# Track Who Competitors Are Following on Instagram

**Use case:** 

Scrape the 'following' lists of key competitors to discover their strategic partners, vendors, and content creators. Uncover hidden business networks and benchm

## Input

```json
{
  "usernames": [
    "nike",
    "adidasoriginals",
    "puma"
  ],
  "scrapeType": "following",
  "maxFollowersPerProfile": 300,
  "cookies": "[{\"name\":\"sessionid\",\"value\":\"your_session_id\",\"domain\":\".instagram.com\",\"path\":\"/\",\"secure\":true,\"httpOnly\":true}]"
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "username": {
    "label": "Username",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "full_name": {
    "label": "Full Name",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "is_verified": {
    "label": "Verified",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "is_private": {
    "label": "Private",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "profile_url": {
    "label": "Profile URL",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "profile_username": {
    "label": "Source Profile",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "scrape_type": {
    "label": "Type",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "scraped_at": {
    "label": "Scraped At",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "status": {
    "label": "Status",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Instagram Followers & Following Scraper](https://apify.com/crawlerbros/instagram-follower-scraper) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/crawlerbros/instagram-follower-scraper) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.