Influencer Search — AI-Powered Creator Discovery

Find the perfect influencers for your brand using natural language search powered by AI. Simply describe the type of creator you're looking for, and get back detailed profiles with engagement metrics, audience data, and relevance scores.

What is Influencer Search?

Influencer Search uses AI-powered semantic search to find social media creators that match your campaign needs. Instead of filtering by rigid categories, describe what you want in plain English — like "fitness influencers who post workout routines and promote healthy eating" — and get ranked results with match scores and reasons.

What can this actor do?

• Natural language search — Describe your ideal influencer in plain English
• AI-powered matching — Results ranked by semantic relevance, not just keywords
• Rich profile data — Follower counts, engagement rates, posting frequency, growth metrics
• Filter by metrics — Set minimum/maximum followers, engagement rate, verified status
• Platform filtering — Search specific platforms (Instagram, more coming soon)
• Pagination — Get up to 100 results per run

What data can you extract?

Each result has four top-level objects: creator, match, primary_profile, and relevant_profile. Profile objects may be null when no profile is available for the platform.

Field	Description
creator.id	Creator unique identifier
creator.name	Display name of the creator
creator.bio	Profile biography
creator.avatar_url	Profile picture URL
match.score	0–1 relevance score for your query
match.reasons	AI-generated explanations of why this creator matches
primary_profile.platform	The creator's primary platform
primary_profile.username	Platform handle
primary_profile.url	Profile URL
primary_profile.followers	Total follower count
primary_profile.engagement_rate	Engagement rate as a percentage (e.g. 3.5 = 3.5%)
primary_profile.is_verified	Whether the account is verified
relevant_profile.*	Same shape as primary_profile — the profile most relevant to your query (may match primary_profile)

How to use

1. Enter your search query describing the type of influencer you need
2. Optionally set filters (follower range, engagement rate, verified only)
3. Set max results (default 25, up to 100)
4. Run the actor
5. Download results as JSON, CSV, or Excel

Input example

{
  "query": "sustainable fashion influencers with engaged audience in the US",
  "minFollowers": 10000,
  "maxFollowers": 500000,
  "minEngagementRate": 0.02,
  "maxResults": 50
}

Output example

{
  "creator": {
    "id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
    "name": "Sustainable Style Co",
    "bio": "Ethical fashion | Slow living | NYC",
    "avatar_url": "https://..."
  },
  "match": {
    "score": 0.92,
    "reasons": [
      "Focuses on sustainable and ethical fashion content",
      "Strong engagement rate of 3.4% indicates active audience",
      "Based in NYC, aligns with US market"
    ]
  },
  "primary_profile": {
    "id": "abc-123",
    "platform": "instagram",
    "username": "sustainablestyleco",
    "url": "https://instagram.com/sustainablestyleco",
    "followers": 85000,
    "engagement_rate": 3.4,
    "is_verified": false
  },
  "relevant_profile": {
    "id": "abc-123",
    "platform": "instagram",
    "username": "sustainablestyleco",
    "url": "https://instagram.com/sustainablestyleco",
    "followers": 85000,
    "engagement_rate": 3.4,
    "is_verified": false
  }
}

Pricing

This actor uses pay-per-event pricing:

• Actor start: Small fee per run
• Per result: Fee for each creator returned

Platform usage costs are included — you only pay the per-event fees.

FAQ

How fresh is the data? Search results are returned live from Influship's AI-powered discovery engine. Creator profiles are real-time — no stale cache. Results reflect current follower counts, engagement rates, and recent posts.

What platforms are supported? Currently Instagram. YouTube and TikTok support is coming soon.

Can I use this with the Apify API? Yes! Call this actor via the Apify API or any Apify integration (Zapier, Make, etc.)

Need more features? Check out our other actors for profile lookup, lookalike search, and campaign matching.