Your Quick Answer:
To see who viewed your Facebook story after 24 hours, you’ll need to go to https://www.facebook.com/username/archive (replace username with your Facebook username) and it will take you to the Story Archive section.
It will show you the list of viewers along with their replies and reactions to the list.
The old stories after they expire are saved automatically to the Story Archive section only when you have the Save to Archive option enabled on your profile.
How To See Who Viewed Your Facebook Story After 24 Hours:
You can try the following methods to see who viewed your Facebook story:
1. From Your Mobile Device
You can try the following steps below:
Step 1: Open Facebook Profile
Facebook story expires after 24 hours, therefore, it’s not viewable to friends anymore after it expires. However, you can always see who viewed your Facebook story even after it expires.
The old stories get saved in the Archive section of a Facebook account. From the Story Archive section, you’ll be able to open the old stories one by one to see their viewers.
Step 2: Get into the Archive section of a profile
To do that, you’ll need to open the Facebook application and then log into your profile.
Next, get into your profile page by clicking on the profile icon that’s in the middle of the top panel. After you get into the profile page, click on the three dots icon next to the Edit profile option.
You’ll be displayed in the Profile Settings list. You need to click on Archive and then click on Story Archive to see the old stories that are saved in the archive.
Step 3: Tap on the number of viewers
Under the Story Archive section, you’ll be able to find all the old stories that you’ve posted from your account. These stories get automatically saved to the archive of your account after they expire, provided that you’ve enabled the option for it.
The archive section is only visible to the owner of the profile and no one else. Therefore, only you’ll be able to see who has viewed your story from the Archive section even if the story has expired from your profile long back.
Click on the old story, whose viewers you want to see, to open it. At the bottom of the story, you’ll be able to see the number of viewers who had viewed it before it expired. You need to click on the number of viewers to see the whole list of viewers.
🏷 Now See the viewers:
As you click on the number of viewers from the bottom of the story, it will bring up the whole list of viewers who have previously viewed the story on your profile.
From the list, you’ll be able to see the names of the viewers as well as their reactions to your story. Even if someone reacts to it more than once, the reaction symbols next to the user’s name will appear according to the number of times the person reacted to your story.
On the viewers’ list, you’ll be able to see the comments sent to you as a reply to your story. The comments are usually displayed under the names of the users who have sent them as a reply. These details aren’t visible to anybody except the owner of the account as the archives of an account are private and are only visible to the account user.
2. From Laptop or PC
You can try the following steps:
Step 1: Go to www.facebook.com
If you want to view your story from your laptop, then log in to your account using a laptop. On a laptop, use a web browser to go to www.facebook.com then enter your login details and get into your account.
Step 2: Click on the profile picture icon
As you’re on the homepage of your account, you’ll be able to see your profile picture icon that’s at the top right side of your screen.
Now, click on your profile picture icon. Next, you’ll be presented with a drop-down menu. From the drop-down menu, you’ll need to click on the name of your profile.
Step 3: Click on the three dots icon
After you click on the name of your profile from the drop-down menu, you’ll be taken to the profile page of your account. On the profile page, you’ll be able to see the three dots icon that is below the Edit Profile option. You’ll need to click on the three-dot icon. It will again present you with a drop-down box.
Step 4: Click on Archive
From the drop-down box, click on Archive which is the fourth option in the box.
You’ll be taken to the next page. On the next page, click on the Archive option from the left sidebar and then click on Story Archive. You’ll be presented with the archived stories on the right side of the screen.
Step 5: Click on Story Archive Option
Under the Story Archive section, you’ll be able to see all the archived stories. As you point your mouse pointer at a story, you’ll be able to see the total number of viewers who have viewed it before it has expired. The number of viewers is expressed next to an eye icon. You need to click on the story to open it.
After you open the story, on the right sidebar, you’ll be able to view the Story Details. Below Story Details, you’ll be able to see the total number of viewers, along with the names of the viewers.
It will even show the reactions of your viewers next to their names and if someone has replied to your story, it will appear Replied in Messenger below his or her name on the list.
3. Using Archive URL
URL: https://www.facebook.com/username/archive
🔴 Steps To Follow:
Step 1: Make sure the profile is logged in on PC and open the link: https://www.facebook.com/username/archive (Replace ‘username’ with your Facebook username).
Step 2: It will directly take you to the Story Archive section.
Step 3: You’ll need to click on the story to open it.
On the right side of the story, you’ll be able to see the viewers’ names, the total number of viewers along with their reactions.
Frequently Asked Questions:
1. Why are my old stories not appearing in the Story Archive section?
If you can’t find your old stories appearing under the Story Archive section of your profile, it’s because you have not enabled the Save to Archive option. This option, when enabled, saves the stories automatically after they expire.
When a story expires, it disappears from the profile and is not viewable by any friends or the public. But only the owner of the account can see it as well as check the number and names of its viewers from the Archive section of their profile.
2. Can someone see that I viewed their Facebook story if we are not friends?
When you post a story publicly on Facebook, it is visible to the users who are not on your friend list too. They can open your story to view it. But the stories that are not posted publicly, cannot be viewed or are unavailable to be viewed by anybody who’s not on the user’s friend list.
When you’re posting a story publicly, you’ll be able to see the total number of viewers who have seen or viewed the story.
3. How to make my Facebook story visible to my Friends only:
If your stories are visible to all users on Facebook even if they’re not on your friend list, it means that you’re posting them publicly. If you want your stories to be visible just to your Facebook friends, you’ll need to change the Story privacy to Friends so that only the users who are from your friend list will be able to view, react, and reply to it. It won’t be viewable to users who are not from your friend list anymore.
