Instagram Following Scraper & Enricher
See who any Instagram account follows and optionally enrich each with emails, phones, websites, and bios. Map partnership networks, competitor connections, and supplier relationships. 31 fields per result. Optional email verification. No login, no cookies. JSON/CSV/Excel.
- runs · 30d
- 113
- success · 30d
- 98.2%
- runs all time
- 3.9K
- users · 30d
- 15
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/data-slayer~instagram-following/run-sync-get-dataset-items" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"username": "natgeo"
}'{
"username": string,
"full_name": string,
"id": string,
"fbid_v2": string,
"is_verified": boolean,
"is_private": boolean,
"is_favorite": boolean,
"has_anonymous_profile_picture": boolean,
"account_badges": array,
"latest_reel_media": integer,
"profile_pic_url": string,
"profile_pic_id": string,
"third_party_downloads_enabled": integer,
"enrichment_status": string,
// + 30 more fields
}Output fields
44 documented fields per record. Showing the first 40.
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| username | string · nullable | Handle of the followed account. |
| full_name | string · nullable | Display name of the followed account. |
| id | string · nullable | Stable Instagram user id of the followed account. |
| fbid_v2 | string · nullable | |
| is_verified | boolean · nullable | |
| is_private | boolean · nullable | |
| is_favorite | boolean · nullable | |
| has_anonymous_profile_picture | boolean · nullable | |
| account_badges | array · nullable | Upstream account_badges list (empty for most accounts). |
| latest_reel_media | integer · nullable | |
| profile_pic_url | string · nullable | |
| profile_pic_id | string · nullable | Present on most rows; absent when the account has no profile picture id. |
| third_party_downloads_enabled | integer · nullable | |
| enrichment_status | string · nullable | not_requested (basic) · skipped_private · failed · success. |
| public_email | string · nullable | |
| biography_email | string · nullable | |
| contact_phone_number | string · nullable | |
| public_phone_number | string · nullable | |
| external_url | string · nullable | |
| bio_links | array · nullable | Profile bio links; each item has a title and url. |
| business_contact_method | string · nullable | |
| email_found | string · nullable | Best email after public_email / biography_email / bio-parse priority. |
| email_source | string · nullable | public_email · biography_email · bio_parse. |
| biography | string · nullable | |
| category | string · nullable | |
| is_business | boolean · nullable | |
| account_type | integer · nullable | |
| follower_count | integer · nullable | |
| following_count | integer · nullable | |
| media_count | integer · nullable | |
| profile_pic_url_hd | string · nullable | |
| location_city | string · nullable | |
| location_lat | number · nullable | |
| location_lng | number · nullable | |
| country | string · nullable | |
| date_joined | string · nullable | |
| email_verified | string · nullable | null (basic) · not_requested (enriched) · valid/risky/invalid/unknown/email not present (verified). |
| profile_url | string · nullable | Canonical https://www.instagram.com/<username>/ permalink. |
| display_name | string · nullable | Alias of full_name for a stable top-level label. |
| verified | boolean · nullable | Alias of is_verified. |
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Frequently asked questions
What does Instagram Following Scraper & Enricher return?+
See who any Instagram account follows and optionally enrich each with emails, phones, websites, and bios. Map partnership networks, competitor connections, and supplier relationships. 31 fields per result. Optional email verification. No login, no cookies. JSON/CSV/Excel. It returns 44 documented fields per record.
How much does Instagram Following Scraper & Enricher cost?+
It is priced at $1.50 per 1,000 results (lowest tier), billed through your Apify account. Failed runs are not billed as results.
What format does the data come back in?+
Typed JSON records by default. You can also download a run's dataset as CSV or Excel, or stream it into your own stack.
How reliable is this scraper?+
Over the last 30 days it ran 113 times with a 98.2% success rate.
How do I run it?+
POST a JSON body to the actor's run endpoint with your Apify token, or open it on Apify and start a run from the console.
Run Instagram Following Scraper & Enricher on Apify
One request, structured rows back. Pay per result through your Apify account.