# Apify Instagram Followers Count Scraper (StableApify)

> Apify Instagram Followers Count Scraper (StableApify) is a paid API for AI agents from stableapify.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Scrapes the follower count and profile stats for one or more Instagram usernames via a pay-per-call Apify actor proxy.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://stableapify.dev/api/actors/apify/instagram-followers-count-scraper/call
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/apify-instagram-followers-count-scraper-stableapify-09c6557a
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_46CUN6GDpsSwzExdFSgcM

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability apify-instagram-followers-count-scraper-stableapify-09c6557a -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: How many followers do @natgeo and @nasa have on Instagram right now? Scrape their follower counts for me.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need programmatic, on-demand access to Instagram follower counts without an official Instagram API token or developer account. It is ideal for bulk lookups across multiple usernames in a single call, competitive benchmarking, influencer discovery pipelines, or any workflow that needs fresh public Instagram follower data without building and maintaining a custom scraper.

## Known failure modes

- Private or non-existent Instagram accounts may return empty or error results
- Instagram rate limiting or anti-bot measures may cause actor runs to fail or return partial data
- Invalid username format may cause input validation errors
- Payment failure via x402/MPP will prevent the run from starting
- Actor timeout if Instagram is slow or the username list is very large

## How this service works

Search Apify Store actors, start actor runs, and fetch results over x402 and MPP.

## Output

Returns structured data from the Apify actor run, including the follower count and available profile-level stats (such as following count, post count, and bio details) for each requested Instagram username. Results are returned synchronously after the actor run completes.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "usernames"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "usernames": {
     "type": "array",
     "items": {
      "type": "string"
     },
     "description": "Provide a profile URL of the account you want to scrape the posts from."
    }
   },
   "description": "Normalized actor input. See field descriptions for the simplified shape; native Apify input also accepted (passed through).",
   "additionalProperties": {}
  },
  "options": {
   "type": "object",
   "properties": {
    "build": {
     "type": "string",
     "maxLength": 100,
     "minLength": 1
    },
    "memory": {
     "type": "integer",
     "maximum": 32768,
     "minimum": 128
    },
    "maxItems": {
     "type": "integer",
     "maximum": 100000,
     "minimum": 1
    }
   },
   "description": "Optional Apify run options.",
   "additionalProperties": false
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/apify-instagram-followers-count-scraper-stableapify-09c6557a/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from stableapify.dev](https://www.zero.xyz/host/stableapify.dev/llms.txt)