Instagram has assigned Stories a good bit of interface real estate. The stories of everyone you follow can be found at the top of your Instagram profile. Simply choose one and it will automatically start playing.

You can also see who has been viewing your stories. This information will be at the bottom of your Stories post. It will state something like “John Doe and x others.” You can tap on that information to see the full list of people that have viewed your story. You can even tap on the individual pieces of content to see the stats for every photo and video.