Instagram Similar Profiles & Lookalike Finder 🔎

Instagram Similar Profiles & Lookalike Finder discovers accounts related to any Instagram profile — no login, no cookies, no password. Give it a few seed accounts and it returns the accounts Instagram itself considers similar, then optionally expands across multiple hops to build a large lookalike network from just one or two seeds. Filter by follower size, verified status, business type or bio keyword, enrich with email and full profile data, and export to CSV, Excel or JSON.

Built for influencer discovery, competitor mapping, lead generation and custom-audience building.

• ✅ No login / no cookies — your Instagram account is never touched or put at risk
• ✅ Similar & related accounts for any public profile
• ✅ Multi-hop lookalike expansion — turn 2 seeds into hundreds of matches
• ✅ Follower-size, verified, business & bio filters — find exactly the tier you want
• ✅ Email & profile enrichment for ready-to-use outreach lists
• ✅ CSV, Excel, JSON, XML export + full API, scheduler and integrations

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What does the Lookalike Finder do?

Instagram keeps a "suggested / related profiles" graph — the accounts shown as "Suggested for you" next to a profile. This Actor reads that graph for your seed accounts and returns those matches as clean rows. Set the search depth to 2 or 3 and it walks the graph outward, discovering accounts similar to the matches too — so a couple of seeds become a broad, de-duplicated set of lookalike accounts, each tagged with the seed it came from and how many hops away it is.

What data does it extract?

One row per discovered profile:

Field	Description	Example
username	Account handle	adidasrunning
full_name	Display name	adidas Running
followers	Follower count	4200000
verified	Blue-check status	true
seed_username	Which seed it's similar to	nike
discovery_depth	Hops from the seed (1 = direct)	1
profile_url	Direct profile link	https://www.instagram.com/adidasrunning/

With enrichment on, each row also includes following, posts, biography, external_url, category, is_business, public_email and public_phone.

Why choose this Lookalike Finder?

• Multi-hop discovery no one else offers. Most "related profiles" scrapers return only the direct suggestions for one account. This one recurses the graph up to 3 hops, so a handful of seeds yields a large, connected lookalike set — the difference between 20 accounts and 2,000.
• Filter to the exact tier you want. Min/max follower bounds find micro-influencers or mega-accounts; verified, business and bio-keyword filters narrow to the right kind of account. Filters run before billing — you only pay for matches.
• No login, no cookies, no risk. Your Instagram account is never used, so it is never rate-limited or banned.
• De-duplicated automatically. An account reachable from several seeds is returned once, tagged with where it was found.

How to find similar Instagram accounts (step by step)

1. Enter one or more seed usernames or profile URLs (nike or https://www.instagram.com/nike/).
2. Choose a search depth: 1 for direct matches, 2–3 to expand the network.
3. Set max profiles and any filters (follower size, verified, business, bio keywords).
4. (Optional) Turn on enrichment for emails and full profile data.
5. Click Start, then download from the Storage → Dataset tab as CSV, Excel, JSON or XML — or read it via the API.

Example input

{
  "seeds": ["nike", "adidas"],
  "maxDepth": 2,
  "maxProfiles": 500,
  "minFollowers": 10000,
  "maxFollowers": 500000,
  "onlyBusiness": true,
  "bioKeywords": ["coach", "trainer"]
}

This starts from @nike and @adidas, expands two hops through the lookalike graph, and keeps only business accounts with 10k–500k followers whose bio mentions coach or trainer — a targeted list of fitness micro-influencers, with emails.

Example output

{
  "seed_username": "nike",
  "discovery_depth": 1,
  "username": "adidasrunning",
  "user_id": "268182823",
  "full_name": "adidas Running",
  "verified": true,
  "followers": 4200000,
  "category": "Sports",
  "is_business": true,
  "public_email": "press@adidas.com",
  "profile_url": "https://www.instagram.com/adidasrunning/"
}

Run it via the Apify API

curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/YOUR~ACTOR/runs?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"seeds": ["nike"], "maxDepth": 2, "maxProfiles": 300}'

Works with the Apify SDK (JavaScript & Python), scheduled runs, webhooks, and integrations for Make, Zapier, n8n, Google Sheets, Slack and LangChain.

Pricing — pay only for results

You are billed per profile delivered to your dataset. Failed seeds and filtered-out profiles cost nothing.

Result type	Price
Discovered profile	$0.0045 per profile ($4.50 / 1,000)
Enriched profile (full data + email)	$0.009 per profile ($9.00 / 1,000)

That is set below the category average — comparable Instagram related/similar-profile Actors price results around $0.005–0.01 — so you get multi-hop discovery and filtering for less.

What can I use this for?

• Influencer discovery — start from creators you already work with and find hundreds of similar ones in your niche and size range.
• Competitor & market mapping — see the cluster of accounts Instagram associates with a competitor or category leader.
• Lead generation — expand from a few ideal-customer accounts into a filtered, enriched list of similar business accounts with emails.
• Custom-audience seeding — build a lookalike account list to inform ad targeting and partnership outreach.

Frequently asked questions

How does it find similar accounts?

It reads Instagram's own "suggested / related profiles" graph — the same "Suggested for you" accounts Instagram shows on a profile — for each seed, and optionally expands through that graph over multiple hops.

Do I need to log in?

No. The Actor uses its own managed data infrastructure — no login, no cookies, no password. Your account is never used.

What does search depth do?

Depth 1 returns only accounts directly similar to your seeds. Depth 2–3 also returns accounts similar to those, growing the network exponentially — and returning (and billing for) many more profiles. Start at depth 1 and increase as needed.

Can I find micro-influencers specifically?

Yes. Set maxFollowers (and optionally minFollowers) to bound the follower range, and combine with the business or bio-keyword filters.

Does it get email addresses?

With enrichment on, public_email is filled for business/creator accounts that expose a public contact email — typically higher in B2B and creator niches.

What export formats are supported?

CSV, Excel (XLSX), JSON, JSONL and XML, plus direct API access and integrations with Make, Zapier, n8n and Google Sheets.

Is this legal?

The Actor collects only publicly available data. You are responsible for using it in compliance with the laws that apply to you (including GDPR and CCPA) and Instagram's terms. Don't use exports for spam.

Support & roadmap

Found a bug or want a feature? Open an issue on the Actor's Issues tab. On the roadmap: engagement-rate scoring per discovered profile and keyword-seeded discovery (find lookalikes from a topic, not just a seed account).