The Viral Strategy to Boost Instagram Story Views
You’ve likely seen the Billie Eilish marketing trick—adding all followers to Close Friends on Instagram. But why does this work? Close Friends stories always appear first in your followers’ feeds, ensuring your story stays at the top. This method can 2x to 10x your story views, engagement, and overall reach. It’s particularly effective for accounts with high follower counts but low story engagement. Best of all, the increased reach becomes a permanent boost. Here’s how you can do it for yourself.
Step-by-Step Method
1. Scrape Your Followers
To add all followers to Close Friends, you first need a list of their user IDs.
- Recommended Tool: GiveMeData (or any other scraper)
- Why Scrape Externally? Instagram has strict limits on automated actions, and scraping externally reduces the risk of getting flagged or banned.
- Time Required: Scraping 50,000 followers took around 15 minutes.
2. Add Followers to Close Friends
- Tool Used: Fanzella (Paid bot required for Close Friends feature)
- Discount Codes: Use “DISCOUNT” or “SALE” for a cheaper plan.
- Steps:
- Connect your Instagram account to Fanzella.
- Navigate to Reactions Pro in the app.
- Under Targeting, select User IDs, then click Targets List.
- Upload the list of user IDs scraped from your followers.
- Adjust settings:
- Close Friends → Enable
- Bulk Add → 25 users per batch
- Delay → 1-minute interval
- Use Custom IDs List
- (Optional) Add a proxy for extra safety (Recommended: Airproxy)
- Start the bot and wait. Adding 50,000 followers took about two days with these settings.
3. Post a Close Friends Story
Once the process is complete, upload a story to Close Friends and watch your engagement skyrocket.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Is this method safe?
A: Yes. I have tested this multiple times on main accounts with no bans. To be extra safe, use an external scraping service and a proxy.
Q: How much growth can I expect?
A: Most users see a 2x to 10x increase in story views. If you were getting 500 views before, expect 1,500–5,000 views after applying this method.
Q: Does this also boost public story views?
A: Yes! Once your Close Friends story performs well, your public stories will also get a visibility boost.
Q: Can I get support if needed?
A: Fanzella has an active Telegram support channel for assistance.
Try this method today and take your Instagram engagement to the next level!