Find 10 Instagram Creator Lookalikes

Find 10 Instagram creator lookalikes from a supported username. Get ranked accounts with follower counts, engagement rates and categories where available. No Instagram login required. $0.01 per 1,000 recommendations, plus a small start fee.

Run the Actor

Enter an Instagram username or profile URL. Plain usernames, @usernames, and full Instagram profile URLs are supported.

Field	Type	Required	Description
username	string	Yes	Supported Instagram username or profile URL to use as the starting account.

Examples:

{ "username": "k.mbappe" }

{ "username": "@k.mbappe" }

{ "username": "https://www.instagram.com/k.mbappe/" }

Post, reel, story, and other Instagram URLs are not accepted. The starting account must be available in the underlying creator database.

Successful run example

For a supported account such as k.mbappe, the Actor returns up to 10 ranked recommendations. Each recommendation is saved as one dataset item.

{
  "rank": 1,
  "handle": "dani.carvajal.2",
  "displayName": "Daniel Carvajal",
  "followers": 14157494,
  "engagementRate": 2.42,
  "categories": ["Athlete", "Fitness & Health"],
  "location": "SPAIN",
  "verified": true,
  "score": 3.0,
  "profileUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/dani.carvajal.2/",
  "sourceHandle": "k.mbappe",
  "platform": "INSTAGRAM"
}

V1 and V2

This Actor supplies up to 10 enriched creator-database recommendations, including follower counts, engagement rates, categories, locations, verification status, and similarity scores where available.

Similar Instagram Accounts Finder V2 returns direct related Instagram profiles from different data sources. V2 does not provide follower or engagement enrichment. Choose the version based on whether you need enriched creator data or direct related profiles.

Dataset output

Each returned account can include:

• rank — position in the similarity results.
• handle — Instagram username of the suggested account.
• displayName — public display name, when available.
• followers — follower count, when available.
• engagementRate — engagement rate, when available.
• categories — detected content categories.
• location — associated country or location, when available.
• verified — whether the account is marked as verified.
• score — similarity score, when available.
• profileUrl — direct Instagram profile URL.
• sourceHandle — username used for the search.
• platform — always INSTAGRAM.

Missing display names, follower counts, engagement rates, locations, verification status, and scores are returned as null. Missing categories are returned as an empty list. Profile avatars are not included.

Run summary

The Run summary output contains sourceHandle, platform, count, status, and message.

• OK — recommendations were returned.
• ACCOUNT_NOT_AVAILABLE — the username is not in the creator database. This does not mean the Instagram account does not exist.
• NO_RECOMMENDATIONS — the account was found, but no recommendations are currently available.

Unavailable accounts produce an empty dataset and do not incur recommendation charges. The small Actor start fee still applies. Service and storage errors fail the run.

Notes

• Results are ranked by similarity and may change over time.
• Instagram login credentials are not required.
• Export the dataset from Apify as JSON, CSV, or Excel.