# Instagram follower count checker

**Use case:** 

Exact follower and following counts for any list of public Instagram accounts, as plain numbers instead of the rounded 1.2M on the profile page, with username, verification and business flags and the post total where Instagram publishes it. Paste ten or ten thousand usernames, run it on a schedule and keep the history in a sheet. No Instagram login. $0.49 per 1,000 profiles plus $0.001 per run.

## Input

```json
{
  "usernames": [
    "cristiano",
    "leomessi",
    "selenagomez",
    "arianagrande",
    "therock",
    "kyliejenner",
    "beyonce",
    "taylorswift",
    "kimkardashian",
    "neymarjr"
  ],
  "maxProfiles": 10,
  "maxPostDetails": 0,
  "includeAboutSection": false,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "username": {
    "label": "Username",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "fullName": {
    "label": "Name",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "followersCount": {
    "label": "Followers",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "followsCount": {
    "label": "Following",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "postsCount": {
    "label": "Posts",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "engagementRate": {
    "label": "Engagement rate",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "publicEmails": {
    "label": "Public emails",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "verified": {
    "label": "Verified",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "private": {
    "label": "Private",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "biography": {
    "label": "Biography",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "externalUrl": {
    "label": "External url",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "url": {
    "label": "Profile",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "error": {
    "label": "Error",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Instagram Profile Scraper · No Login · $0.49/1k](https://apify.com/alfalfa/instagram-profile-scraper.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/alfalfa/instagram-profile-scraper.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/alfalfa/instagram-profile-scraper.md

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