easiest way to tell if someone blocked you on instagram?

one more check: try to @mention them in a comment. if you're blocked their name won't come up when you type it. still doesn't tell you blocked vs deactivated for sure, but put it together with the logged-out browser test and you're pretty close.

there's no notification for it, so it's always a bit of guesswork. open their profile in a browser you aren't logged in to — if it loads there but says user not found on your account, that's a block. trouble is a deactivated or deleted account looks identical from your side. unless someone else can still see them, you can't really separate the two.