Instagram Followers/Followings Scraper

Export followers or followings from public Instagram accounts with cursor-based resume for long lists.

Instagram Followers & Followings Scraper is my answer to a practical failure mode: a large audience list should not become useless because one run stops halfway through. Choose the direction, preserve the cursor, and continue the collection without pretending the list was complete.

Direction changes the research question

Followers describe who chose to follow the seed account. Followings describe whom the seed account chose to follow. They can support different analyses, so the type field makes that choice explicit.

Followers list

Set type to followers to collect the accounts following each seed username.

Field	Type	Required	Description
username	array	Yes	Instagram usernames to scrape
type	string	Yes	Choose whether to scrape followers or followings
maxItem	integer	No	Maximum number of items to scrape (0 = unlimited)

Followings list

Set type to followings to collect the accounts each seed username follows.

Field	Type	Required	Description
username	array	Yes	Instagram usernames to scrape
type	string	Yes	Choose whether to scrape followers or followings
maxItem	integer	No	Maximum number of items to scrape (0 = unlimited)

Resume a large run

Paste a cursor value from a previous run's logs into resumeCursor to continue paging without restarting from the beginning.

Field	Type	Required	Description
username	array	Yes	Instagram usernames to scrape
type	string	Yes	Choose whether to scrape followers or followings
resumeCursor	string	No	Optional: paste the cursor from a previous run's logs (look for '📍 RESUME CURSOR') to continue where you left off.

Enriched profiles

Enable enrichProfile to replace each follower/following with its full public profile.

Field	Type	Required	Description
enrichProfile	boolean	No	Fetch full profile details for each user (slower, costs more)
maxItem	integer	No	Maximum number of items to scrape (0 = unlimited)

Example audience pull

{
  "username": [
    "nasa"
  ],
  "type": "followers",
  "maxItem": 20
}

Rows that retain seed and resume context

Follower/following identity

Field	Type	Description
username	string	Instagram username of the account.
full_name	string	Display name shown on the profile.
id	string	Instagram numeric user ID.
is_verified	boolean	Whether the account is verified (blue badge).
is_private	boolean	Whether the account is private.
profile_pic_url	string	Profile picture URL.

Source context

Field	Type	Description
source_username	string	The account whose followers/followings this record belongs to.

Enrichment

Field	Type	Description
enriched	boolean	Whether this record was replaced with a full enriched profile.

Audience member preview

{
  "username": "nasaartemis",
  "full_name": "NASA Artemis",
  "id": "1104426670",
  "is_private": false,
  "is_verified": true,
  "profile_pic_url": "https://instagram.fadd2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/example.jpg",
  "source_username": "nasa",
  "enriched": false
}

Optional enrichment is useful when profile-level attributes matter, but I would first validate list coverage and resume behavior with plain rows.

Price the list, then the enrichment

This Actor uses Apify pay-per-result pricing. You are charged for successful dataset results according to the Actor pricing shown on the Apify Pricing tab. Enrichment may add extra billable events when enabled.

Apify's free credits may cover small test runs and up to the free result allowance configured for the Actor.

Start with a low maxItem value and chainDepth 0 before enabling enrichment or chain discovery for large runs.

Audience-data responsibility

This Actor extracts publicly available Instagram account information. It should not be used to collect private account data, bypass access controls, or contact people in ways that violate privacy laws, Instagram terms, or your own compliance obligations. If you are unsure, consult a qualified lawyer.

Run this Actor from code

Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_API_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("thenetaji/instagram-followers-followings-scraper").call(run_input={
    "username": [
        "nasa"
    ],
    "type": "followers",
    "maxItem": 20
})

for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

Node.js

import { ApifyClient } from "apify-client";

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: "YOUR_APIFY_API_TOKEN" });
const run = await client.actor("thenetaji/instagram-followers-followings-scraper").call({
  "username": [
    "nasa"
  ],
  "type": "followers",
  "maxItem": 20
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

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Maintainer support

Use the Issues tab on the Actor page for bug reports, missing fields, and feature requests.