I work as a freelance social media manager, which means I regularly need numbers for Instagram accounts I do not own: a prospect's profile before a pitch, a competitor's growth, a creator I am vetting for a campaign. Over the years I have tried a lot of "analytics" tools, and they fall into very...
Source: [Dev.to](https://dev.to/henrylebort/how-public-profile-instagram-analytics-tools-work-and-the-privacy-trade-offs-409c)