Social Media Influencer Finder — Modash Alternative

Find public Instagram, TikTok, or YouTube creators by keyword or hashtag. Export profile snapshots, available recent-content metrics, engagement estimates, and sponsorship cues for an initial influencer shortlist. For agency researchers, each dataset item is one public creator profile snapshot from the selected platform and query.

Workflow: put the results to work

Pick one platform and a specific niche keyword or hashtag. Use the public profile snapshots to build an initial shortlist, then review recent content before outreach. Audience demographics, creator relationships, and campaign operations belong in your broader program workflow.

Best fit for this Actor

• Start with one platform and a precise public niche, handle fragment, or hashtag, such as fitness coach on TikTok.
• Use a small result cap first, then use source URLs and collection time to decide which public profiles need human review.
• This Actor works as a focused standalone workflow: start with a public discovery query, review source-linked results, then pass the selected creator handles to the existing Influencer Marketing Intelligence Scraper for cross-platform profile review.

What one result contains

Field	Meaning
profileUrl, platform, handle, displayName	Public creator identity and source provenance.
discoveryQuery, discoveryQueryType, discoveryProvider	The bounded public search that surfaced the creator.
followerCount, contentCount, verified	Public profile indicators when the platform returns them.
recentPosts	Capped public post or video evidence used for visible metrics.
averageLikeCount, averageCommentCount, averageViewCount	Means from the returned public recent content, or null if unavailable.
estimatedEngagementRate	Visible likes plus comments divided by public followers; audience quality, conversion, fraud, and brand fit require separate assessment.
sponsorSignalPosts	Text-based public disclosure cues such as #ad, sponsored, affiliate language, or discount codes. Human campaign records confirm commercial relationships.
provider, postProvider, scrapedAt	Retrieval route and ISO 8601 collection time.

How this workflow compares with Modash

Decision	This Actor	Modash	Best fit
Discovery scope	One public platform and one bounded keyword or hashtag query.	A broader creator-discovery and influencer-program product.	Use this Actor for a narrowly scoped public export.
Profile evidence	Source URL, returned public profile data, capped recent content, and clear nulls.	Broader analyzed profile, audience, collaboration, and platform capabilities may be available in the selected Modash product.	Use this Actor when public evidence is sufficient for initial review.
Output	One JSON or CSV-ready record per validated creator, with provider and collection time.	Managed product and API workflows.	Use this Actor when an API pipeline needs a small, inspectable export.
Operating model	Pay per validated result plus Apify platform usage.	Modash plan and API pricing depend on the product and usage.	Compare the same query, output fields, and volume before making a cost decision.
Effective efficiency	A bounded input and output cap make operator review and per-result event cost explicit.	Modash provides a broader operating surface with workflow depth appropriate to a program.	Compare usable source-linked results, elapsed time, and operator review effort on the same query.
Broader workflow	Public discovery export, profile evidence, and reviewable recent content.	Global indexed discovery, audience analysis, CRM, campaign tracking, payments, and sales attribution.	Choose Modash when the campaign program is the job.

Modash is a trademark of its owner. This independent Actor is not affiliated, associated, or endorsed by Modash.

Quick start

{
  "platform": "tiktok",
  "query": "fitness coach",
  "queryType": "creator",
  "maxResults": 10,
  "minFollowers": 1000,
  "maxRecentPosts": 5,
  "providerOrder": "scrapecreators-first",
  "countryCode": "US"
}

creator searches public creator or channel matches. keyword and hashtag discover creators observed in matching public content; each route supplies a bounded platform-search result rather than a platform-wide index. The Actor writes and charges a dataset item only after a candidate becomes a resolvable public profile.

Input reference

Field	Required	What it controls
platform	Yes	One public discovery platform: Instagram, TikTok, or YouTube.
query	Yes	A 2–120 character public niche, handle fragment, or hashtag phrase.
queryType	No	creator, keyword, or hashtag; defaults to creator.
maxResults	No	Maximum validated creators written, from 1 to 20; defaults to 10.
minFollowers	No	Post-enrichment public follower or subscriber threshold; defaults to 1000.
maxRecentPosts	No	Public posts or videos inspected per creator, from 1 to 10; defaults to 5.
providerOrder	No	Owner-managed public-data route order. ScrapeCreators is the documented lower-cost primary for overlapping routes.
countryCode	No	Two-letter country code used only by supported public search routes; defaults to US.

