Instagram Followers / Following Scraper
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from $1.00 / 1,000 relationship results
Export followers and following lists from public Instagram profiles. Get usernames, user IDs, names, profile URLs, verification and privacy status, plus optional profile metrics. Process multiple source accounts and export clean JSON, CSV or Excel.
You can access the Instagram Followers / Following Scraper programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.
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