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Instagram followers API

Call GET /v1/instagram/profiles/{identifier}/followers with a username or a user ID. Each request returns one page of follower profiles and a cursor for the next page.

The account must be public. You do not need an Instagram login or Meta app approval.

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GET /v1/instagram/profiles/{identifier}/followers

curl "https://api.openhandle.dev/v1/instagram/profiles/@signal_quarry_test/followers" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENHANDLE_API_KEY"

TypeScript SDK

import { OpenHandle } from '@openhandle/sdk';

const openhandle = new OpenHandle({ apiKey: process.env.OPENHANDLE_API_KEY! });
let page = await openhandle.instagram.profile('@signal_quarry_test').followers.list();

while (page) {
    for (const follower of page.data) console.log(follower.handle, follower.metrics.followers);
    page = await page.next();
}

200 OK

{
  "platform": "instagram",
  "resource": "profile",
  "capturedAt": "2026-10-27T09:14:02Z",
  "source": "live",
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "910000000001",
      "handle": "northstar_forge_test",
      "displayName": "Northstar Forge",
      "url": "https://www.instagram.com/northstar_forge_test/",
      "isPrivate": false,
      "isVerified": true,
      "metrics": { "followers": 48291, "following": 318, "posts": 5 }
    }
  ],
  "meta": { "cursors": { "next": "b3BhcXVlLWN1cnNvcg" } }
}

Trimmed to one follower and the fields most apps need. Each follower is a full profile. The example is a Test account, so you can run it on a free Test key.

What you get

—Follower profiles. Each follower comes back as a profile with id, handle, displayName, url, and verification.
—Counts. Each follower has its own follower, following, and post counts in metrics.
—One page per request. Pass meta.cursors.next back as cursor to get the next page. When it is null, there are no more pages.
—Search inside the list. To find one account among the followers, call GET /v1/instagram/profiles/{identifier}/followers/search?q={query}.

Price

—Per request. $0.0025 per live request. $0.002 per request after 100,000 requests in a month. One page of results is one request.
—Older data costs less. Set freshness to say how old the data may be. Data up to 24 hours old: $0.0005. Data up to 7 days old: $0.0001. Data up to 30 days old: free.
—Failed means free. Errors and invalid requests are never billed. You pay for answers, and a confirmed not-found is an answer.
—Free to start. Every new workspace starts with 100 free live requests, no card needed. Test keys are never charged.

When this does not work

These answers are definitive. Store them, do not retry them.

Situation	Status	Code
The account is private	403	PROFILE_PRIVATE
The account is deleted or never existed	404	PROFILE_NOT_FOUND
The cursor came from another request	400	CURSOR_MISMATCH

403 Forbidden

{
  "error": {
    "code": "PROFILE_PRIVATE",
    "message": "This profile is private.",
    "requestId": "req_01j8…",
    "retryable": false
  }
}

An account can go private while you page. Handle PROFILE_PRIVATE on any page, not only the first.

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