Instagram Followers Scraper — No Login

Export the follower list of any public Instagram account without handing over an Instagram login. No username, no password, no session cookie, no browser extension.

That matters more than it sounds. Most follower scrapers run through your own logged-in session, which is exactly what Instagram detects and restricts. This one never touches an account.

Input

Field	Type	Default	What it does
profiles	array	—	Required. Accounts whose followers you want.
limit	integer	100	Rows per account. 0 pulls the whole list.
addonProfile	boolean	false	Swaps each row for that follower's full public profile.
continueFrom	string	—	Resume token from an earlier run.

{
  "profiles": ["cristiano"],
  "limit": 1000,
  "addonProfile": false
}

limit is per account. Three profiles at 1,000 returns up to 3,000 rows.

Output

Field	What it holds
username	Follower's username
full_name	Display name
id	Instagram user ID
is_private	Whether their account is private
is_verified	Whether they're verified
profile_pic_url	Profile image
source_username	Which account they follow
enriched	Whether the full profile was fetched

{
  "username": "leomessi",
  "full_name": "Leo Messi",
  "is_verified": true,
  "is_private": false,
  "source_username": "cristiano",
  "enriched": false
}

Resuming a big account

Large accounts won't finish in one run. The log prints a token as it goes:

🔖 CONTINUE TOKEN (@cristiano): QVFEc0h...

Paste it into continueFrom on the next run to carry on rather than restart. It applies to the first account in profiles only, so run big accounts singly when you intend to resume.

Questions

Why does "no login" matter? Because the alternative is handing a scraper your session cookie. Instagram treats automated activity on a logged-in account as a violation and restricts or bans accounts for it — and the account at risk is yours, not the tool's. Reading public data with no session removes that exposure entirely.

Can I scrape a private account's followers? No. Private accounts don't publish their follower list, and there's no logged-in session here to see one. Nothing is returned for them.

Why did I get fewer followers than the profile shows? Instagram pages these lists and stops well before the full count on large accounts. A profile with 600 million followers won't return 600 million rows regardless of limit. What you get is a large sample in Instagram's ordering; continueFrom extends it across runs, but a ceiling remains.

What does addonProfile actually add? It replaces the thin row — username, name, verified, private — with the follower's full public profile: bio, counts, links. One extra request and one billable event per row, so on a 5,000-row export it's 5,000 extra requests. Export first, enrich the subset that matters.

How is this different from your other follower Actors? Instagram Followers & Following Scraper also collects the following list via a direction switch. Instagram Profile Followers Scraper covers the same followers-only ground as this one. Pick the first if you need both directions.

Are email addresses included? No. Instagram doesn't publish them on personal profiles, and nothing here infers or looks them up. Business accounts that have chosen to expose a public contact option surface it under addonProfile, and only then.

Other Instagram Actors

Actor	Use when
Instagram Followers & Following	You want the following list too
Instagram User Search	You don't have account names yet
Instagram Profile Content	You want their posts, reels, or stories
Instagram Media Engagement	You want comments and likers on a post

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