# Social Blade Instagram Alternative for Reels Performance Social Blade tracks Instagram follower counts over time; IShort does not. If you want to know which Reels worked on any account, IShort ranks every Reel by views and Viral Score. Checked 25 Sep 2026. > Source: https://ishort.pro/social-blade-instagram-alternative.html - more IShort guides: https://ishort.pro/llms.txt > **Short answer:** If you want an Instagram account's **follower count history**, growth charts or future projections, use Social Blade - IShort does not do that and this page will not pretend it does. If what you really want to know is **which Reels worked** on an account - its most viewed Reels, its outliers, the posting times and formats behind them - [IShort](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ljjhbiolkeopnaglmnepmlboldpohohl?utm_source=ishort.pro&utm_medium=cta&utm_campaign=chrome_install) shows every Reel on any account you open, ranked by views or Viral Score, free to start. Social Blade facts below were read on 25 September 2026. ## Two different questions "Social blade instagram" is searched about 6,600 times a month worldwide, and "social blade instagram follower count" about the same (Ubersuggest, 25 September 2026). Most of those people want one number: how many followers an account has and whether it is growing. That is Social Blade's home turf. A smaller group arrives with a different question: "Is this account's content working, and what should I copy?" Follower counts answer that badly. On Instagram today, Reels reach far beyond followers, and an account with flat followers can still have Reels doing 10x its normal views. That is the question IShort is built for. | Your question | Better tool | |---|---| | How many followers does @account have right now? | Social Blade (or the Instagram profile itself) | | Is @account gaining or losing followers this month? | Social Blade | | What will their follower count be next year? | Social Blade (Future Projections) | | Which of @account's Reels got the most views? | IShort | | Which Reels beat the account's own average, and by how much? | IShort | | When does this account post its best Reels, and how long are they? | IShort | | What did the creator actually say in their top Reel? | IShort (AI transcript) | ## What Social Blade shows for Instagram (checked 25 September 2026) From Social Blade's own site, read in a browser on 25 September 2026: - The homepage says Social Blade "tracks daily statistics and growth for your favorite content creators" across more than 165 million users on 5 platforms, about 16 million of them on Instagram. - An Instagram profile page (we looked at @natgeo) shows Followers, Following, Media Count, Engagement Rate, Average Likes and Average Comments, followed by "Followers for the last 14 days", weekly gained followers and media, Future Projections and a Live Follower Count. - The Instagram section displayed the message "You must be logged in to view Instagram statistics", so expect to create a free account for the full view. - Its help text says data "is only available from the day a profile is first added to our system", so a small account added last week has one week of history. Social Blade's paid plans (from its subscription page, yearly prices shown on 25 September 2026): | Social Blade plan | Billed yearly | Table data | Favorites per platform | |---|---|---|---| | Free (logged in) | $0 | Last 14 days (per its help text) | 5 | | Bronze | $59.99 / yr ($5.00 / mo) | Up to 30 days | 15 | | Silver | $149.99 / yr ($12.50 / mo) | Up to 60 days, daily charts | 25 | | Gold | $599.99 / yr ($50.00 / mo) | Up to 180 days | 100 | | Platinum | $1,439.99 / yr ($120.00 / mo) | Up to 365 days | 500 | The page says yearly billing saves 17-20%; we did not record the monthly-billing prices separately. Paid tiers remove ads and add longer top lists, report cards (YouTube only) and Business API credits. ## What Social Blade does better - **Follower history.** Daily follower and media counts over time, and a live follower counter. IShort has no follower history at all. - **Growth trends and projections.** Weekly gained followers and a forecast of where an account is heading. - **Top lists and discovery.** Rank the biggest accounts by platform and country, and build custom reports to find creators. IShort only analyses accounts you open. - **Five platforms.** YouTube, TikTok, Twitch, Instagram and more in one place. IShort is Instagram only. - **No install.** It is a website that works on phone or desktop. IShort is a desktop Chrome or Edge extension. - **Account-level engagement at a glance.** One follower-based engagement rate per account, useful for a quick influencer check. ## What IShort does better: Reels performance - **Every Reel, ranked.