# Instagram Profile Scraper (`om_kh/instagram-profile-lookalike-scraper`) Actor

Public Instagram profiles with per-profile error handling: one failed handle never kills your batch. Followers, engagement, bio contact and source URL for every field.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/om\_kh/instagram-profile-lookalike-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [omar khandji](https://apify.com/om_kh) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Lead generation, MCP servers
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.83 / 1,000 profile delivereds

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
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.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — 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 Profile Scraper — One Bad Handle Never Kills Your Batch

> **You paste usernames. You get followers, engagement, bio contact, and
> Instagram's own suggested similar accounts — per profile, with a source
> URL on every field.**

### Why this, not another Instagram scraper

The category leader has 508 clients and a 2.54/5 rating, driven by 12.6%
failure — a private or deleted profile in your batch used to destroy the
whole run. This Actor scopes each profile independently: one failure costs
you nothing and nobody else's data.

### 5 advantages

1. **One bad handle never kills your batch.** A private/deleted profile
   returns an error for that item only; every other profile still delivers.
2. **Never billed on a failed lookup.** Only profiles actually delivered
   are charged.
3. **Lookalikes for free.** Set a seed username and get Instagram's own
   "similar accounts" for it — no second scrape, no extra engine.
4. **Contact verification level, always disclosed.** `published` (found on
   the page) or `mx_valid` (domain's mail server confirmed). Never guessed.
5. **Hard cost cap you control.** Set `maxTotalChargeUsd` and the run can
   never bill above it.

### Output

```json
{
  "username": "examplebrand",
  "profile_url": "https://www.instagram.com/examplebrand/",
  "followers": 104384,
  "is_business": true,
  "category": "Retail",
  "engagement_rate": 0.021,
  "median_recent_likes": 2210,
  "public_contact": {
    "email": "hello@example.com",
    "verification_level": "mx_valid",
    "source": "https://example.com"
  },
  "lookalikes": [{"username": "similarbrand", "full_name": "Similar Brand"}],
  "status": "ok"
}
```

### Pricing

Pay per event, base FREE-tier prices: **$0.0015** per profile delivered, **$0.0008** per recent post.
Paid Store plans pay less on every event — the largest plans reach $0.00044 on the cheapest event; the Pricing tab on this Actor's Store page is
always the authority. **No event is ever charged on an item that returns an `error`** —
a batch of 200 with one bad input bills 199.

### Use it from an AI agent (MCP)

```
https://om-kh--instagram-profile-lookalike-scraper.apify.actor/mcp
```

One tool, `instagram_profile_lookalike`, same arguments as the Start form.

### Related Actors

- [Instagram Following & Related Scraper](https://apify.com/om_kh/instagram-following-scraper) — who a profile follows, or its related suggested accounts
- [YouTube Creator Lead Finder](https://apify.com/om_kh/youtube-creator-lead-finder) — cross-platform creator research on YouTube

### Support

Found a bug or have a feature request? Use the **Issues** tab on this
Actor's Apify Store page, or message the author (`om_kh`) directly.

# Actor input Schema

## `usernames` (type: `array`):

Instagram usernames or full profile URLs.

## `profileUrls` (type: `array`):

Full Instagram profile URLs, if you have them instead of bare usernames.

## `seedForLookalike` (type: `string`):

One username whose Instagram-suggested similar accounts should also be fetched.

## `lookalikeDepth` (type: `integer`):

How many levels of similar accounts to expand from the seed.

## `includeRecentPosts` (type: `boolean`):

Attach each profile's recent posts (likes, comments, date).

## `recentPostsCount` (type: `integer`):

How many recent posts to attach per profile, when enabled.

## `monitorEnabled` (type: `boolean`):

On later runs with the same Monitor ID, deliver only profiles not seen before.

## `monitorId` (type: `string`):

Groups runs into one monitored target. Leave blank for a one-off run.

## `maxTotalChargeUsd` (type: `number`):

Hard ceiling on what this run can bill you.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "usernames": [
    "nasa"
  ],
  "lookalikeDepth": 1,
  "includeRecentPosts": false,
  "recentPostsCount": 12,
  "monitorEnabled": false,
  "maxTotalChargeUsd": 1
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `report` (type: `string`):

A visual summary of delivery, charges, and source issues.

## `results` (type: `string`):

Profiles in a sortable table. No JSON knowledge required.

## `csv` (type: `string`):

Results ready for spreadsheets, CRMs, and analytics tools.

## `excel` (type: `string`):

Results as an Excel workbook for non-technical teams.

## `runSummary` (type: `string`):

Machine-readable delivery, billing, and source diagnostics.

# 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "usernames": [
        "nasa"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("om_kh/instagram-profile-lookalike-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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "usernames": ["nasa"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("om_kh/instagram-profile-lookalike-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "usernames": [
    "nasa"
  ]
}' |
apify call om_kh/instagram-profile-lookalike-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,om_kh/instagram-profile-lookalike-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/8ZtcomLdEmz0z6VTe/builds/3nTkTCFuySrF5IPsw/openapi.json