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title: "Instagram Insights updates and field changes | Supermetrics"
slug: "instagram-insights-updates"
description: "Stay updated on Instagram Insights with new metrics like views and profile activity, plus deprecated features. Enhance your social media strategy today!"
updated: 2026-10-30T11:38:53Z
published: 2026-10-30T11:38:53Z
canonical: "docs.supermetrics.com/instagram-insights-updates"
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> ## Documentation Index
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# Instagram Insights updates

Updates on the Instagram Insights data source, including new metrics, dimensions, and other features.

## October 2026

2026-10-30

We’ve updated the Instagram Insights connector to save every Story and its metrics while it's live for any account that's had its Stories queried through Supermetrics.

This means you can pull up to 3 years of Story history starting from October 30, 2026, or from the first time the account's Stories were fetched with Supermetrics, whichever is later. See [About Instagram Insights Story reporting limitations](/v1/docs/about-instagram-insights-story-reporting-limitations).

## August 2026

2026-08-18

We’ve added support for connecting to Instagram Insights using Instagram login in addition to Facebook login. See [Instagram Insights connection guide](/v1/docs/instagram-insights-connection-guide).

## April 2026

2026-04-15

We've added the following new metrics:

- Profile reposts
- Reposts (post/media version)
- Reels skip rate

## January 2026

2026-01-23

New fields added:

- Follow type
- Follows and unfollows

## March 2025

2025-03-25

The following metrics have been added:

- Views
- Story views
- Profile views

The following metrics have been deprecated:

- Media impressions
- Reel plays
- Reel replays
- Reel initial plays
- Story impressions
- Carousel album impressions
- Profile impressions

Update your queries to use the replacement fields to continue to get data.

- Media impressions → Use “Views” instead
- Reel plays → Use “Views” instead
- Reel replays → Use “Views” instead
- Reel initial plays → Use “Views” instead
- Carousel album impressions → Use “Views” instead
- Story impressions → Use “Story views” instead
- Profile impressions → Use “Profile views” instead when possible. Note the new field does not support date breakdowns

## December 2024

2024-12-11

The following fields have been deprecated:

- Video views
- Profile views
- Email contacts
- Phone call clicks
- Text message clicks
- Get directions clicks
- Website clicks

## October 2024

2024-10-01

The following fields have been added:

- Media comment date
- Media comment time
- Media comment text

## September 2024

2024-09-13

The following metrics have been added:

- Reel initial plays
- Reel replays

## February 2024

2024-02-14

The following metrics have been added:

- Follows
- Profile activity total
- Profile activity: bio link clicks
- Profile activity: email clicks
- Profile activity: get directions clicks
- Profile activity: phone call clicks
- Profile activity: other clicks
- Profile activity: text message clicks
- Profile replies
- Profile visits
- Reels average minutes watched
- Reels minutes viewed
- Shares

## December 2023

2023-12-11

Updated data source to Graph API v18.

The following field has been deprecated:

- Locale

## November 2022

2022-11-09

Supermetrics has updated to Facebook Graph API v15.

## July 2022

2022-07-18

Updated data source to Facebook Graph API v14.0.

This dimension has been deprecated:

- media_video_title

2022-07-01

The Instagram Insights connector now supports data for reels. [Learn more](/v1/docs/how-to-add-data-about-instagram-stories-and-reels-to-your-reports).

These fields have been added:

- Reel plays
- Reel shares
- Total reel interactions

## January 2022

2022-01-11

The data source has been updated to Graph API v12.0.

## August 2021

2021-08-10

The data source has been updated to Graph API v11.0.

## April 2021

2021-04-29 -

Added new fields to support IGTV media objects:

- Media product type
- IGTV video title

## March 2021

2021-03-17:

Data source has been updated to Graph API v10.0.

### Oct. 2020

2020-10-15:

Connectors have been updated to use Instagram Graph API v8.0

## July 2019

2019-07-09:

Connectors have been updated to use Instagram Graph API v3.3

## May 2019

2019-05-23:

The connector will now show the Instagram Business Account name for profiles/accounts instead of the Facebook Page names. If you do not see the changes, you may need to refresh your account list using the steps here: [Not All Accounts/Segments/Custom Fields/Labels Are Showing in the Product](/v1/docs/what-to-do-if-accounts-custom-fields-or-segments-are-missing-from-your-report)

## Feb. 2019

2019-02-25:

"Media created" field format changed to Y-m-d H:i:00.