Go to your Instagram profile , tap Following , then change the sort to Date followed: Latest so the newest accounts you followed appear first.

On the app

  1. Open Instagram.
  2. Tap your profile picture.
  3. Tap Following.
  4. Open the sort menu.
  5. Select Date followed: Latest.

If you do not see it

Instagram may not show the same sorting option on every account or app version, so make sure your app is updated and try again later.

For other people’s accounts, only third-party services claim to show recent follows, and those are not official Instagram features.

Quick note

The list may default to Default order instead of newest-first, so you have to manually switch the sort to see the most recent follow activity.