# Facebook searches

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-searches/773931>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 5, 2016, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-searches/773931 "2016-12-05T15:32:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Toastmaker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Toastmaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toastmaker)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-searches/773931/1 "2016-12-05T15:32:25Z")

</div>

Is it in any way possible to view who has scrutinized your page or searched out your FB page. . ?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-searches/773931/2 "2016-12-05T17:51:23Z")

</div>

> [@Toastmaker](#):
>
> Is it in any way possible to view who has scrutinized your page or searched out your FB page. . ?

No. You can control _what_ people can see but you can’t report out on who has seen it.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-searches/773931/3 "2016-12-05T20:01:34Z")

</div>

No, and don’t click on the pages that promise to show you who has searched for you or visited your page.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Toastmaker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Toastmaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toastmaker)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2016, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-searches/773931/4 "2016-12-06T16:44:46Z")

</div>

No. . I assumed they were BS. Thanks for the replies.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2016, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-searches/773931/5 "2016-12-06T18:38:37Z")

</div>

I do remember reading however that people who search you out or view your page that aren’t your friends can show up in the “People You May Know” or “Suggested Friends” section.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2016, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-searches/773931/6 "2016-12-06T18:49:37Z")

</div>

> [@Asuka](#):
>
> I do remember reading however that people who search you out or view your page that aren’t your friends can show up in the “People You May Know” or “Suggested Friends” section.

Sure, Facebook knows who searched and viewed your page, and they can use that information in a variety of ways. But there’s no way for a Facebook user to get access to that information. It’s not magic, they could allow you access to it but there’s no way to do so currently. And there’s no foolproof way of determining why certain people are being suggested to you.