Facebook allows users to follow friends, family, celebrities, brands, companies, and more. As you follow people and pages on Facebook, you may want to periodically review who you are currently following. There are a few ways to see a list of who you are following on Facebook through both the desktop site and mobile app.
In the opening paragraphs, I will provide a quick overview of the main ways to view your following list on Facebook:
– On desktop: Go to your profile, click “Friends” in the left sidebar, then click “Following” to view pages and people you follow.
– In the mobile app: Tap the “More” tab, tap “Friends”, then tap “Following” to view your list.
– Use Facebook’s News Feed Preferences to view pages you follow.
– View following lists of friends by going to their profiles and looking under their cover photos.
Now I will go into more detail on each method.
View Your Following List on Desktop
The easiest way to see who you are following on Facebook through the desktop site is to:
1. Go to your profile page by clicking on your profile picture in the top right.
2. In the left sidebar, click on “Friends”.
3. Near the top, click on “Following”.
This will display a list of all the pages and profiles you currently follow on Facebook. The list shows profile pictures and names of people as well as profile pictures and names of pages.
You can scroll through the list to view everyone you follow. This list includes friends, family, groups, events, pages, public figures, artists, companies, brands, and more.
If you want to unfollow someone, hover over their name and click the “Following” button that appears. This will unfollow that profile or page.
View Following Lists of Friends
In addition to viewing your own following list, you can see who your friends follow by visiting their profiles.
To see your friend’s following list:
1. Go to your friend’s profile page.
2. Look below their cover photo for a box titled “Following”.
3. This box shows profile pictures of some of the people and pages your friend follows.
4. Click “See All” to view their full following list.
This allows you to browse all of the people and brands your friends follow on Facebook.
View Your Following List in the Mobile App
The Facebook mobile app also lets you easily view a list of your Facebook follows.
To see your following list:
1. Open the Facebook app on your smartphone.
2. Tap the “More” tab at the bottom right.
3. Tap on “Friends”.
4. Tap on “Following” at the top of the screen.
5. This will display your full following list.
This list works the same as on desktop. You can scroll through and view all of the people and pages you currently follow.
To unfollow someone, swipe left on their name and tap “Unfollow”.
You can also view your friends’ following lists through the mobile app by visiting their profiles and scrolling down to the “Following” section.
View Follows Through News Feed Preferences
Another way to see pages and profiles you follow on Facebook is through your News Feed Preferences.
To view follows this way:
1. Click the down arrow at the top right of any Facebook page.
2. Select “News Feed Preferences”.
3. Click “Pages” in the left sidebar.
4. This will display all of the Facebook pages you currently follow.
While this method won’t show individual profiles you follow, it’s a handy way to view all of the Facebook pages you currently follow.
You can also use News Feed Preferences to unfollow pages by hovering over a page and clicking “Following”.
Tips for Managing Your Following List
Here are some tips to help you manage and optimize your Facebook following list:
– Periodically review your follows. It’s easy to accumulate follows over time. Every now and then, scan your list to see if there are any profiles or pages you can unfollow.
– Unlike friends selectively. Don’t feel obligated to follow back every friend. Be choosy about who appears in your feed.
– Follow back mutual friends. This helps strengthen bonds with people in your social circles.
– Follow interests and hobbies. Keep up with Facebook pages related to your interests so you see relevant updates.
– Avoid overfollowing. Following too many profiles and pages can clutter your News Feed. Follow only what you’re genuinely interested in.
– Utilize lists. Create custom Facebook lists to organize follows into categories like Close Friends, Family, Work Friends, etc.
– Follow strategically. Follow profiles and pages you want to keep up with but avoid bombarding your feed.
– Unfollow stale pages. If a page stops posting content you care about, unfollow it to declutter your feed.
– Pin favorites. Pin your favorite follows to the top of your Following list for quick access.
Conclusion
Facebook provides a few straightforward ways to view the full list of profiles, pages, groups and more that you follow through its platform. Periodically checking your following list allows you to evaluate who you interact with through your News Feed and make adjustments to optimize it for your preferences. With Facebook’s tools for managing follows, you can tailor your feed to showcase the people, brands, and interests you care most about.