Instagram

Instagram Followers Scraper

Instagram followers scraper: scrape Instagram followers of any public account with your session cookies. Export Instagram followers as an Instagram follower list with username, full name, verified and private flags, up to the number you set.

Run on Apify282 userson Apify, measured 2026-11-04

What it extracts

Every field below comes from the Actor’s published dataset schema.

Field	Description	Type
`pk`	User ID	text
`username`	Username	text
`full_name`	Full Name	text
`is_private`	Private	boolean
`is_verified`	Verified	boolean
`profile_pic_url`	Profile Pic	image

Input parameters

Generated from the Actor’s input schema — the same fields the Apify console shows.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`username`	string	Required	Instagram username (e.g. 'cristiano') or profile URL (e.g. 'https://www.instagram.com/cristiano/')
`max_results`	integer	Optional	Maximum number of followers to fetch (default: 100)
`cookies`	array	Required	Instagram authentication cookies in JSON format (name-value pairs). To export cookies: 1. Install the Cookie Editor extension from [here](https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/cookieeditor/neaplmfkghagebokkhpjpoebhdledlfi) 2. Open Instagram 3. Export cookies as JSON 4. Paste the JSON in this field. For more, watch [this video](https://youtu.be/LK7EnP6YFPA). Required for accessing followers.
`extract_contacts`	boolean	Optional	If true, extract emails, phone numbers, and social links from each follower's bio (slower, more data). If false, only fetch the follower list (faster).
`proxyConfiguration`	object	Optional	Proxy used for every request. Residential is the default and is recommended: Instagram throttles datacenter IPs on the follower and profile endpoints with HTTP 429, even for logged-in sessions.

API access

Run this Actor from your own code over the Apify API.

Inputjson

{
  "username": "bigfootvlog",
  "cookies": []
}

REST — run and get resultsbash

curl -X POST \
  "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/logical_scrapers~instagram-followers-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"username":"bigfootvlog","cookies":[]}'

JavaScript — apify-clientjavascript

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_API_TOKEN' })

const run = await client.actor('logical_scrapers~instagram-followers-scraper').call({
  "username": "bigfootvlog",
  "cookies": []
})

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

Python — apify-clientpython

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_API_TOKEN")

run = client.actor("logical_scrapers~instagram-followers-scraper").call(run_input={
    "username": "bigfootvlog",
    "cookies": [],
})

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

Runs are executed on Apify. Create an API token in your Apify account, then call the Actor over REST or with the official client for your language. The same input object works in the Apify console, so you can test interactively before automating.

Pricing

Data not currently verified. This Actor's pricing model is not declared in our source repository.

Current rates are published on the Apify listing and can change, so they are not duplicated here. See pricing on Apify

Reliability

99.7% run success rate

Measured across all public Goldmine Actors on Apify, 2026-11-04. This is an account-level figure, not a per-Actor benchmark — per-Actor speed and completeness benchmarks are not yet published. Source.