What Instagram knows about you
Instagram lets you download everything it holds about your account. Most people never look inside. Here is what is in there, and what it says about you.
What is in the download
- Your content: posts, stories, reels and their captions.
- Your activity: likes, comments, saved posts, searches and the accounts you follow.
- Messages: your direct messages, with timestamps.
- How Instagram sees you: topics and ad interests it has inferred about you.
- Account information: your profile, login and device history.
What it can reveal
Together these are a detailed record of how you spend attention and how you treat people: when you are active, who you talk to and how, what you return to, and what you announce but never mention again. That is the material a personality reading is built from.
How PsycheAI reads it, privately
PsycheAI opens your download inside your own browser. The zip, your photos and your full messages never leave your device. A short summary of your own activity is de-identified first, you review it, and only then is it sent to Google Vertex AI (Gemini, on Google Cloud’s enterprise tier, which does not train on it) to write your reading. PsycheAI keeps no copy.
How to get your data
It takes about 30 seconds to request, and Instagram emails you the file, usually within 1–2 hours. Follow the step-by-step guide, choosing JSON format and All time.
Questions
Can Instagram see what I do with my download?
No. Once downloaded, the file is yours, and PsycheAI reads it on your own device.
Does PsycheAI read my photos?
No. Photos and videos are never read or uploaded; only text and activity counts are used.
How do I delete what PsycheAI saved?
Everything is kept in your browser. Press Delete everything in the app to remove it.
Your first Psyche Card is free
No questionnaire, no account. About a minute once your Instagram data is ready, or straight away with two WhatsApp chats.