Have you ever tried to sort instagram posts to find out your most liked or most commented or even most viewed reels or posts? Well, in that case you might already know that instagram has no such features. It’s even most frustrating for Instagram influencers, creators and marketers who want to research a competitor, auditing their own account, or trying to find the most-liked Reel on any page.
Well, FeedSortr is exactly the chrome extension you need to sort instagram feed to find out the most liked, commented, viewed post. The tool also allows you to sort feed chronologically from newest to oldest or oldest to newest along with several other features.
Well, in this article we are going to let you know exactly how to sort Instagram posts and Reels by any metric, date, views, likes, comments, engagement rate, and more in seconds using FeedSortr Chrome extension . Every step is shown with real screenshots from the tool.
How to sort Instagram posts using FeedSortr — step-by-step
FeedSortr is a Chrome extension. It adds a sort panel to any Instagram profile you visit and lets you reorder all visible posts by date, views, likes, comments, engagement, engagement rate, or duration that too in seconds.
Install FeedSortr from the Chrome Web Store
Add FeedSortr to Chrome in one click. No account required. No signup form. Pin it to your Chrome toolbar so it appears when you visit Instagram.
Go to any Instagram profile
Navigate to any Instagram profile page, your own account, a competitor's profile, a brand account, or a public figure. FeedSortr works on any public Instagram profile.
Open the FeedSortr popup and configure your sort
Click the FeedSortr icon in your Chrome toolbar. The popup shows the profile handle, number of posts to fetch (any number of posts), an optional date range, and a grid of sort metrics. Choose your metric and click "Fetch & Sort Posts."
See your sorted results with data overlays
Caption: The FeedSortr popup on @nasa's Instagram profile. Choose posts to fetch, set an optional date range, select your sort metric, and click "Fetch & Sort Posts."
FeedSortr reorders all posts on the page and adds data overlays to each one — showing rank (#1, #2, #3...), the sorted metric value, engagement rate, date, time, and caption. Each post has an "Open Post" button for direct access.
Sort Instagram posts by date — newest to oldest
Sorting by date shows posts in reverse-chronological order — the most recently published posts appear first. This is the closest equivalent to Instagram's original chronological feed, applied to any individual profile rather than your home feed.
To sort an Instagram profile by date with newest posts first:
- Open the FeedSortr popup on any Instagram profile
- Under Sort By, select Newest
- Click Fetch & Sort Posts
FeedSortr fetches the posts and reorders them with the most recently published post in position #1. The date and exact time each post was published appears in the data overlay beneath each image — so you can see not just the day but the hour the post went live.
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Reviewing your own posting history in chronological order. Checking how frequently a competitor publishes. Finding the most recent content from a brand account. Auditing what a profile has published in the last 30, 60, or 90 days.
Sort Instagram posts from oldest to newest
Sorting oldest to newest shows the first posts ever published on a profile at the top — useful for understanding how an account has evolved over time, finding original content, or researching a brand's content history from the beginning.
To sort Instagram posts from oldest to newest:
- Open the FeedSortr popup on any Instagram profile
- Under Sort By, select Oldest
- Click Fetch & Sort Posts
The oldest post on the profile appears as #1, with all subsequent posts ordered chronologically up to the present. This is the only way to see an Instagram profile in true chronological order, since Instagram's own interface does not provide this view on profile pages.
Can you sort Instagram posts by a specific date range?
Yes. you can sort Instagram post and reels by date range. FeedSortr includes an optional date range filter that lets you sort posts within a time window like last 30 days, last 90 days, a specific month, or any custom range from any start date to any end date.
To sort Instagram posts within a custom date range:
- Open the FeedSortr popup on any Instagram profile
- Under Date Range, click the dropdown and select Custom range...
- Use the calendar picker to set your From and To dates
- Select your sort metric (date, likes, views, etc.) and click Fetch & Sort Posts
Caption: The custom date range picker in FeedSortr. Set a From and To date, then sort by any metric within that window. Available on Pro plan.
FeedSortr only fetches and displays posts that fall within your selected date range, then sorts those posts by your chosen metric. This is particularly useful for:
- Analyzing a competitor's content output during a specific campaign period
- Auditing your own posts from last quarter to find your best performers
- Filtering out older content when you only need recent posts
- Comparing month-on-month engagement on any profile
How to sort Instagram Reels by views?
