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Instagram Followers Scraper

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Scrape Instagram follower data instantly with this Instagram Followers Scraper 👥 Extract usernames, profile links, follower counts, bios, and audience insights with ease 📊 Perfect for influencer research, competitor analysis, brand monitoring, and growth tracking 🔍🚀

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You can access the Instagram Followers Scraper programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.

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            "description": "Keep only verified (blue-check) accounts among the target followers — useful for shortlisting notable/business followers. Default: false.",
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          "hasEmail": {
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            "description": "Keep only accounts with a public email (from the profile's contact button or its bio text). Requires enrichment. Default: false.",
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            "description": "Keep only accounts with a public phone number (contact button or bio text). Requires enrichment. Default: false.",
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            "description": "Keep only followers whose own follower count is ≥ this value (find influential followers). Requires enrichment. Leave empty to disable."
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            "description": "Keep only followers whose own follower count is ≤ this value (e.g. find micro-accounts). Requires enrichment. Leave empty to disable."
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            "title": "🔤 Keyword in bio (needs enrichment)",
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            "description": "Keep only accounts whose bio contains ANY of these keywords (case-insensitive). Requires enrichment. Example: [\"founder\", \"marketing\"].",
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            "description": "OFF by default. When ON (and enrichment produced a bio), classify each account's bio into topics, lead quality, account type, language and a short summary. Needs an API key. On failure the AI fields are null — never fabricated. Default: false.",
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