Instagram related profiles scraper

Find the related / suggested profiles Instagram recommends for any account — the "Suggested for you" accounts shown on a profile — and export them to JSON, CSV or Excel.

Give it one or more Instagram accounts and get back, for each one, the profiles Instagram associates with it: username, full name, user ID, whether they are verified or private, and their profile picture. Great for competitor and influencer discovery, audience research, lookalike lists and mapping niches.

What you get

For every input account, one row per related profile:

Field	Description
username	Handle of the related profile
fullName	Display name
userId	Instagram numeric user ID
isVerified	Whether the account is verified
isPrivate	Whether the account is private
profilePicUrl	Profile picture URL
followerCount	Follower count when Instagram includes it
profileUrl	Direct link to the profile
sourceUsername / sourceUserId / sourceFullName	The account these suggestions belong to
scrapedAt	When the record was collected

Input

• Instagram profiles — usernames (nike), profile URLs (https://www.instagram.com/nike/) or numeric user IDs, one per line.
• Max related profiles per account — cap per account (Instagram returns up to ~50). 0 = all.
• Max results — overall cap across all accounts. 0 = no limit.
• Session cookies (optional) — only needed for private accounts or accounts Instagram hides behind a login. Most public accounts need nothing here.

Example input

{
    "profiles": ["therock", "https://www.instagram.com/nasa/"],
    "maxRelatedPerProfile": 0,
    "maxItems": 0
}

Example output

{
    "username": "beargrylls",
    "fullName": "Bear Grylls",
    "userId": "232192182",
    "isVerified": true,
    "isPrivate": false,
    "profilePicUrl": "https://instagram.f...jpg",
    "followerCount": null,
    "profileUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/beargrylls/",
    "sourceUsername": "therock",
    "sourceUserId": "232192182",
    "sourceFullName": "Dwayne Johnson",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-08-05T00:00:00.000Z"
}

Notes

• Not every account has suggestions. Instagram only shows related profiles for some accounts; when it shows none, the run records that clearly for that account instead of failing.
• Private and some business accounts may require session cookies. If a run reports a login is needed, add cookies as described above and re-run.
• Results reflect what Instagram shows publicly and can change over time.