Cheapest & Best Instagram Email & Phone Number Extractor

Instantly enrich Instagram usernames with available email and phone data. Built for high-volume checks with fast turnaround, clean output, and production-safe limits.

Best for: lead enrichment, validation, and bulk checks where speed and cost control matter.

Why teams choose this actor:

• Fast bulk checks from a simple username list
• Clean, normalized output with a status for every username
• Built-in retries, timeouts, and safety limits for scale
• The cheapest and best option thanks to a high-performance backend built for reliability at scale
• Fantastic support when you need help or custom guidance

How It Works (High-Level)

1. You provide a list of Instagram usernames.
2. The actor validates and normalizes input.
3. It checks each username through a secured backend.
4. Results are written to the dataset with a clear status.

Result Status

Status ok

• The user check succeeded.
• Email/phone may be present or empty.

Status error

• The user check failed (e.g., user not found, rate limit, unauthorized, network error).

Input

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
usernames	Array of strings	Yes	-	Instagram usernames to process. Examples: therock, @cristiano, instagram.com/nike
timeoutMs	Integer	No	10	Request timeout in seconds (1-60)
maxRetries	Integer	No	2	Maximum retry attempts for network errors (0-10)
maxUsernames	Integer	No	500	Safety limit to avoid accidental huge runs (1-5000)

Free plan limitation: Runs started by free users always use the default input and ignore any custom input. To use your own data, you must be on a paid Apify plan.

Output

Each dataset item contains:

Field	Type	Description
username	String	Normalized Instagram username
email	String	Email address or empty string
phone	String	Phone number or empty string
status	String	ok = check succeeded, error = check failed

Example Usage

Input

{
  "usernames": [
    "therock",
    "@cristiano",
    "instagram.com/nike"
  ],
  "timeoutMs": 10,
  "maxRetries": 2
}

Output (Dataset)

[
  {
    "username": "therock",
    "email": "therock@example.com",
    "phone": "+1234567890",
    "status": "ok"
  },
  {
    "username": "cristiano",
    "email": "",
    "phone": "+9876543210",
    "status": "ok"
  },
  {
    "username": "nike",
    "email": "",
    "phone": "",
    "status": "ok"
  }
]

Note: Status ok means the check succeeded, even when email/phone is empty.

Error Example

{
  "username": "nonexistentuser12345",
  "email": "",
  "phone": "",
  "status": "error"
}

Note: Status error means the check failed.