Example result

{
  "recordType": "creator-discovery-result",
  "platform": "tiktok",
  "discoveryQuery": "fitness coach",
  "discoveryQueryType": "creator",
  "profileUrl": "https://www.tiktok.com/@examplecoach",
  "handle": "examplecoach",
  "followerCount": 42000,
  "averageLikeCount": 1800,
  "averageCommentCount": 62,
  "estimatedEngagementRate": 4.43,
  "sponsorSignalCount": 1,
  "provider": "scrapecreators",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-07T12:00:00.000Z"
}

Provider routes and reliability boundary

ScrapeCreators is the primary route for documented public Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube discovery and enrichment endpoints. Its one-time, non-recurring credits make the actor owner-managed and pay-per-use. SociaVault is a supported secondary route for overlapping TikTok and YouTube public discovery and enrichment paths. Instagram discovery uses ScrapeCreators because it exposes the documented public profile-search route.

Both providers return public-data responses while caller social-media cookies and credentials remain absent. Available data comprises documented public endpoints; private accounts, private audience data, email databases, historic campaign reporting, and confirmed partnerships remain outside this public-data workflow. Missing provider configuration or an unavailable public route produces an explicit OUTPUT and RUN_SUMMARY outcome.

API and agent use

Run the actor, then read the default dataset and the OUTPUT and RUN_SUMMARY records. A suitable agent prompt is:

Find up to ten public TikTok fitness coaches. Return the profile source, follower count, visible recent-content metrics, sponsorship-disclosure cues, provider, and collection time. Treat all metrics as public snapshots; audience demographics and partnership confirmation remain outside the result.

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/khadinakbar~modash-alternative/runs" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"platform":"tiktok","query":"fitness coach","queryType":"creator","maxResults":5}'

For hosted Apify MCP, use the current client-specific setup and have the agent inspect OUTPUT.outcome, row-level source URLs, provider labels, and scrapedAt before shortlisting creators. This Actor performs read-only public-data collection; social posting, outreach, and payment actions remain with the operator's approved workflow.

Result interpretation

The OUTPUT and RUN_SUMMARY records provide the terminal outcome, item and charge counts, provider route attempts, warnings, and source provenance. Successful public discovery uses COMPLETE, PARTIAL, VALID_EMPTY, or INVALID_INPUT; provider configuration and public-route availability are represented explicitly in the terminal records.

Best results and responsible use

• Start with one clear public niche and a five- to ten-result cap; broaden only after reviewing sources and collection time.
• Treat platform visibility, follower counts, public posts, and engagement estimates as snapshots that can change.
• Use public profiles you are authorized to collect and assess under applicable laws, platform terms, and your organization’s research policies.
• Confirm audience fit, brand safety, commercial relationships, and campaign decisions through an appropriate human review process.

Builder's note

I designed the retrieval flow to separate discovery from profile enrichment because public social search pages are often shallow and volatile. A candidate earns a billable record only after the actor can normalize a real public profile with provenance; this keeps search snippets and incomplete route responses outside the dataset.

Pricing and run costs

This Actor uses Pay per event plus Apify platform usage. The Pricing tab lists the current event rates and billing terms.

Event	Billing unit	When it applies
apify-actor-start	Actor Start	Charged when the Actor starts running. Number of events charged depends on Actor memory (one event per GB, minimum one event).
creator-discovery-result	Creator discovery result	Charged when one validated source-linked public creator discovery result is written.

Run cost combines the charged events and Apify platform usage. Review the run charge limit and requested result count before starting.

Connect an AI agent

Use the Apify MCP configurator to choose an available client connection. Inspect this Actor’s current input schema and required credentials before running it.