How I started Instagram trends early

When i started my small bussiess on Instagram. I didnt know who to follow or what posts people liked. I spent hours looking at other pages. I was trying to figure out what was popular. Then I saw my competitors getting lots of new followers really fast. I thought may be they were using bots. To figure out this i used recentfollow which shows who people recently followed. I checked that people were real followers with good profiles. That helped me see which pages were acually popular. After that I noticed some pages in my niche getting more likes and comments. I looked what they were posting tired some of the same ideas on my own page and slowly more peoplw started engaging with my posts. It saved my time and helped me stop guessing what my audience liked. Now I check recent activity often. I can see trends easily and understand what people enjoys. it doesnt grow my account automatically, but it makes it much easier to post content what people like.

How do you spot trends for your Instagram page?