List Instagram profile followers

List the accounts that follow an Instagram profile by handle, profile URL or user id. Large accounts return a sample.

GET/v2/instagram/profiles/{profile}/followers
1credit
x-api-keystringheader

API key (`sfk_...`)

Parameters
2
profilestringrequiredpath

Handle, profile URL or numeric user id.

cursorstringoptionalquery

`nextCursor` from the previous page.

min 1 chars · max 16384 chars

Response fields
24

Endpoint-specific response payload.

datalookupStatus
string

`found`; `private` when the account is private (only what Instagram shows publicly is returned); `not_found` when it doesn't exist.

one of: found, private, not_found

Accounts that follow the profile on this page. Empty for a private or missing profile.

dataaccounts[]id
stringnullable

Instagram user id.

pattern: ^\d+$

dataaccounts[]handle
stringnullable

Username, without @.

dataaccounts[]displayName
stringnullable

Display name.

dataaccounts[]avatarUrl
stringnullable

Profile picture. Instagram CDN URL; it expires after a while.

dataaccounts[]verified
booleannullable

Whether the account is verified.

dataaccounts[]privateAccount
booleannullable

Whether the account is private.

datasampled
boolean

True when Instagram only shows a sample of this profile's followers, which happens on large accounts. The sample is about 50 accounts on one page and changes over time. False when paging reaches the whole list.

Pagination state. Pass `nextCursor` as `cursor` for the next page while `hasMore` is true.

datapagekind
string

one of: cursor, offset, page

datapagenextCursor
stringnullable
datapagehasMore
booleannullable

Null when continuation is unknown for this page.

datapagestart
integernullable

≥ 0

datapagepage
integernullable

≥ 0

datapagecount
integernullable

≥ 0

datapagereturnedCount
integer

≥ 0

datapagetotal
integernullable

≥ 0

datapagetotalPages
integernullable

≥ 0

Metadata about the API response.

metarequestId
string

Unique request identifier for tracing this API call.

min 1 chars

metacreditsCharged
integer

Credits charged for this request.

≥ 0

metaversion
string

Public API version that served the response.

one of: v2

Code example

curl "https://api.socialfetch.dev/v2/instagram/profiles/nike/followers" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Responses

Accounts that follow the profile.