Comparison

Gramhir not working? the best Gramhir alternatives

Gramhir is not working because gramhir.com no longer runs the viewer and now forwards to a domain-sale address. For a quick public story try Insnoop, and if you keep checking one account, Peekd logs its new follows and unfollows with dates.

Gramhir was a popular way to look at a public Instagram profile without logging in: stories, posts and a few stats, all in the browser. About 110,000 people in the US still search for it every month.

We checked every Gramhir address on October 26, 2026, tried the new gramhir.net with a public account and read its about, privacy and terms pages. Peekd is our product and we rank it first, so we have tried to be fair to everyone else on this list. We are not affiliated with Gramhir, Instagram or Meta.

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Switch from Gramhir in two minutes

  1. 1

    Check the account is public

    Enter the username in the free follower tracker. It shows the counts and whether Peekd can track the account.

  2. 2

    Open Peekd

    Go to app.peekdapp.com or get the iPhone or Android app. Pro starts at $6.99 a week, and no Instagram login is needed.

  3. 3

    Add the username

    Peekd takes its first snapshot of who the account follows and who follows it.

  4. 4

    Get alerts

    Watch public stories anonymously, then get an alert when the account follows or unfollows someone.

The short answer

For one quick look at a public story, try Insnoop or AnonyIG. Both worked without a login in our earlier tests. gramhir.net may work too, but our test lookup failed.

If you keep checking the same person, use Peekd. Gramhir only ever showed you the account as it looked at that second. Say you look at an ex’s profile every few days because you want to know who they started following. A viewer can’t tell you that, because it has nothing to compare against. Peekd saves who the account follows, checks again on a schedule and shows each new follow and unfollow with a date, plus an alert. It also shows public stories anonymously. It runs on the web, iPhone and Android, and Pro starts at $6.99 a week.

Is Gramhir down? What we found

Gramhir isn’t down for a few hours. The original site is gone. Here is what we found on October 26, 2026, plus a re-check of gramhir.com on November 4, 2026.

  • gramhir.com, the address most people remember, no longer shows a viewer. On October 26 it showed a Namecheap parking page. On November 4 it forwarded to a GoDaddy domain-sale address, and its name servers had moved to Afternic, a domain marketplace.
  • gramhir.net is live and calls itself Gramhir. It is a new site: the domain was registered on October 6, 2026, and its about page carries the same date. It describes itself as run by “a small team, independent of any larger company”. We found nothing that shows whether the same people ran gramhir.com.
  • Lookalikes: gramhir.pro is a science news site and gramhir.org sells SEO services. gramhir.io, .co and .app don’t load.

So a bookmark to gramhir.com is dead. If you land on a site with the Gramhir name now, treat it as a new service and judge it on what it does today. Dumpor went a similar way: dumpor.com now forwards to dumpor.io.

The best Gramhir alternatives, ranked

1. Peekd: best if you check the same account again and again

Peekd tracks any public account without a login. Add a username and it saves who that account follows and who follows it, then checks again on a schedule. New follows and unfollows appear with the day Peekd first saw them, and you get a real-time alert. Public stories open anonymously too. Limits: public accounts only, nothing verified or above 10,000 followers, and no history from before tracking started. Check an account in the free follower tracker.

2. Insnoop: best for a quick, quiet story check

Free, no login, browser only. In our test, lookups loaded within seconds and showed no ads. It covers stories and highlights, with downloads. It names no operator and keeps no history. Insnoop vs Peekd.

3. AnonyIG: closest to Gramhir’s range

anonyig.com shows stories, highlights, reels and posts with downloads, no login needed. That is close to what Gramhir offered. On our visit the ads were heavy, and a paid upsell for another product appeared after the search. AnonyIG alternatives.

4. Mollygram: best for downloads in many languages

Free and ad-supported, no login, 13 languages. It lists stories, highlights, reels, photos and videos. On our visit a human check appeared before results. Mollygram vs Peekd.

5. Inflact: best if you hate ads

Run by Wiseway SIA in Riga, Latvia. The viewer worked for us with no ads and no login, but the free tier allows only one profile a day. Inflact vs Peekd.

We tried gramhir.net

gramhir.net promises a lot for a free page: the profile card with follower, following and post counts, stories, posts, reels, highlights, the follower and following lists (only the first part of long ones) and comments, with a save button on every file. It asks for no login and says it keeps no record of who looked up whom. Your last 10 searches stay in your own browser.

