Find Facebook Friends Across All Social Media Platforms

Find Facebook Friends on other social media

Facebook has become a necessity for many of us, and we can’t go a day without checking it. When was the last time you heard someone state they didn’t have a Facebook account? What were the reactions of those around them? In March 2016, Facebook reported 1.09 billion daily active users on average.

I’m going to tell you how to find Facebook friends on Instagram and prominent Social Media platforms because Facebook has become so popular, and you probably have more Facebook friends than Mobile Phone contacts.

How to Find Your Facebook Friends

You can find your Facebook friends by typing their name or email address into the search area at the top of the page, but there is a lot faster way to find them.

  1. 1. Click the Friend Requests icon in the upper right corner of the page.
  2. At the bottom of the list, click See All.
  3. You will now see a list of individuals Facebook believes you might know.

You can also find your friends on the right-hand side by entering your email address or searching for friends based on particular criteria.

How to Locate Facebook Friends on Your Phone

The ability to find pals using your cell phone contacts is a particularly cool feature of Facebook. Please keep in mind that a person can turn this off in their privacy settings to prevent you from finding them this way, but it is a function that is enabled by default, and most people are unaware of it.

You can also use a computer to locate a friend by typing their mobile phone number into the search field. I’ll show you how to scan your mobile phone contacts to check who has a Facebook account below.

  1. Get the official Facebook app and install it.
  2. Log in, then click the More icon in the bottom-right corner and select Friends.
  3. You will then see a list of your phone contacts who are not Facebook friends with you.

How to Find LinkedIn Friends on Facebook

LinkedIn does not allow you to readily find your Facebook friends, but it does allow you to easily search your email contacts. This means that you must first export your Facebook friends to email before importing them into LinkedIn. Using a Yahoo email account is the simplest way to accomplish this.

Importing Facebook Friends Into Yahoo Mail:

  1. Set up or sign in to your Yahoo email account.
  2. If this is your first time logging into your Yahoo email, you will be asked whether you want to import your contacts. Select Facebook.
  3. A new browser window will open in which you will be asked to provide Yahoo access to your Facebook contacts. Allow should be clicked.
  4. Your Facebook contacts should have been loaded into Yahoo by this point.

If you already have a Yahoo email address or were not requested to import your contacts, follow these steps:

  1. Log in to your Yahoo email account and select Contacts.
  2. Select Actions, then Import.
  3. You should see an option to import your Facebook connections on the right-hand side.

Please keep in mind that if this is your first time importing Facebook friends, your button may look somewhat different than the screenshot below.

  1. A browser window will emerge in which you will be asked to provide Yahoo access to your Facebook contacts. Allow should be clicked.
  2. Your Facebook contacts should have been loaded into Yahoo by this point.

Importing Contacts from Yahoo into LinkedIn

You may now add your Facebook friends to LinkedIn after importing them into your Yahoo email.

  1. Select the Grow My Network icon, followed by Yahoo.
  2. Click the Agree box to authorize LinkedIn to import your Yahoo contacts (Facebook friends).
  3. A list of all of your Facebook friends who are also on LinkedIn will appear.

How to Find Facebook Friends on Twitter

Twitter does not allow you to readily find your Facebook friends, but it does allow you to easily search your email contacts. This means you’ll need to first export your Facebook friends to an email before importing them into LinkedIn.

  1. In the top-right corner, click on your profile picture and then on Settings.
  2. On the left-hand side, click Find Friends.
  3. You will see three email services from which you can import your friends: AOL, Gmail, and Outlook.

Because Gmail is the most popular email provider, I’ll show you how to import your friends using it. You must first export your Facebook friends to a Yahoo account before transferring them to your Gmail account.

Exporting Yahoo Contacts to Gmail:

  1. Access your Gmail account.
  2. In the top-left corner, under the Google logo, select Gmail, followed by Contacts.
  3. Select More and then Import.
  4. Select Yahoo Mail.
  5. To import your contacts from Yahoo, Gmail uses ShuttleCloud, a third-party service.

SELECT I AGREE; LET’S GO!

  1. To grant ShuttleCloud access, click Agree.
  2. All of your Facebook friends who were previously imported into your Yahoo account have been migrated to your Gmail contacts.

Continued: How to Find Facebook Friends on Twitter

  1. Now that you’ve imported your Facebook friends into your Gmail account, you can return to Twitter and search for your contacts using Search Gmail Contacts.
  2. Select Allow to enable Twitter access to your contacts.
  3. You’ll then get a list of Facebook friends who are also on Twitter.

Where Can I Find Facebook Friends on Instagram?

  1. Log in to your Instagram account on your phone and tap the Account Settings icon in the bottom-right corner.
  2. Click on the three dots in the upper-right corner of the screen.
  3. Select Find Contacts.
  4. A list of Facebook friends who use Instagram will now appear.

Where Can I Find Facebook Friends on Google+?

Google does not allow you to import your Facebook friends directly into your Google+ account. To find your Facebook friends on Google+, first export your friends to a Yahoo account, then export your Yahoo friends into your Gmail account.

I’ve included step-by-step instructions above.

Once your Facebook friends have been migrated to your Gmail account, you can search for them on Google+.

  1. On the top-left side, under the Google+ logo, select Home, followed by People.
  2. Click on the Yahoo Mail group on the left to see all of your Facebook friends on Google+.

How to Make Tumblr Friends on Facebook

  1. Navigate to the Look up your contacts page and select Facebook.
  2. A new window will appear asking if you want Tumblr to have access to your Facebook contacts.

Click the Okay button

Where Can I Find Facebook Friends on Pinterest?

  1. In the top-right corner, click on your Pinterest Account Name.
  2. Select the Cog symbol, then Find Friends.
  3. Select Add additional friends.
  4. Select the Facebook icon.
  5. A new window will pop up, requesting permission for Pinterest to access your Facebook contacts.
  6. Click the Okay button.
  7. A list of Facebook friends who are on Pinterest will now appear.

Conclusion

If I missed a social networking site where you can discover your Facebook friends, please leave a comment below, and I will edit this page to add it.