Sorting by views is one of the most valuable things you can do with FeedSortr — especially for competitive research. It answers a question Instagram never lets you ask directly: which Reels on this profile have actually been watched the most?
To sort Instagram Reels by views:
- Go to any Instagram profile that publishes Reels
- Open the FeedSortr popup
- Under Sort By, select Views
- Click Fetch & Sort Posts
FeedSortr fetches all posts from the profile and ranks them by total view count, highest to lowest. The Reel with the most views appears as #1 with its view count shown directly in the data overlay alongside likes, engagement rate, and publish date.
Caption: MrBeast's Instagram sorted by views using FeedSortr. Post #1 shows 163M likes. Each post displays its rank, metric value, engagement rate, and publish date in the overlay.
Sort Instagram Reels by likes and comments
Views reveal reach. Likes/comments reveal active engagement. A 5M view, 500K likes Reel would perform very differently than a 5M view 2K likes wide but no conversion.
favorite Sort Instagram Reels by likes
To sort by likes, open the FeedSortr popup, choose Likes underneath the Sort By option, and then click Fetch & Sort Posts. Likes are sorted in the highest-to-lowest order, with the most likes being the most successful. The metrics between each post are: number of likes as the main data overlay, followed by the number of comments, engagement rate, and post date.
chat_bubble How To Sort Instagram Post By Most Comments?
Sorting by comments surfaces content that sparked conversation, often more valuable than high-likes posts for understanding what topics your audience cares about deeply. To sort by comments, select Comments in the FeedSortr sort grid and hit Fetch & Sort Posts.
analytics Sort by engagement Rate
Our engagement rate compares performance to number of followers, so it is the most valuable metric to compare a post across two different profile sizes.
- 10K Likes from a 500K-follower account is an engagement rate of 2%.
- 10K Likes from a 10M-follower account is only an engagement rate of 0.1%.
The data overlay feedSortr shows the engagement rate of every post and allows you to sort an entire profile by it: Select Eng.Rate in the sort grid to order all the posts on that profile based on the rate of engagement of each individual post, giving you immediately the information you need about what content was above average for the account at that time regardless of follower history.
Find the most viewed Reels on any Instagram profile
This is one of the most practical use cases for FeedSortr. Go to a competitor's profile, sort by views, and in under 30 seconds you have a ranked list of their top-performing Reels with every metric visible — views, likes, comments, engagement rate, and publish date.
The table view makes this even faster for research. After sorting, click Table in the FeedSortr toolbar to switch from the visual grid to a data table. Every post appears as a row with all metrics as sortable columns — you can resort within the table by any column without re-fetching.
Caption: FeedSortr's table view for @mrbeast Instagram. Every post is a row. Columns show Date, Type (Carousel/Video), Likes, Comments, Views, Engagement, Rate, Duration, and Caption. Click any column header to re-sort.
From the table view you can also export the entire dataset to Google Sheets, CSV, or Excel with one click — giving you a spreadsheet of every post's performance data for further analysis or client reporting.
All the metrics you can sort Instagram posts by
FeedSortr lets you sort any Instagram profile by eight different metrics from the same popup. Here is what each one means and when to use it:
Likes
Total like count per post. Best for identifying most popular content.
Comments
Total comment count. Best for finding content that sparked conversation.
Views
Total video/Reel plays. Best for measuring reach on video content.
Engagement
Likes + comments combined. Overall interaction volume.
Eng. Rate
Engagement relative to followers. Best for comparing across accounts.
Duration
Video length in seconds. Sort Reels and videos by length.
Newest
Most recently published first. Reverse-chronological order.
Oldest
First published post first. True chronological order.
After sorting, FeedSortr also generates a full analytics report from the sorted post data — engagement rate, account health score, best time to post, hashtag performance, and content type comparison. You do not need to do anything extra; the analytics appear automatically when you click the Analytics button in the toolbar after sorting.
Additionally, if you are also looking to optimize your short-form video reach on other major social networks, you can read our step-by-step tutorial on how to sort TikTok videos by date, views, and likes to discover how to analyze profiles, liked videos, and bookmarks in seconds.
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