You can generally see who's watching your live stream in real-time on platforms like Instagram and YouTube by checking viewer lists or chat participants, but on Facebook Live, you only see the total count after it ends unless they interact; Twitch shows logged-in users in chat, but not all viewers, and TikTok viewers remain anonymous unless they engage. Specific features vary, but active chat interaction (commenting) is the most reliable way to know someone watched on most platforms, while viewing without logging in or interacting often keeps viewers anonymous, notes this Quora post and this Quora post respectively.
You can see who's watching your Facebook Live on the Live's management page. Unfortunately, this info stops being available once the live streaming is over. Once it ends, you can only see the number of people who viewed your Live, not the actual list.
To watch without an account, when prompted to Log In or Create New Account, click on the text that reads Not Now. You should then be able to scroll down to watch the video. If you do not have an account, watching from your phone may prove to be more technologically challenging due to app and system requirements.
At the very top of the screen, you'll see your session time (how long you've been streaming), viewers, and followers. Select Viewers. Similarly to checking who is watching your stream on Twitch Desktop, signed-in users will be displayed as broadcaster (you), moderators, and users.
Your watch history is never visible to others on Facebook. However, if you take a specific action related to a reel, live video, or a Page (example: liking a reel), that action may be visible to people on Facebook.
No, Facebook doesn't tell people that you've seen their profile.
Unfortunately, you are not able to know who are the "Others" viewers on the Facebook story, especially when your story privacy setting is set to "Public." As mentioned above, if someone blocks you after checking your story, you will know this "Others" viewer when he unblocks you.
No they can't see you unless they invite you to go live with them. They only see your name come up on the screen when you enter their live.
Facebook doesn't let people track who views their profile. Third-party apps also can't provide this functionality.
Keep in mind that when you start viewing a live broadcast, the person sharing and anyone else who's viewing may be able to see that you've joined. While viewing someone's live broadcast, you can: React to the video.
To see the number of views on a reel, use the Facebook app for Android and iPhone.
Unfortunately, the majority of these articles will tell you that there's no definitive list or metric that tracks that. Facebook has even stated that they do not allow users or third-party apps to keep track of users that way.
If you have a Facebook profile and you do not want someone who is abusing or harassing you to be able to see your profile, there are a few ways to try to accomplish this: “unfriending” someone, blocking and/or reporting the person, or limiting what that person can view on your profile.
You can control who has access to your Facebook Live videos by age or location. When you add age or location restrictions, only people who meet the requirements will see your live videos.
For stories in your Feed, if you stop to view, react or reply to the story the story's creator will be able to tell that you've seen it.
Use a VPN.
“VPN” stands for “virtual private network,” and, unlike Tor, VPNs encrypt all web traffic from browsers and other web apps. Aside from hiding your IP address, VPNs hide your browsing history and your Youtube history so your internet service provider (ISP) can't see any of your online activity.
Here's the caveat: YouTube analytics does not allow you to view the specific identity of who views your videos, and they never have.
If you're the channel owner, you can prevent banned users from watching your livestreams. You can find this feature in your Moderation Settings, and opt in by toggling the Stop banned users from viewing stream setting on.