Audience overlap between two creators
Pull both follower lists, intersect the handles, and you have the overlap percentage that decides whether a two-creator campaign reaches the same people twice.
Instagram API / Followers
Instagram Followers Scraper — Export the Handles Behind the Count
Read public Instagram follower lists through an API with cursor pagination and 2 credits per page.
1 credit per request · request metadata included · errors are never charged
GET /v1/instagram/followers1 creditcurl "https://api.socialscrape.dev/v1/instagram/followers?handle=iamsydneythomas" \
-H "x-api-key: $INSCRAPE_KEY"Parameters
handlestringrequiredInstagram username, without the @cursorstringnext_cursor returned by the previous call
What you get
What the Instagram Followers Scraper returns.
- Handle, display name and profile picture for each follower
- Verification and privacy flags per follower
- next_cursor for the next page
- Follower ordering as Instagram serves it publicly
Use cases
Instagram Followers Scraper use cases.
Finding reachable prospects
For a B2B account, the follower list is a warm lead list. Enrich each handle through the Profile API to filter by category and audience size.
Audience quality auditing
Sample a few thousand followers and count what fraction are private or have no profile picture — both flags come back on the list itself. The follows-thousands-followed-by-nobody signal needs a Profile call per sampled handle, which is the reason to sample rather than pull the whole list.
FAQ
Instagram Followers Scraper FAQ.
Is this the same thing as an Instagram Followers API?
Yes — the two names describe one endpoint. People searching for a follower scraper usually want an export and people searching for an Instagram Followers API usually want to call it from code, but GET /v1/instagram/followers serves both: it returns the follower list as paginated JSON, 2 credits a page, and what you do with the JSON is your side of the line.
Why does this cost 2 credits when Profile costs 1?
Follower pages are heavier to fetch and are far more likely to need a proxy rotation. We price it honestly instead of hiding the cost in a lower success rate.
Can I get all followers of an account with millions of them?
Public pagination has a practical depth limit, and a full multi-million pull is not realistic for any provider that tells you the truth. For large accounts, sampling gives you a statistically useful answer at a fraction of the cost.
Is this different from the follower count?
Yes. If you only need the number, use the Profile API at 1 credit. This endpoint exists for when you need the identities.
Related endpoints
APIs commonly paired with followers.
Instagram Following API
Paginate the list of accounts a public Instagram profile follows. Cursor based, useful for interest graphs and lookalike discovery.
Instagram Profile Scraper
Get follower counts, bio, verification status and external links for any public Instagram profile. One REST call, no login, no Meta app review.
Instagram Search API
Search public Instagram accounts by keyword and get them ranked the way the app ranks them. One call, no login.
Back to the full Instagram API overview, or read the followers endpoint documentation.