# Instagram Followers Scraper — No Login (`toolzerhub/instagram-profile-followee-scraper`) Actor

Export the complete follower list of one or more public Instagram accounts without providing an Instagram login. Resume large accounts with a cursor and optionally enrich every follower profile.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/toolzerhub/instagram-profile-followee-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [ToolzerHub](https://apify.com/toolzerhub) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Lead generation, Automation
- **Stats:** 13 total users, 3 monthly users, 84.2% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.90 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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

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# README

## 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. |

```json
{
  "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 |

```json
{
  "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](https://apify.com/toolzerhub/instagram-profile-follower-followee-scraper) also collects the *following* list via a direction switch. [Instagram Profile Followers Scraper](https://apify.com/toolzerhub/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](https://apify.com/toolzerhub/instagram-profile-follower-followee-scraper) | You want the following list too |
| [Instagram User Search](https://apify.com/toolzerhub/instagram-user-search-scraper) | You don't have account names yet |
| [Instagram Profile Content](https://apify.com/toolzerhub/instagram-profile-content-scraper) | You want their posts, reels, or stories |
| [Instagram Media Engagement](https://apify.com/toolzerhub/instagram-media-engagement-scraper) | You want comments and likers on a post |

### Support

Questions, bugs, or feature requests: **contact@toolzerhub.com**

Browse the rest: [apify.com/toolzerhub](https://apify.com/toolzerhub)

# Actor input Schema

## `profiles` (type: `array`):

Instagram accounts to pull the list from

## `addonProfile` (type: `boolean`):

Swap each row for the account's full public profile (slower, adds a billable event per row)

## `limit` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many rows per account (0 = pull the whole list)

## `continueFrom` (type: `string`):

Paste the token from an earlier run's log (look for '🔖 CONTINUE TOKEN') to resume where it stopped.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "profiles": [
    "cristiano"
  ],
  "addonProfile": false,
  "limit": 100
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `dataset` (type: `string`):

Dataset containing all scraped data

# 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 = {
    "profiles": [
        "cristiano"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("toolzerhub/instagram-profile-followee-scraper").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 = { "profiles": ["cristiano"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("toolzerhub/instagram-profile-followee-scraper").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 '{
  "profiles": [
    "cristiano"
  ]
}' |
apify call toolzerhub/instagram-profile-followee-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/aQCvTozvNzU6hn7Zb/builds/bKImnnFKfdbvZmace/openapi.json