# fetcher.sh Instagram User Followers API

> fetcher.sh Instagram User Followers API is a paid API for AI agents from fetcher.sh, paid per call via x402, $0.004/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Fetches the follower list for a given Instagram user by their user ID, paid per call in USDC via x402

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://fetcher.sh/api/instagram/user/%7Bid%7D/followers
- Price: $0.004/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/fetcher-sh-instagram-user-followers-api-1142e2db
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_hCTYeyric7mVrv534FeZO

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 fetcher-sh-instagram-user-followers-api-1142e2db
```

Example prompt: Can you pull the follower list for Instagram user ID 12345678 so I can see who's following that account?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need Instagram follower data for a specific user without setting up OAuth, creating an Instagram developer account, or managing subscriptions. It is ideal for AI agents that need frictionless, pay-per-call access to Instagram social graph data, especially for influencer research, competitor analysis, or audience profiling in automated workflows.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or non-existent Instagram user ID returns an error or empty result
- Private Instagram accounts may not return follower data
- Rate limiting or scraping blocks by Instagram may cause failures or incomplete data
- Payment failure (insufficient USDC balance) results in a 402 response and no data returned
- Malformed user ID format causes a bad request error

## How this service works

fetcher.sh is an x402 web-data and scraping API: 111 endpoints for Twitter/X, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Reddit, Google, App Store, and Yelp — paid per call in USDC on Base, Polygon, Arbitrum, Monad or Solana, or with prepaid credits. Built for AI agents: no accounts, no OAuth, no subscriptions.

## Output

Returns a list of followers for the specified Instagram user, including follower user profiles and related metadata such as usernames, profile details, and follower count, sourced via fetcher.sh's scraping layer without requiring OAuth or an Instagram account.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "properties": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/fetcher-sh-instagram-user-followers-api-1142e2db/health.json
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