Instagram Followers & Following Scraper — Scrape Instagram Followers and Following Lists

Scrape both the followers and following lists of any public Instagram account in one actor — no login, no cookies required. Extract usernames, profile pictures, verification status, and optionally full profile details for each user.

Perfect for audience analysis, competitor research, influencer vetting, and building contact lists.

What You Can Scrape

• Username, full name, profile picture URL
• Verified and private/public account status
• Pagination cursor to resume large scrapes across runs
• Full enriched profile (biography, follower count, bio links, and more) when enrichProfile is enabled

Input — Followers

{
  "type": "followers",
  "username": ["cristiano"],
  "maxItem": 500,
  "enrichProfile": false,
  "resumeCursor": null
}

Input — Following

{
  "type": "followings",
  "username": ["cristiano"],
  "maxItem": 500,
  "enrichProfile": false,
  "resumeCursor": null
}

Field	Type	Required	Description
type	string	✅	followers or followings
username	string[]	✅	Instagram usernames to scrape
maxItem	number	❌	Max users per username (0 = unlimited, default 100)
enrichProfile	boolean	❌	Fetch full profile for each user (slower, default false)
resumeCursor	string	❌	Cursor from a previous run to resume pagination

Sample Output — Followers

{
  "total": 79667947,
  "has_more": true,
  "cursor": "QVFBekNZc0szaERZQ3ZrSjdMZ0h2ekIyQkxQaXh4SU9vb1FBRXpRaWdFZVdIVDVXSDdMakR3Ui11ZnhaazFWU1JadEZ5NWJ2ZldxRTh1eFNUN1lpZXdPQQ==",
  "users": [
    {
      "id": "71366681909",
      "username": "y2_i_r",
      "full_name": "👍🏼",
      "profile_pic_url": "https://instagram.ftuc1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/example.jpg",
      "is_private": false,
      "is_verified": false
    }
  ]
}

Sample Output — Following

{
  "total": 456,
  "has_more": true,
  "cursor": "QVFBekNZc0toaGRFQ3ZrSjdMZ0h2ekIyQkxQaXh4SU9vb1FB",
  "users": [
    {
      "id": "71366681909",
      "username": "user_one",
      "full_name": "User One",
      "profile_pic_url": "https://instagram.ftuc1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/example1.jpg",
      "is_private": false,
      "is_verified": false
    }
  ]
}

Sample Output — Enriched Profile (enrichProfile: true)

When enrichProfile is enabled, each user is replaced with their full profile object (same structure as the Profile Scraper output):

{
  "user": {
    "id": "71366681909",
    "username": "y2_i_r",
    "full_name": "👍🏼",
    "biography": "💪ब्राह्मण💪\nJai shree radhekrishna 🦚",
    "bio_links": [],
    "external_url": null,
    "profile_pic_url": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-19/example_s150x150.jpg",
    "profile_pic_url_hd": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-19/example_s320x320.jpg",
    "edge_followed_by": { "count": 30 },
    "edge_follow": { "count": 16 },
    "is_private": false,
    "is_verified": false,
    "is_business_account": false,
    "is_professional_account": false,
    "is_joined_recently": true,
    "category_name": null,
    "highlight_reel_count": 0,
    "pronouns": [],
    "fbid": "17841443016305507"
  }
}

Resuming a Previous Run

For large accounts, pass the cursor from the last run as resumeCursor to continue where you left off.

Limitations

• Only public accounts can be scraped
• enrichProfile sends one additional API request per user — use only when you need full profile data
• When enrichProfile is enabled without a maxItem, it defaults to 100 to prevent runaway pagination

Contact

For issues, open a ticket under the Issues tab.
For questions or custom requirements: contact@toolzerhub.com

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