Instagram API

Instagram Search followers API

Search the followers of a public Instagram account by name or username, using Instagram's own follower search. On smaller accounts it searches the whole follower list and returns close matches ranked by Instagram. On large accounts Instagram does not support searching followers, so the result is the account's most recent followers instead, whatever the query. Returns usernames, names, and profile details.

POST/v1/run/instagram.search_followers
Uptime
100.00%
30d · 3 calls
Requests
3
30d
Response
2.6s
median · 30d

Pricing

One price, in dollars

Providers
Chameleon3 served100.00% uptime2490ms p50$2.20/1k reqflat

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Last verified 2026-09-25 · uptime and latency measured over 30d
FieldTypeExample value
Price
Price per requestUSD$0.0022
Price /1k reqUSD$2.20

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About the Instagram Search followers API

The AnyAPI Instagram Search followers API returns Instagram search followers data as normalized JSON from one POST call to /v1/run/instagram.search_followers. Search the followers of a public Instagram account by name or username, using Instagram's own follower search. On smaller accounts it searches the whole follower list and returns close matches ranked by Instagram. On large accounts Instagram does not support searching followers, so the result is the account's most recent followers instead, whatever the query. Returns usernames, names, and profile details. AnyAPI returns one normalized schema whichever source serves it. It costs from $2.20 per 1,000 requests, in US dollars with no subscription and no monthly minimum. Over the last 30 days, 100.0% of Instagram search followers calls through AnyAPI succeeded, with a median response time of 2.6 seconds across 3 measured calls.

It costs from $2.20 per 1,000 requests, in US dollars with no subscription and no monthly minimum. You fund one USD wallet, each call draws it down, and a failed request costs $0.

Search the followers of a public Instagram account by name or username, using Instagram's own follower search. On smaller accounts it searches the whole follower list and returns close matches ranked by Instagram. On large accounts Instagram does not support searching followers, so the result is the account's most recent followers instead, whatever the query. Returns usernames, names, and profile details. The response is normalized JSON with the same envelope every AnyAPI endpoint returns, so parsing a second endpoint is a change of URL and nothing else.

Over the last 30 days, 100.0% of Instagram search followers calls through AnyAPI succeeded, with a median response time of 2.6 seconds across 3 measured calls. These are AnyAPI's own measurements of traffic through the gateway, recomputed continuously, not a published service-level target.