Our test didn’t get that far. We searched for a large public account. The page showed “Reading profile…” for about 20 seconds, then said the profile did not load because requests were briefly limited or the name was wrong, with a countdown before the next try. One failed lookup is not a verdict. The site’s own terms warn that lookups “may fail, return partial results, or be paused”, because it depends on Instagram and an outside data supplier.

Gramhir vs Peekd at a glance

Gramhir details are from gramhir.net as of October 26, 2026. Peekd details are from the app and our how Peekd works page.

Gramhir (gramhir.net)Peekd
What it isWebsite for viewing public profiles and saving mediaTracker for public accounts with anonymous story viewing
Instagram loginNot neededNever asked for
Anonymous public storiesAdvertised; our test lookup failedYes
Posts, reels, highlights, commentsAdvertisedNot offered
Follower and following listsToday’s list, first part of long onesFull snapshots, compared over time
New follows and unfollows with datesNo, “no record of earlier counts”Yes, from the day tracking starts
Alerts when an account changesNoYes, real time
Private accountsNoNo
AppsNone, browser onlyWeb, iPhone and Android
PriceFree, ad-supportedPro: $6.99/week or $39.99 per 3 months

What Peekd does that Gramhir never did

Gramhir was a snapshot. You saw the follower count and the list as they were that minute, and the next visit started from zero. gramhir.net says the same about itself: it builds no account histories and keeps no earlier counts.

  • A dated follow timeline. Peekd records who the account follows over time, so a new name shows up with a date. That answers who someone recently followed, which Instagram doesn’t show in order.
  • Unfollows you would never spot by hand. A list of 800 names that loses one looks the same as before. Peekd compares snapshots and names the account that disappeared.
  • Alerts instead of checking. You stop refreshing a viewer every morning. Peekd tells you when the tracked account follows or unfollows someone.
  • Stories in the same place. Watch the account’s public stories without landing in the viewer list.

Say you wonder whether your boyfriend has been following new people. Gramhir could show you his following list today, all 600 names in no useful order. Peekd shows you the three he added this week and when. Our guide on seeing who your boyfriend follows goes through it, including what a new follow does and doesn’t mean.

Where Gramhir-style viewers are better

  • Posts, reels and comments. Peekd doesn’t show those. A viewer is the right tool if you want to scroll someone’s grid.
  • Downloads. Viewers like gramhir.net and AnonyIG offer a save button. Peekd doesn’t.
  • Big and verified accounts. Peekd doesn’t support accounts above 10,000 followers or verified ones. For a celebrity, a viewer is the better fit.
  • No setup. Type a name and go. Peekd needs you to add the account once before the timeline starts.

Is Gramhir safe?

Neither the old nor the new Gramhir asked for your Instagram password, which removes the biggest risk. The rest is ordinary ad-funded viewer territory. Use an ad blocker, ignore anything that asks you to install an app or pay to “unlock” a private account, and never type a password into a viewer site. Be careful with lookalike domains: several sites use the Gramhir name for things that have nothing to do with Instagram. Our guide to Instagram stalker apps has a longer checklist.

Which one should you use?

  • One story, right now: Insnoop. Or check first whether the account is public in our free story viewer.
  • Posts and reels: AnonyIG or Mollygram.
  • A celebrity or verified account: a viewer. Peekd doesn’t support those.
  • Someone you keep checking (an ex, a partner, a friend, a competitor): Peekd. Stories plus a dated follow timeline, with Pro from $6.99 a week.
  • Your own unfollowers: no viewer helps. Use the free not-following-back checker.
  • A private account: nobody. Ask to follow.
FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Is Gramhir down or not working?

The original is gone, not down. On November 4, 2026, gramhir.com forwarded to a GoDaddy domain-sale address instead of the viewer. A new site, gramhir.net, uses the name. It was registered on October 6, 2026, and our test lookup on it failed with a rate-limit message.

Is gramhir.net the real Gramhir?

We can’t tell. It uses the name and offers similar features, but the domain is only a few weeks old and the site names no company. Judge it on what it does, and never give it a password.

What is the best Gramhir alternative?

For a quick public story or post, Insnoop or AnonyIG. If you check the same account often, Peekd is the better pick: anonymous public stories plus dated follows, unfollows and alerts.

Does Gramhir notify the person?

No. Viewers like Gramhir fetch public data through their own servers, so your account isn’t involved and you don’t appear in the story viewer list. The same goes for public stories viewed in Peekd.

Can Gramhir see private accounts?

No. gramhir.net says so on its about page. No tool can legitimately open a private account, Peekd included.

Could Gramhir show who someone followed recently?

No. It showed the current following list without dates. To see new follows in order you need snapshots over time, which is what Peekd does from the day you start tracking.

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