Instagram Related Profiles Finder V2 — Discover Related Instagram Accounts

Discover related Instagram accounts from 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.

Why use this Actor?

• Find adjacent creators, brands, competitors, and partnership prospects from an account you already know.
• Get one structured dataset item per related profile, in recommendation order.
• Use usernames, @handles, profile URLs, or numeric Instagram IDs.
• Export results from Apify as JSON, CSV, or Excel, or consume them through the Apify API.
• Run without Instagram login credentials or a customer-provided third-party API key.

Try it now

Run the ready-made example for Cristiano Ronaldo:

Run the Cristiano Ronaldo example

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

Input

The required 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. Numeric IDs skip that lookup. No Instagram login or customer credentials are required. When using the API, you still authenticate normally with your Apify API token.

Recommended inputs

Use a numeric ID when you already have one and want to avoid the profile lookup. Use a handle or profile URL for the simplest copy-and-paste workflow.

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.

The SUMMARY record explains every completed run. Its status is ok when profiles were found, no_results when the profile was resolved but returned no recommendations, profile_unavailable when the profile could not be resolved, or invalid_input when the input format was not accepted. These expected cases complete successfully with zero dataset items.

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.

This version intentionally stops at direct recommendations. It does not recursively expand the profiles it finds, scrape follower lists, or add follower counts and engagement metrics that are not present in the recommendation response.

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. Rates depend on the user's Apify subscription tier; see the live Pricing panel for the exact current rate.

For example, a run that returns 50 profiles creates 50 billable related-profile events. Failed profile resolution and runs that return no profiles do not create related-profile dataset items.

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.