# Instagram Niche Influencer Finder (`seemuapps/instagram-niche-finder`) Actor

Find real Instagram accounts in any niche - describe your target audience and get verified profiles with follower counts, bios, emails, and phone numbers.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/seemuapps/instagram-niche-finder.md
- **Developed by:** [Andrew](https://apify.com/seemuapps) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Lead generation, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 50 total users, 24 monthly users, 99.1% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $13.00 / 1,000 niche account founds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

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- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## Instagram Niche Influencer Finder

Describe any niche in plain English — "sustainable fashion bloggers", "yoga instructors in London", "new mom lifestyle creators" — and get back real, verified Instagram accounts in that niche, complete with follower counts, bios, and public contact details.

No usernames needed. This actor finds the accounts for you.

### What you get

For every matching account:

- **Username and profile URL** — verified to exist, never guessed
- **Full name, bio, and category** (e.g. "Personal blog", "Health & wellness")
- **Follower, following, and post counts** — filter by min/max followers to target micro-influencers or big accounts
- **Public email and phone number** when the account exposes them
- **Verification and business-account status**
- **How it was discovered** — via account search or niche hashtags — and a short reason why it matches your niche
- Export everything to JSON, CSV, Excel, or Google Sheets straight from the Apify console

### How it works

1. Your niche description is expanded into the search keywords and hashtags that niche actually uses on Instagram
2. Accounts are discovered from Instagram account search **and** from the authors of top posts under those hashtags
3. Every candidate is verified against its live Instagram profile and enriched with follower counts, bio, and contact info
4. Each profile is checked against your niche description — only genuine matches make it into your results

### Use cases

- **Influencer discovery** — build a list of creators in your product's niche without knowing a single username
- **Lead generation** — find business accounts in a vertical and pull their public emails and phones
- **Competitor and market research** — map who's active in a niche and how big their audiences are
- **Micro-influencer campaigns** — set Max followers to 50,000 to surface smaller, high-engagement creators
- **Outreach list building** — feed the usernames into the [Instagram Email & Phone Scraper](https://apify.com/seemuapps/instagram-contact-scraper) for deeper contact extraction including link-in-bio pages

### How to use

1. Enter your **Niche / audience** in plain English — be as specific as you like ("vegan food bloggers in Australia" works better than "food")
2. Optionally set **Min followers** / **Max followers** to target a size range
3. Set **Max accounts** for how many results you want
4. Run the actor — matching accounts appear in the **Dataset** tab as they're found

### Output format

One record per account:

```json
{
  "niche": "sustainable fashion bloggers",
  "username": "example.eco",
  "url": "https://www.instagram.com/example.eco/",
  "fullName": "Emma | Sustainable Style",
  "biography": "Slow fashion & capsule wardrobes 🌿 London",
  "category": "Personal blog",
  "followerCount": 24800,
  "followingCount": 512,
  "mediaCount": 431,
  "isVerified": false,
  "isBusiness": true,
  "externalUrl": "https://linktr.ee/example.eco",
  "publicEmail": "hello@example.com",
  "publicPhone": null,
  "discoveredVia": "keyword-search+hashtag",
  "matchedTerms": ["keyword:sustainable fashion", "hashtag:slowfashion"],
  "relevanceReason": "Slow-fashion content creator focused on capsule wardrobes"
}
```

### FAQ

**Are the accounts real?** Yes — every account is verified against its live Instagram profile before it's included. Accounts that can't be verified are dropped.

**Why did I get fewer results than Max accounts?** The actor only returns accounts that genuinely match your niche. Broaden the niche description or loosen the follower filters for more results.

**Does it work for local niches?** Yes — include the location in your description ("hair stylists in Manchester") and it will be used in both keyword and hashtag discovery.

# Actor input Schema

## `niche` (type: `string`):

Describe the niche or audience you want to find, in plain English - e.g. 'sustainable fashion bloggers', 'yoga instructors in London', 'new mom lifestyle creators'.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of matching accounts to return. Set 0 for no limit (bounded by how many relevant accounts can be discovered).

## `minFollowers` (type: `integer`):

Only include accounts with at least this many followers. Set 0 to disable the filter.

## `maxFollowers` (type: `integer`):

Only include accounts with at most this many followers - useful for targeting micro-influencers. Set 0 to disable the filter.

## `includePrivate` (type: `boolean`):

Include private accounts in the results. Private accounts still expose their name, bio, and follower counts, but their posts are not visible.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "niche": "sustainable fashion bloggers",
  "maxItems": 50,
  "minFollowers": 0,
  "maxFollowers": 0,
  "includePrivate": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

One Instagram account per record. Fields: username, url, fullName, biography, category, followerCount, followingCount, mediaCount, isVerified, isBusiness, externalUrl, publicEmail, publicPhone, discoveredVia, matchedTerms, relevanceReason.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "niche": "sustainable fashion bloggers"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("seemuapps/instagram-niche-finder").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "niche": "sustainable fashion bloggers" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("seemuapps/instagram-niche-finder").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "niche": "sustainable fashion bloggers"
}' |
apify call seemuapps/instagram-niche-finder --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=seemuapps/instagram-niche-finder",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/NO4b4Df9okMu8vZMQ/builds/ZKjGdvggXVWLhATKI/openapi.json