Instagram Followers Scraper

Scrapes follower lists from public Instagram profiles without requiring login credentials. Input one or more usernames and receive structured JSON data containing full follower metadata. Designed for bulk operations and data pipelines.

Key Features

• No Login Required: Operates without Instagram credentials, eliminating account risk and credential management.
• High-Speed Bulk Scraping: Engineered for scale; capable of scraping thousands of follower records in under a minute.
• Structured Data Output: Returns clean, comprehensive JSON for each follower, ready for import into databases, spreadsheets, or CRMs.
• Simple Input: Requires only an array of target Instagram usernames to begin scraping.

How to Use

1. Set the actor's input by providing a JSON object with an array of target usernames.
2. Run the actor. Free users may need to provide cookies for authentication.
3. Retrieve the results from the dataset, available in JSON format for download or via API.

Input Example

{
  "usernames": ["zuck", "therock"]
}

Input/Output Specification

Input: A JSON object with a single usernames key, containing an array of Instagram handles (strings) to scrape.

Output: A dataset of JSON objects, one per scraped follower. Each record includes core profile fields such as:

• id / pk: The user's unique numeric ID.
• username: Instagram handle.
• full_name: Display name.
• profile_pic_url: URL to the profile picture.
• is_private: Boolean indicating if the account is private.
• is_verified: Boolean indicating if the account is verified.
• latest_reel_media: UNIX timestamp of the user's latest reel.
• followed_to: The input username this follower belongs to.

Output Example

{
  "id": "77127577585",
  "username": "example_user",
  "full_name": "Example Name",
  "profile_pic_url": "https://instagram.example.com/path/to/image.jpg",
  "is_private": false,
  "is_verified": false,
  "latest_reel_media": 0,
  "followed_to": "zuck"
}

Use Cases

• Competitor and influencer audience analysis.
• Lead generation from niche creator followers.
• Market research and audience mapping.
• Social graph and community analysis.

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