# Instagram Email & Leads Scraper (`flash_scraper/instagram-leads-scraper`) Actor Turn Instagram profiles into contactable leads — extract emails from bios + linked sites, follower/engagement filters, 0-100 lead score, dedupe, and AI cold openers. Export CSV/JSON. - **URL**: https://apify.com/flash\_scraper/instagram-leads-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Flash Scrape](https://apify.com/flash_scraper) (community) - **Categories:** E-commerce, Lead generation, Social media - **Stats:** 5 total users, 2 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 1 bookmarks - **User rating**: 5.00 out of 5 stars ## Pricing from $0.000035 / actor start This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Instagram Email Scraper — Creator, Influencer & Business Leads **Instagram email scraper that turns any list of Instagram profiles into a scored, contactable lead list.** Feed in usernames or profile URLs and get back each profile's **email** (from the bio and the linked website), follower/engagement stats, a 0–100 lead score with an A–F grade, and an optional AI cold-email opener — ready to export to CSV, JSON, or Excel. --- ### What does it do? This **Instagram lead generation tool** pulls each profile through the official `apify/instagram-scraper`, then runs it through an enrichment and scoring pipeline: it extracts the **email** from the bio text or by crawling the profile's link-in-bio website (home, `/contact`, `/about`), resolves link-in-bio aggregators like Linktree, computes a real **engagement rate** from recent posts, and grades every lead 0–100 so you know which contacts are actually worth emailing. Duplicate handles, domains, and emails are collapsed automatically. Optionally, it writes a one-line **AI cold-outreach opener** per lead using your own OpenAI or Anthropic key. ### Why use it / who's it for - **Influencer marketing agencies** building outreach lists of creators in a niche (fitness, beauty, travel, food) for brand-partnership pitches. - **B2B sales teams** turning a list of Instagram business accounts into a cold-email-ready CRM import. - **E-commerce brands** finding micro- and nano-influencers (5k–500k followers) with real engagement, not vanity follower counts. - **Marketing freelancers and Fiverr/Upwork sellers** fulfilling "Instagram lead scraping" or "influencer outreach list" gigs for clients. - **Recruiters and partnership managers** enriching a competitor's tagged-account list or a hashtag-research export into contactable leads. ### How to use it 1. **Add your profiles** — paste Instagram usernames or profile URLs, one per line (`natgeo`, `https://www.instagram.com/nike/`, an influencer export, or a competitor's tagged accounts). 2. **Set your lead filters** — follower range, verified-only, business-account-only, has-website, has-email, or a minimum lead score, so you only pay for leads worth contacting. 3. **Choose enrichment** — leave "find emails on the linked website" on for a higher email fill-rate, and optionally turn on AI cold openers with your own OpenAI/Anthropic key. 4. **Run and export** — the actor scores, dedupes, and sorts every lead best-first, then pushes a clean dataset you can download as CSV, JSON, or Excel, or pipe into your CRM via the Apify API. ### Output fields | Field | Description | |---|---| | `handle` | Instagram username | | `name` | Display / full name | | `category` | Business category (e.g. "Clothing (Brand)") | | `bio` | Raw bio text | | `email` | Best contactable email found (bio or linked site) | | `email_status` | `found` or `missing` | | `phone` | Business phone number, if public | | `website` | Link in bio | | `domain` | Bare domain of the website | | `followers` / `following` / `posts` | Profile stats | | `verified` | Blue-check status (bool) | | `is_business` | Business/creator account (bool) | | `engagement_rate` | Avg (likes+comments) ÷ followers over recent posts, as % | | `avg_likes` / `avg_comments` | Averages from recent posts | | `related_profiles` | Up to 20 Instagram-suggested related accounts | | `linkedin` / `facebook` / `twitter` | Social links found during enrichment | | `extra_emails` | Additional emails found beyond the primary one | | `lead_score` | 0–100 lead-quality score | | `lead_grade` | `A`–`F` grade derived from the score | | `lead_tier` | `hot` / `warm` / `cold` | | `has_email` / `has_website` / `has_phone` | Boolean contactability flags | | `icebreaker` | Optional AI-generated cold-outreach opener | | `profile_url` | Canonical `instagram.com//` URL | ### Input example ```json { "profiles": ["natgeo", "https://www.instagram.com/nike/", "humansofny"], "minFollowers": 5000, "maxFollowers": 500000, "onlyWithEmail": true, "onlyBusinessAccount": true, "enrichEmails": true, "minScore": 50, "writeOpeners": false } ```` See the full field list — `onlyVerified`, `onlyWithWebsite`, `llmProvider`, `llmApiKey`, `llmModel`, `minScore` — on the Input tab. ### How much does it cost? This actor is **pay-per-result**: **$0.005 per lead delivered — $5 per 1,000 leads** (pay-per-event pricing, effective 2026-07-16). You're only charged for leads that survive your filters (follower range, verified, has-email, minimum score, etc.), so a tightly filtered run costs less than an unfiltered one. New Apify accounts get roughly **1,000 results free** on the platform's free tier, enough to test the actor on a real list before committing budget. Optional AI cold openers are billed separately, directly by your own OpenAI or Anthropic account — Flash Scrape never marks that up. ### FAQ #### Is it legal to scrape Instagram for emails? This actor only collects **public** profile data — the same bio and linked-website info any visitor to the profile can see. Use the leads for legitimate outreach and follow Instagram's terms plus anti-spam laws (CAN-SPAM, GDPR) in how you contact people. #### How fresh is the data? Every run scrapes live Instagram profiles at execution time via the official `apify/instagram-scraper`, so follower counts, bios, and engagement stats reflect the current state of each profile, not a cached snapshot. #### Do I need a list of profiles, or can I search by hashtag/niche? You need to supply usernames or profile URLs — Instagram has restricted open hashtag and keyword discovery, so this **Instagram contact scraper** works from a seed list (a