Are you curious to see which friends you share with another user on Facebook?
Mutual friends are the users who you are both friends with on the platform, creating links within your online community.
Whenever you visit someone’s profile, whether you are already friends with them or not, you can often see the number of mutual friends that you share as part of their friends data. This can be a reliable way of determining whether you are connected with the user in real life or not, especially if they have attempted to add you on Facebook but you don’t recognise them.
With that in mind, how do you exclusively view a list of the mutual friends that you share with another user – and how does this process differ when you become friends?
Viewing the Mutual Friends You Share With a Non-friend User
When you head into your Friends Suggestions list, browse the Suggested Friends carousel on your main feed, or visit the profile of someone who keeps appearing in the comments on your friends’ posts, you will likely see a mutual friends count directly under their name and picture.
This number of mutual friends will be placed alongside a series of images, showing who those mutual friends are. When you visit the user’s profile, you can click on the mutual friends count at the top of their page and open the list in full screen mode.
This is the quickest way to establish the connections you share, and who you both know.
Viewing the Mutual Friends You Share With Another Friend
To view the mutual friends that you share with an existing Facebook friend, you can either visit their profile and head to their Friends list, selecting the ‘Mutual’ tab along the top to view the list of shared friends, or you can visit your Friendship page.
This Friendship page is accessible via the three dots icon you will see on their profile – selecting this button and then ‘See Friendship’ from the menu that appears.
Within this friendship overview, you can see a full breakdown of your mutual friends as well as information on when the two of you first connected on Facebook, your shared photos and memories, and so much more.
Why Mutual Friends Matter on Facebook
You may be wondering why the ‘mutual friends’ data is such a prominent feature on Facebook.
Well, not only does it create connections between users and help to establish communities, but tracking mutual friends allows Facebook to recommend you content based on your interests and the interests you share with people around you.
It is, in short, another way of creating a connected and personalised experience for each and every user.
Not to mention it’s a super interesting way of finding out which of your friends are well connected, and who chooses to fly under the radar. We hope this helps!
