  • What is not visible? Owned and operated Instagram timeline posts and followers on or after April 4, 2018.

Instagram Business Profile

If you have an Instagram Private Account, here are the directions on how to convert it to an Instagram Business Profile.

Instagram Business Profile - Signed into Blinkfire with Instagram

  • What is visible? Owned and operated Instagram timeline posts and followers.
  • What is not visible? Owned and operated Instagram Stories, Instagram Insights, and Instagram Demographics.

Instagram Business Profile - Not signed into Blinkfire with Instagram

  • What is visible? Owned and operated Instagram timeline posts and followers.
  • What is not visible? Owned and operated Instagram Stories, Instagram Insights, and Instagram Demographics.

Instagram Business Profile linked to a Facebook Page - Signed into Blinkfire with Facebook

  • What is visible? Owned and operated Instagram timeline posts and followers; Owned and operated Instagram Stories and Instagram Insights for timeline posts and Stories & Instagram Demographics IF the Instagram Business Profile is linked to Facebook and IF a user is an admin, editor, moderator, advertiser, or analyst of a Facebook Business Account.

If you have an Instagram Business Account, but it is not linked to a Facebook Page, here are the directions.

Instagram Business Profile linked to a Page - Signed into Blinkfire with ONLY Instagram

  • What is visible? Owned and operated Instagram timeline posts and followers.
  • What is not visible? Owned and operated Instagram Stories, Instagram Insights, and Instagram Demographics.

Instagram Creator Account

If you have an Instagram Private Account, here are the directions on how to convert it to an Instagram Creator Account.

Instagram Creator Account - Signed into Blinkfire with Instagram

  • What is visible? Owned and operated Instagram timeline posts and followers.
  • What is not visible? Owned and operated Instagram Stories, Instagram Insights, and Instagram Demographics.

Instagram Creator Account - Not signed into Blinkfire with Instagram

  • What is visible? Owned and operated Instagram timeline posts and followers.
  • What is not visible? Owned and operated Instagram Stories, Instagram Insights, and Instagram Demographics.

Instagram Creator Account linked to a Facebook Page - Signed into Blinkfire with Facebook

  • What is visible? Owned and operated Instagram timeline posts and followers; Owned and operated Instagram Stories and Instagram Insights for timeline posts and Stories & Instagram Demographics IF the Instagram Creator Account is linked to Facebook and IF a user is an admin, editor, moderator, advertiser, or analyst of a Facebook Business Account.

Instagram Creator Account linked to a Page - Signed into Blinkfire with ONLY Instagram

  • What is visible? Owned and operated Instagram timeline posts and followers.
  • What is not visible? Owned and operated Instagram Stories, Instagram Insights, and Instagram Demographics.

(Owned and operated accounts means social accounts owned by an entity as in a team, league, player, etc. Insights are private data only visible to licensed users of owned and operated accounts. For example, a team cannot see a roster player's private insights. Additionally, a player must follow the above steps to activate Instagram Stories in the platform.)