Instagram Related Profiles Finder V2

Find related Instagram accounts for a public profile. Enter a username, profile URL, or numeric Instagram user ID and receive a ranked recommendation list in a clean Apify dataset.

This Actor performs depth-1 discovery only: it returns the profiles recommended for the input account and does not recursively expand those recommendations.

Example

Run the ready-made example for Cristiano Ronaldo:

Similar Instagram Accounts for Cristiano Ronaldo

If you only need 10 recommendations and the additional fields from the earlier version, try Similar Instagram Accounts Finder V1.

Input

The username field accepts any of these forms:

{ "username": "cristiano" }

• cristiano
• @cristiano
• https://www.instagram.com/cristiano/
• A numeric Instagram user ID such as 18527

Handles and profile URLs are resolved to a numeric Instagram ID from the public profile page. Numeric IDs skip that lookup. No Instagram login or customer credentials are required.

Output

The default dataset contains one item per related profile, preserving recommendation order. Each item includes:

• rank, username, fullName, and userId
• profileUrl and profilePicUrl
• isVerified and isPrivate
• Viewer relationship flags available for the input profile
• sourceUsername, sourceUserId, and discoveryType
• retrievedAt in UTC

The profile image URL may expire because it is a signed CDN URL. The SUMMARY key-value record contains the resolved input, output count, request count, and retrieval timestamp.

Results

The Actor returns the related accounts available for the input profile in ranked order. Results can change over time, and private, unavailable, or restricted profiles may return fewer results.

Each run retrieves the related profiles for the input account. A handle or profile URL may require an additional public profile-page lookup to resolve its numeric ID; numeric IDs avoid that extra lookup. Retries can increase the request count shown in SUMMARY.

Pricing

Pricing is per related-profile dataset item, with the run's small platform overhead included. A typical run returns dozens of profiles, and only returned items are charged.

Data and usage notes

Use this Actor only with data and workloads you are permitted to process. This Actor is not affiliated with or endorsed by Instagram.

API usage

The Actor can also be run through the Apify API or client libraries. The input is a JSON object containing the required username string, and results are available in the run's default dataset.