niche you follow, a competitor's tagged accounts, or an influencer database export) rather than free-text search. #### Will every profile have an email? No. Instagram only exposes a public business email for some accounts; the rest depend on what's written in the bio or published on the linked website. Turn on `onlyWithEmail` to keep only the leads with a found email, and `minScore` to keep only your best A/B-grade leads. #### Do I need an API key to run this? No. Email finding and website enrichment need no key. An API key is only required if you enable AI cold openers, and it's **your own** OpenAI or Anthropic key — used only during the run, never stored. ### Other Flash Scrape lead tools - [Email Verifier](https://apify.com/flash_scraper/email-verifier) — validate and clean any email list before you send - [Company Domain Enricher](https://apify.com/flash_scraper/company-domain-enricher) — turn a company name into its real domain + contact email - [Local Business Leads](https://apify.com/flash_scraper/local-business-leads) — multi-source local business leads with contact enrichment - [Google Maps Leads Scraper](https://apify.com/flash_scraper/google-maps-leads-opener) — Google Maps business leads by city/category - [TikTok Leads Scraper](https://apify.com/flash_scraper/tiktok-leads-scraper) — TikTok creator leads, same scoring pipeline - [Restaurant Leads Scraper](https://apify.com/flash_scraper/restaurant-leads-scraper) — restaurant owner leads with POS/reservation tech stack # Actor input Schema ## `profiles` (type: `array`): Usernames or profile URLs to turn into leads — one per line. e.g. 'natgeo' or 'https://www.instagram.com/nike/'. ## `minFollowers` (type: `integer`): Keep only profiles with at least this many followers (0 = no filter). ## `maxFollowers` (type: `integer`): Keep only profiles with at most this many followers (0 = no cap). Use with min to target nano/micro/macro tiers. ## `onlyVerified` (type: `boolean`): Keep only blue-check verified profiles. ## `onlyBusinessAccount` (type: `boolean`): Keep only Instagram business or creator accounts (more likely to have public contact info). ## `onlyWithWebsite` (type: `boolean`): Drop profiles with no external link (you can't enrich an email without one). ## `onlyWithEmail` (type: `boolean`): Drop profiles where no email could be found. Best for cold-email campaigns. ## `enrichEmails` (type: `boolean`): Visit each profile's link-in-bio site (home + /contact + /about) to extract emails and social links. Higher email fill-rate. No key needed. ## `writeOpeners` (type: `boolean`): Generate a personalized one-sentence outreach opener for each lead. Requires your OpenAI/Anthropic key below. ## `llmProvider` (type: `string`): AI provider used to write the cold openers — OpenAI (GPT) or Anthropic (Claude). Use the provider that matches the LLM API key you supply. ## `llmApiKey` (type: `string`): Your own OpenAI or Anthropic API key. Used only to write the openers; never stored. ## `llmModel` (type: `string`): Override the default model (gpt-4o-mini for OpenAI, claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 for Anthropic). ## `minScore` (type: `integer`): Keep only leads scoring at or above this value, 0-100 (0 = no filter). Pay only for your best A/B leads. ## Actor input object example ```json { "profiles": [ "humansofny" ], "minFollowers": 0, "maxFollowers": 0, "onlyVerified": false, "onlyBusinessAccount": false, "onlyWithWebsite": false, "onlyWithEmail": false, "enrichEmails": true, "writeOpeners": false, "llmProvider": "openai", "minScore": 0 } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): No description # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "profiles": [ "natgeo", "nike", "starbucks" ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("flash_scraper/instagram-leads-scraper").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "profiles": [ "natgeo", "nike", "starbucks", ] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("flash_scraper/instagram-leads-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "profiles": [ "natgeo", "nike", "starbucks" ] }' | apify call flash_scraper/instagram-leads-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=flash_scraper/instagram-leads-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Instagram Email & Leads Scraper", "description": "Turn Instagram profiles into contactable leads — extract emails from bios + linked sites, follower/engagement filters, 0-100 lead score, dedupe, and AI cold openers. 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Use with min to target nano/micro/macro tiers.", "default": 0 }, "onlyVerified": { "title": "Only verified accounts", "type": "boolean", "description": "Keep only blue-check verified profiles.", "default": false }, "onlyBusinessAccount": { "title": "Only business / professional accounts", "type": "boolean", "description": "Keep only Instagram business or creator accounts (more likely to have public contact info).", "default": false }, "onlyWithWebsite": { "title": "Only profiles with a link in bio", "type": "boolean", "description": "Drop profiles with no external link (you can't enrich an email without one).", "default": false }, "onlyWithEmail": { "title": "Only profiles with an email", "type": "boolean", "description": "Drop profiles where no email could be found. Best for cold-email campaigns.", "default": false }, "enrichEmails": { "title": "Find emails on the linked website", "type": "boolean", "description": "Visit each profile's link-in-bio site (home + /contact + /about) to extract emails and social links. Higher email fill-rate. No key needed.", "default": true }, "writeOpeners": { "title": "Write an AI cold-opener per lead", "type": "boolean", "description": "Generate a personalized one-sentence outreach opener for each lead. Requires your OpenAI/Anthropic key below.", "default": false }, "llmProvider": { "title": "AI provider (for openers)", "enum": [ "openai", "anthropic" ], "type": "string", "description": "AI provider used to write the cold openers — OpenAI (GPT) or Anthropic (Claude). Use the provider that matches the LLM API key you supply.", "default": "openai" }, "llmApiKey": { "title": "AI API key (for openers)", "type": "string", "description": "Your own OpenAI or Anthropic API key. 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