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Instagram User Followers

GET /v1/instagram/user/followers

Get a user's followers by username or profile URL. Returns username, full name, user ID, verification status, privacy status, and profile picture for each account, 50 per page. Pass a query to search the list instead. Verified accounts return only their first 50 followers.

Cost

$0.006 per page

Free tier

50 requests/month

Parameters

username

Instagram username, with or without leading @ (max 100 characters). Provide either username or url.

url

Instagram profile URL, e.g. https://instagram.com/natgeo (max 500 characters). Provide either username or url.

pages

Number of pages to fetch, 1-40 (default: 1). Each page returns up to 50 accounts. Verified (blue checkmark) accounts return the first page only.

query

Search the followers list by username or name (max 100 characters). Returns up to 50 matches in a single request; pages is ignored.

Example Request

curl "https://apidirect.io/v1/instagram/user/followers?username=worldofartists&pages=2" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://apidirect.io/v1/instagram/user/followers",
    headers={"X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
    params={
        "username": "worldofartists",
        "pages": 2
    }
)
print(response.json())

Example Response

{
  "followers": [
    {
      "username": "traits_abstraits65",
      "full_name": "TRAITS ABSTRAITS",
      "user_id": "25986338196",
      "is_verified": false,
      "is_private": false,
      "profile_pic_url": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/photo.jpg",
      "url": "https://instagram.com/traits_abstraits65"
    }
  ],
  "username": "worldofartists",
  "pages": 2,
  "count": 100
}

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