Instagram API

Instagram Search following API

Search the accounts a public Instagram user follows by name or username. Matching is Instagram's own loose search, so results are close matches ranked by Instagram and some may not contain your exact word. Returns usernames, names, and profile details.

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What the API returneditems[0]
{
"id": "7738201194",
"handle": "glowlab.skin",
"name": "Glow Lab Skincare",
"image": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/glowlab_profile.jpg?stp=dst-jpg&_nc_ht=scontent.cdninstagram.com&_nc_cat=1",
"verified": false,
"private": false,
"url": "https://www.instagram.com/glowlab.skin/"
}
Uptime
100.00%
30d · 337 calls
Requests
337
30d · weekly, last 12 wks
Response
2.4s
median · 30d

Pricing

Instagram Search following API pricing

Providers
Chameleon337 served100.00% uptime2346ms p50$2.20/1k reqflat
You pay
$22.00
$2.20/1k req, only for what you use. No monthly plan.
Your first 45 requests are free with the $0.10 starting balance.

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{
  "found": true,
  "data": {
    "items": [
      {
        "id": "7738201194",
        "handle": "glowlab.skin",
        "name": "Glow Lab Skincare",
        "image": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/glowlab_profile.jpg?stp=dst-jpg&_nc_ht=scontent.cdninstagram.com&_nc_cat=1",
        "verified": false,
        "private": false,
        "url": "https://www.instagram.com/glowlab.skin/"
      },
      {
        "id": "8891042231",
        "handle": "skinbarre",
        "name": "Skin Barre Clinic",
        "image": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/skinbarre_profile.jpg?stp=dst-jpg&_nc_ht=scontent.cdninstagram.com&_nc_cat=1",
        "verified": true,
        "private": false,
        "url": "https://www.instagram.com/skinbarre/"
      },
      {
        "id": "6620918473",
        "handle": "sensitiveskin.co",
        "name": "Sensitive Skin Co",
        "image": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/sensitiveskinco_profile.jpg?stp=dst-jpg&_nc_ht=scontent.cdninstagram.com&_nc_cat=1",
        "verified": false,
        "private": true,
        "url": "https://www.instagram.com/sensitiveskin.co/"
      }
    ]
  }
}

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Last verified 2026-11-10 · uptime and latency measured over 30d

Request body

JSON, posted to this endpoint.

  • querystring

    skin

    Name or username text to look for among the accounts this user follows (e.g. skin). Instagram matches loosely, so close matches are returned too.

  • usernamestring

    moogooskincare

    The Instagram username whose following list to search, without the leading @ (e.g. moogooskincare).

You send. A small JSON body. The values shown are examples to replace with your own.

Response

JSON, one example value per field.

each itemdata.items[]

Accounts the user follows that Instagram matched to the query, in Instagram's own order. Instagram's matching is loose, so some results may not contain the exact query text. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.

  • handlestring

    glowlab.skin

    The followed account's username, without the @ prefix. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.

  • idstring

    7738201194

    The followed account's numeric Instagram user ID, as a string. Populated whenever the provider has data for the entity.

  • imagestring

    https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/glowlab_profile.jpg?stp=dst-jpg&_nc_ht=scontent.cdninstagram.com&_nc_cat=1

    URL of the followed account's profile picture. Instagram signs this URL in its query string, so use it as returned. Empty when the source omits it.

  • namestring

    Glow Lab Skincare

    The followed account's display name. Empty when the account has none.

  • privateboolean

    false

    Whether the followed account is private.

  • urlstring

    https://www.instagram.com/glowlab.skin/

    Canonical URL of the followed account's profile.

  • verifiedboolean

    false

    Whether the followed account is verified.

top level
  • foundboolean

    true

    Whether the account was found and the search matched at least one account it follows.

  • reason"not_found"

    Present only when `found` is false, and says why there is no result. `not_found`: the source states the target does not exist, or returned nothing for it. A `found: false` answer is a successful call, not an error, and `costUsd` is what it actually cost.

You get back. Named, typed fields in the same shape whichever source answers.

FAQ

About the Instagram Search following API

The AnyAPI Instagram Search following API returns Instagram search following data as normalized JSON from one POST call to /v1/run/instagram.search_following. Search the accounts a public Instagram user follows by name or username. Matching is Instagram's own loose search, so results are close matches ranked by Instagram and some may not contain your exact word. 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 following calls through AnyAPI succeeded, with a median response time of 2.4 seconds across 337 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 and each call draws it down. Some failed wallet-funded requests incur processing charges that we pass through at cost, with no markup; the error response shows the amount charged.

Search the accounts a public Instagram user follows by name or username. Matching is Instagram's own loose search, so results are close matches ranked by Instagram and some may not contain your exact word. 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 following calls through AnyAPI succeeded, with a median response time of 2.4 seconds across 337 measured calls. These are AnyAPI's own measurements of traffic through the gateway, recomputed continuously, not a published service-level target.

Yes. A new AnyAPI account starts with $0.10 of free balance and no card required, which covers 45 Instagram Search following calls at $0.0022 each.

Send a POST request to https://api.getanyapi.com/v1/run/instagram.search_following with your AnyAPI key in an "Authorization: Bearer" header and the input as a JSON body. The same key and the same wallet work on every AnyAPI endpoint.

No. You add US dollars to one prepaid AnyAPI balance and each request draws it down. There is no monthly plan and no minimum, and the same balance pays for every AnyAPI endpoint.

Yes. Install @getanyapi/sdk from npm for TypeScript or getanyapi from pip for Python. Both call every AnyAPI endpoint with the same key, and any HTTP client works too.

Yes. An agent can connect to the AnyAPI MCP server at https://api.getanyapi.com/mcp, or create its own free-trial key with one unauthenticated POST to https://api.getanyapi.com/agent/signup and call this endpoint over HTTP.
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