With over 1 billion active monthly users, Instagram has become one of the most popular social media platforms in the world. However, it can be overwhelming to navigate the platform if you’re trying to find a specific person on this platform and all you’ve got is an email address.

But don’t worry! In this article, we’ll walk you through some simple steps to track down someone’s profile on Instagram – whether you’re trying to reconnect with an old friend or find a new one.

1. Sync Your Contact List with Instagram

Another way to find someone on Instagram is by using the Discover People feature. To proceed, you’ll need to have at least the person’s phone number in your phone contact list or you’ve added them as a Facebook friend.

Here’s how to use the Discover People feature:

1. Open Instagram.
2. Tap your Profile icon.
3. Under Discover People, scroll right through the list of recommended contacts and tap Follow under a profile, or select See all.
4. If prompted, tap Allow access to give the Instagram app permission to access your device’s contacts.
   Tap Connect beside Connect to Facebook if you want to search for your Facebook friends on Instagram.
5. After you enable syncing your contacts with Instagram, it will recommend people you know under the Discover People tab.

2. Search on Instagram

If you don’t have the person’s phone number on your phone, or you don’t have their Facebook page, another way to try is to search for their possible usernames on Instagram. You can try searching for their full names, nicknames, or usernames on other social media platforms.

1. Open Instagram.
2. Tap the Magnifying glass.
3. Tap the search bar.
4. Enter a name and choose from the options that appear, or select See all results.

3. Search Their Facebook Page by Email

Some people share their Instagram posts to Facebook, so you might also want to check the person’s Facebook posts, or bio to see if they have their Instagram link displayed.

If you haven’t added this person on Facebook already, here’s how to search for someone’s email address to add them as a friend on Facebook:

1. Go to Facebook.
2. Tap the search bar.
3. Enter the email address.
4. Tap Go/Search.
5. By default, this search delivers results about anything related to your search—including pages, places, groups, and more. Select the People tab to filter out everything except user profiles.

Facebook will show you profile results for people who have made their email or contact information public or who already have a connection to you. If you can’t spot the correct profile in your results, you can try filtering the results if you know other information about this person. For instance, you can filter by city, education, work, or mutual friends.

4. Use Third-Party Profile Finders

Instagram does not have a feature that allows users to search for profiles based on email addresses, so there isn’t a way to search the email address directly on Instagram. If all you’ve got is just an email address, your best chance to find the person’s Instagram profile is with third-party social media profile finders, also known as people search engines.

Social Catfish

Social Catfish is a website that offers online identity verification and people search services. It can help you find someone’s social media profiles, including Instagram, by using their name, username, email address, phone number, home address, or even just their photo.

To use Social Catfish to find someone’s Instagram profile, start by visiting the official Social Catfish website and entering the email address in the search bar. Social Catfish will then search through its database and provide you with any matching profiles it finds.

It’s important to note that Social Catfish is a paid service, and you may need to sign up for a membership or pay for a one-time search to access its full range of features.

Peoplefinders

PeopleFinders is also a powerful online people search service that provides information on individuals, including their contact information, social media profiles, and public records.

To see if you can find your subject’s Instagram profile, just go to the Peoplefinders official website, type the email address you have, and hit Search Now. Peoplefinders will search through the web and compile the person’s digital footprints into one report.

While PeopleFinders can be useful in some cases, it has limitations – the information you find may not always be accurate or up-to-date.