Instagram Followers & Following Scraper · No Login

Instagram followers & following export

Paste usernames, choose Followers or Following, and get the list as clean rows: username, full name, ID, verified and private flags, avatar and profile link.

• 🔁 Only new since the last run — schedule it daily and get just the new followers, without paying for old ones again.
• 📏 Exact limits — any number up to 1,000,000 per profile; you pay only for rows you get.
• 🧹 Duplicates free — an account that appears twice is returned and charged once.
• ℹ️ Honest gaps — for verified accounts Instagram shows only about 50 followers; you get a free row that says so, never a silent stop.
• 🔓 No login; private or missing profiles come back as free rows.

Why this one

• 🔓 No Instagram login or cookies — you paste usernames, links or keywords; your own account is never involved.
• 🧾 Free rows, not silent gaps — private, deleted or missing items come back as free rows with an error reason; duplicates are never returned or charged.
• 🧯 Your budget is a hard stop — set Maximum cost per run and the run stops at your limit (the run summary says so).
• 📊 A summary you can check — every run saves a SUMMARY record: results, free rows, what was skipped and why.
• 🚫 null, never a fake 0 — when Instagram hides a number (hidden likes, saves on photos), you see that it's missing.

Use it for

• Audience research: who follows a competitor or a creator.
• Growth tracking: schedule it with Only new and get only new followers each day.
• Outreach and custom audiences from a relevant account's followers.

Compared with Apify's Instagram Followers and Following Scraper

	This Actor	Apify's Instagram Followers and Following Scraper (Starter)
Price per 1,000 accounts	$0.162	$1.75
Only new since the last run	✅	—

Their prices and fields as listed on Apify on 28 October 2026 — check their page for today's.

How to use

1. Paste usernames or links into the input, one per line.
2. Press Start — rows stream into the Output tab while the run goes.
3. Download them as JSON, CSV, Excel or HTML, or get them through the API.

No input at hand? Press Start with an empty input — you get a 3-row sample.

Input

{
  "usernames": [
    "natgeo"
  ],
  "listType": "followers",
  "maxPerProfile": 1000,
  "onlyNew": false
}

Output example (one row)

{
  "sourceUsername": "natgeo",
  "listType": "followers",
  "username": "jane.travels",
  "id": "21070555628",
  "fullName": "Jane",
  "isVerified": false,
  "isPrivate": false,
  "profileUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/jane.travels/"
}

Each row has up to 10 fields — the Output tab describes every one of them. Fields Instagram doesn't show come as null, never as a fake 0.

Limits

• Speed: about 10,000 accounts an hour per list. For lists over 50,000, set Timeout to 0 (no limit) in the run options.
• If our accounts run out of today's requests in the middle of a huge list, you get what we have plus a free partial row — run it again the next day with Only new for the rest.
• For some very large or verified accounts Instagram shows a shorter list — you get what it shows plus a free row that says so.
• Private accounts: no list, one free row. The order is Instagram's (newest first).

How much does it cost to scrape Instagram followers?

Pay per event: you pay for the rows you get, plus $0.0005 per run. No subscription to this Actor.

Apify plan	Per 1,000 accounts	What $5 of free credit gets you
Free	$0.178	≈ 28,000 accounts
Starter	$0.162	—
Business and higher	$0.113	—

Every event of this Actor on the Starter plan:

Event	What it is	Price
Account	Each follower or following account returned	$0.162 per 1,000

Typical jobs on Starter:

• 10,000 followers ≈ $1.62
• A daily check of new followers (≈ 300 a day) ≈ $0.05 a day

Always free: private or missing profiles, duplicates and the “list limited by Instagram” row. Set Maximum cost per run in the run options to cap any run.

Monitoring on a schedule

1. Save your input as a Task and add a Schedule (hourly or daily).
2. Turn on Only new since the last run — each run returns and charges only rows you haven't received yet.
3. Add a webhook or an n8n / Make / Zapier step to get new rows in Slack, Telegram, Google Sheets or your CRM.

Chain it with other Actors

Use the rows of an earlier run as the input: paste its dataset ID into Or: dataset from another run. For example, run Instagram Followers Scraper on a brand, then give its dataset to Instagram Email & Phone Scraper — you get the emails of the brand's followers. Works with the datasets of Apify's own Instagram Actors too.

API, n8n, Make, Zapier and AI agents

Python:

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("instagram-data-api/instagram-followers-scraper").call(run_input={'usernames': ['natgeo'], 'listType': 'followers', 'maxPerProfile': 1000, 'onlyNew': False})
for row in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(row)

n8n, Make, Zapier or any HTTP client: one request runs the Actor and returns the rows — POST https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/instagram-data-api~instagram-followers-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN with the input JSON as the body.

AI agents (MCP) — your agent gets this Actor as a tool:

• Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http apify "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=instagram-data-api/instagram-followers-scraper"
• Claude, Cursor, VS Code, n8n: add https://mcp.apify.com?tools=instagram-data-api/instagram-followers-scraper as a remote MCP server and sign in to Apify.
• Ask it: “Export the followers of @mybrand to a CSV.” · “Which new followers did @competitor get since yesterday?”

FAQ

Why only about 50 followers for verified accounts? Instagram itself shows only a short list for verified accounts. You get a free row (list_limited_by_instagram) with the number returned and the total.

How do I track new followers every day? Save the input as a Task, schedule it daily and turn on Only new since the last run — each run returns only followers you haven't received yet.

Can I get bios, follower counts or emails of the followers? Not in this Actor — it returns the list. Pass the usernames to Instagram Profile Scraper or Instagram Email & Phone Scraper.

How big a list can it export? About 10,000 accounts an hour per list, and rows appear in the dataset while the run is still going. For lists over 50,000, set Timeout to 0 (no limit) in the run options.

Do I need an Instagram account or cookies? No. You only paste usernames, links or keywords. Nothing to log in, nothing to install, and your own Instagram account is never involved.

What am I charged for — and what's free? Only the events in the pricing table, plus $0.0005 per run. Rows with an error field are free, and duplicates are never returned or charged. Each run's SUMMARY record shows results and free rows.

Can I cap what a run costs? Yes. Set Maximum cost per run in the run options — the run stops at your limit and SUMMARY shows stoppedAtChargeLimit: true.

Can I use it from n8n, Make, Zapier or an AI agent? Yes, like any Apify Actor: REST API, webhooks, the n8n, Make and Zapier integrations, and the Apify MCP server for Claude, Cursor, VS Code and other MCP clients.

Is it legal to scrape Instagram? We only collect what public profiles show publicly. Results can include personal data such as names, usernames or public business contacts, which laws like GDPR protect — use the data for a legitimate purpose and ask a lawyer if unsure.

For AI agents

Actor:   instagram-data-api/instagram-followers-scraper
Does:    Export Instagram followers or following lists: username, name, verified and private flags. Only-new mode for growth tracking. No login.
Input:   {"usernames": ["natgeo"], "listType": "followers", "maxPerProfile": 1000, "onlyNew": false}
Output:  one JSON row per result, up to 10 fields; main: sourceUsername, listType, username, fullName, isVerified, isPrivate
Free:    private or missing profiles, duplicates and the “list limited by Instagram” row
Price:   event "follower" $0.162 per 1,000 on Starter + $0.0005 per run
Run:     POST https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/instagram-data-api~instagram-followers-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=APIFY_TOKEN

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Changelog

• 1.0 (October 2026) — first release.

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