# BlackBobs.ai Instagram Statistics

> BlackBobs.ai Instagram Statistics is a paid API for AI agents from blackbobs-ai.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.092566/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-16).

Retrieves statistical data and analytics for an Instagram account or profile via a pay-per-call API.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://blackbobs-ai.vercel.app/api/instagram-statistics
- Price: $0.092566/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-16
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/blackbobs-ai-instagram-statistics-91a5025c
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_4bXalfswib-3jul_B1za6

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 blackbobs-ai-instagram-statistics-91a5025c -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull the Instagram statistics for the account @natgeo — I want to see their follower count, engagement rate, and overall profile metrics?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need quick, pay-per-call Instagram profile statistics without a long-term subscription to a social analytics platform. It is ideal for one-off lookups, influencer vetting, or enriching a dataset with social proof metrics. It integrates natively with x402/Base chain payments, making it suitable for autonomous agent workflows that handle micropayments programmatically.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or non-existent Instagram username returns an error or empty result
- Private Instagram accounts may not return full statistics
- Rate limiting or platform restrictions may cause data unavailability
- Insufficient USDC balance for the $0.092566 per-call payment results in payment failure
- Malformed request body causes a 400-level error

## How this service works

194 production-ready API endpoints. AI, Search, Social, Finance, Crypto. Pay-per-call with x402 on Base chain.

## Output

Returns a result object containing Instagram account statistics such as follower count, following count, post count, engagement metrics, and other profile-level analytics data for the requested account.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "result": {
   "type": "object",
   "description": "API response data"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "example": {
  "result": {
   "data": "example response"
  }
 },
 "properties": {
  "result": {
   "type": "object",
   "description": "API response data"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/blackbobs-ai-instagram-statistics-91a5025c/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from blackbobs-ai.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/blackbobs-ai.vercel.app/llms.txt)