** Open any account, collect its whole Reels library and sort by Views, Viral Score, Likes, Comments or Date. Instagram's own app no longer lets you sort a profile by views. See [how to find any account's most viewed Reels](/most-viewed-reels-on-instagram.html). - **Outliers, not averages.** Each Reel gets an "x avg" badge showing how far it beat the account's own average, plus a 0-100 Viral Score. - **Why it worked.** Analytics slides for views vs engagement, a day-by-hour posting heatmap, hashtag performance, best and worst performers, duration, and original audio vs licensed music. - **The words behind the views.** AI transcripts of any Reel in English, Hindi and 9 other Indian languages, with Copy for AI rewrite. See the [Reel transcript feature](/transcribe-instagram-reels.html). - **Your own data.** CSV export or copy to Google Sheets, and unlimited downloads of Reels, photos and carousels. - **History from day one.** IShort reads the account's Reels as they are now, so a new or small account shows its full posting history - no waiting for a tracker to have added it. ![IShort ranking an Instagram account's Reels by views with outlier badges](/assets/webp/ishort-viral-list.webp) IShort lists every Reel on an account, sorted by views or Viral Score, with an outlier badge on each. **See which Reels actually worked** IShort ranks every Reel on any account you open. Free to start; no Instagram password needed. [Install IShort Free](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ljjhbiolkeopnaglmnepmlboldpohohl?utm_source=ishort.pro&utm_medium=cta&utm_campaign=chrome_install) ## Side by side | | IShort | Social Blade | |---|---|---| | Follower count history | No | Yes | | Future follower projections | No | Yes | | Per-Reel views, likes, comments | Yes, every Reel | Account averages | | Sort an account's Reels by views | Yes | No | | Outlier / Viral Score per Reel | Yes | No | | Posting-time heatmap, duration, audio, hashtags | Yes | No | | Reel transcripts | Yes (10 free, then 250 or 1,000 a month) | No | | CSV export | Yes | Custom reports export to Excel | | Platforms | Instagram | YouTube, TikTok, Twitch, Instagram and more | | Where it runs | Chrome or Edge extension on desktop | Website | | Price | Free; Hobby $10/mo; Creator $29/mo | Free; paid from $59.99/yr | ## Use both: a simple workflow 1. **Check growth on Social Blade.** Look up a competitor and note whether followers are rising or flat. 2. **Open the same account on Instagram with IShort.** Collect its Reels and sort by Viral Score. 3. **Match the dates.** If Social Blade shows a follower jump in a given week, find the Reel in IShort that went out just before it. That is usually the one that drove the growth. 4. **Transcribe it** and study the hook, then write your own version. ## A note on engagement rate Social Blade shows one engagement rate per account, based on followers. IShort shows engagement for each Reel based on its views, and an average across the account's Reels. Both are valid; they answer different questions, so the numbers will not match. Our guide to a [good Instagram engagement rate](/good-engagement-rate-instagram.html) explains the difference. ## Honest limits of IShort - No follower counts over time, no growth charts, no projections. - No top lists or creator search; you choose the accounts. - Instagram only; desktop Chrome or Edge only. - Public numbers only; no reach, impressions or audience demographics. - IShort reads only what Instagram shows you in your own session and never gets around privacy settings. **How we checked:** Social Blade facts were read on 25 September 2026: the homepage with a direct fetch, and the @natgeo Instagram page and the subscription page in a browser. A plain fetch of the profile and pricing pages was blocked by a bot check that day, so those figures come from the browser read. IShort facts are from the live Chrome Web Store build (v2.4.1) and ishort.pro. Prices change; check each site before you buy. **Go beyond follower counts** Install IShort, open any account, and see every Reel ranked by what it actually earned. [Install IShort Free](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ljjhbiolkeopnaglmnepmlboldpohohl?utm_source=ishort.pro&utm_medium=cta&utm_campaign=chrome_install) [Add to Edge - Free](https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/ishort-instagram-downlo/coafmjkdnmighdjnnlklicapmjmmccbn?utm_source=ishort.pro&utm_medium=cta&utm_campaign=edge_install) ## Keep Reading - [Most Viewed Reels on Instagram](/most-viewed-reels-on-instagram.html): See any account's most viewed Reels now that Instagram removed the sort. - [Instagram Engagement Calculator](/instagram-engagement-calculator.html): Work out engagement rate from public numbers. - [Analyze Competitor Instagram Reels](/analyze-competitor-instagram-reels.html): Study what works on a competitor's account.