How to See Who’s Closest to You on Facebook

This article shows you how to see your close friends list on Facebook. This group includes people you interact with and seek out on a regular basis. Note that Facebook uses an algorithm to identify your close friends, and this algorithm changes frequently.

Table of Contents

On the phone

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Open Facebook. Tap the app with the white “f” icon on a blue background to open Facebook. This will open the News Feed page if you’re signed in.

If you are not logged in, enter your email address and password before continuing.

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Tap . This button has three horizontal lines in the bottom right corner of the screen (on iPhone/iPad) or the top right corner of the screen (on Android). You can also find the “Friends” button above and tap it.

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Scroll down and tap the Find Friends button, then tap All Friends . You’ll see this option at the top of the page.

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See your friends list. Anyone displayed near the top of the page has been identified by Facebook as one of your closest people.

You generally interact less with the people at the bottom of the list than with the people at the top.
A general rule of thumb is to consider the top 5-10 people at the top of this list as people you’re in contact with on a regular basis. This is measured by interactions between you and them, not necessarily interactions between them and you.

On the computer

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Open Facebook by going to https://www.facebook.com/ to open the News Feed page if you are logged into Facebook.

If you are not logged into Facebook, first enter your email address and password in the upper right corner of the page.

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Click your name tag. It’s the card in the upper left corner of your Facebook page that shows your name. This will open your profile page.

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Click the Friends option below the cover photo at the top of the page to open the friends list.

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See your friends list. Anyone displayed near the top of this list is considered by Facebook as one of your close friends (whom you keep in touch with).

See if the first 5-10 people on the list are the people you communicate with on a regular basis. This is measured by interactions between you and them, not necessarily interactions between them and you.
The names at the bottom of the list are usually people you rarely interact with; the only exception is when you friend someone and immediately start chatting with them or viewing their posts.

Advice

If you’ve added someone to your “Close Friends” list on Facebook, they’ll automatically show up closer to the top of the list than if you hadn’t added them to your “Close Friends” list.
You can use your browser’s source code to track your close friends’ Facebook interactions, but the information is the same as the results you see in your friends list.

Warning

Don’t install any Facebook apps that claim to be able to track who visits your profile. Facebook doesn’t disclose how it tracks your profile’s viewers, so any app that claims to be is a scam or, worse, contains malicious code.

Steps

On the phone

On the computer

Advice

Warning

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