Instagram Followers Scraper

Yes — scraping public Instagram data is fully legal as long as you have lawful access and extract it in a non-substantial way. See our legality of web scraping blog for full guidance.

Yes — an Instagram account sync is required. Instagram doesn't show the followers list to logged-out users. Lobstr.io syncs via a Chrome extension and uses session cookies, never your password. See how to sync an account.

Up to 9999 followers. If a profile has more than 10K followers, Instagram only shows the first 50 followers. This is an Instagram-side cap, not ours — Smaller profiles return their full list.

The scraper auto-pauses for 2 hours, then resumes on its own. No action needed on your end — your task keeps running once the cooling period is over.

Both profile URLs and usernames work. Drop in mrbeast or https://www.instagram.com/mrbeast/ — mix and match in the same task.

You get username, full name, profile URL, profile pic, profile ID, FBID, verification status, private/public flag and more — everything Instagram exposes on the followers list.

Up to 170 profiles per minute. Speed scales with the number of synced accounts you connect to the task.

Not with lobstr.io. We respect Instagram's rate limits and pause automatically when needed to keep your account safe. Learn more in this guide.

No — only public profiles are supported. Private accounts hide their followers list from anyone who isn't already an approved follower.

Yes — CSV, JSON, Excel and direct push to Google Sheets are all supported. You can also pull results via the lobstr.io API for full automation.

URL, such as https://www.instagram.com/mrbeast/. Paste thousands at once or upload a CSV; duplicate inputs are skipped. 3 settings shape the run: see them in the playground.

12 data attributes per follower, each with its description and an example: see the full list.

No. Duplicates are removed, and you only pay for unique results.

As fresh as your run: each run collects the data from the site at the moment it runs, nothing comes from a stored database.

CSV, Excel or JSON from the dashboard, through the API, or sent after every run to Google Sheets, Amazon S3, an SFTP server, a webhook or by email.

7 days on the free plan, 28 days on paid plans. Then they are deleted. Download or deliver what you want to keep.

Around 170 followers a minute for one squid. Your plan's slots run several squids at the same time.

98.47% of its runs had no incident over the last 90 days (5 incidents, 100% fixed). Every day is on this page.

Our team fixes the scraper: every scraper on lobstr.io is built and maintained by us. Over the last 90 days, the median time to fix this one was 2h 53min. How we measure.

Yes, on paid plans: every hour, every day, every weekday or on a custom schedule, in your time zone.

Yes: set the most results per task and per run in the settings. The run stops there and so does the bill.

1 credit per result. The playground shows the price as you pick them.

Yes. The free plan gives 100 credits every month, 100 results with this scraper, with exports capped at 30 rows.

Every month a plan gives credits, which pay for results, and slots, which set how many squids run at the same time. Starter: $20 for 10,000 credits; Pro: $100 for 100,000 credits; Team: $500 for 1,000,000 credits. Upgrades start right away and are prorated; downgrades and cancellations take effect at the end of the cycle.

No. Your credits refresh every month with your plan.

You choose, per squid: pause and pick up where it stopped, or end the run. To keep going, upgrade or reset your billing cycle: your plan renews right away and your credits come back. Auto Billing Reset does it for you when your usage crosses a threshold you set.

Yes: paying yearly takes 20% off every plan.

A monthly plan: within 10 days of the charge, if no credit was used in that period. A yearly plan: within 30 days, in full if no credit was used, otherwise minus one month. Cancel from your billing page, then write to contact@lobstr.io. The details are in the terms of use.

Collecting publicly available data is generally allowed, but you choose what you collect and you are responsible for how you use it. Our terms of use (article 6) ask every user to respect the rights of the sites, not to extract substantial parts of a database, not to access confidential data and to follow personal data law such as the GDPR. This is not legal advice.

When results contain personal data, you are the data controller and lobstr.io, a French company, processes them on your behalf, under our personal data agreement. You need a lawful basis for what you collect, must inform the people concerned and honor their requests.

Results: 7 days on the free plan, 28 days on paid plans, then they are deleted; you can delete them sooner. Your account data: see the privacy notice.

Yes, through the REST API at https://api.lobstr.io/v1, with your key from the dashboard. The playground’s Code tab writes the calls for your settings, in cURL and Python. The documentation has the full reference.

Yes. Add our MCP server, https://mcp.lobstr.io/mcp, to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any MCP client and sign in with lobstr.io. Your agent shows the cost and asks you before a run spends credits. The playground’s Agent tab gives you a prompt.

No. Credits pay for results, not for requests.

Yes. Point a webhook at your server and lobstr.io calls it when a run succeeds or fails.

Yes, per endpoint: 120 requests a minute on squids and runs, 90 on tasks, 2 a second on results. Above that the API answers 429 with a Retry-After header.