# KiteEndpoints.ai - Instagram Stats

> KiteEndpoints.ai - Instagram Stats is a paid API for AI agents from kite-endpoints.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.05/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Fetches Instagram account statistics and profile metrics for a given user or post

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://kite-endpoints.vercel.app/api/ig-stats
- Price: $0.05/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/kiteendpoints-ai-instagram-stats-4abac815
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_mtK5uDG5El1maxePpORd8

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 kiteendpoints-ai-instagram-stats-4abac815 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull the Instagram stats for the account @natgeo — I want to see their follower count, how many posts they have, and their following count?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need quick, pay-per-use access to Instagram account statistics without setting up your own Instagram API credentials or scraping infrastructure. It is particularly useful for one-off lookups, influencer vetting, or competitive research at $0.05 per call via USDC on Base chain.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or non-existent Instagram username returns an error or empty result
- Private Instagram accounts may not return full stats
- Rate limiting from the underlying Instagram data source may cause failures
- Insufficient USDC balance (payment failure via x402) prevents the call from completing
- Malformed request body returns a validation error

## How this service works

400+ paid API endpoints. Social media, AI, crypto, finance, weather, ecommerce, tools. Pay per request with USDC on Base chain.

## Output

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

## 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/kiteendpoints-ai-instagram-stats-4abac815/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from kite-endpoints.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/kite-endpoints.vercel.app/llms.txt)