# Instagram Follower list API (instagram.followers_list)

- Canonical page: https://everyinfra.com/en/instagram-api/followers_list
- Endpoint: POST https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social with {"platform": "instagram", "action": "followers_list", "params": {...}}
- Price: $0.000556 per call ($0.56 per 1,000 requests); failed calls and empty results are not charged
- Returns: list, default 50, max 500 per call
- Related: Returns the accounts that follow `username`. For the accounts that `username` follows, use instagram.following_list.
- Mode: sync; add "mode": "async" for slow tasks

## Health

- Live health (24h percent, hourly and daily trends): https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social/availability?platform=instagram&action=followers_list

## Parameters

| name | type | required | default | description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| username | not declared | yes | not declared | Identifies an Instagram account handle without the @ symbol or as a full profile URL. Used by profile, persona, user_posts, and reels to fetch account data. The followers action returns only total follower counts, whereas followers_list and following_list return account lists. |
| limit | integer (1–500) | no | 50 | The most rows to return in this call, an integer from 1 to 500. The default applies when you leave it out, and a call can return fewer rows. Larger values return 422 before any charge. |

## Response fields (items in `results`)

| field | meaning |
|---|---|
| id | The record's unique ID on the platform. Unique only within one platform; IDs can repeat across platforms. |
| username | Username (@handle). |
| url | Link to the record on the platform. |
| name | Name of the object itself, for account, product and business capabilities. |
| avatar_url | Avatar image link. Some platforms return sized CDN links that can expire. |
| is_private | platform-native meaning |
| is_verified | Whether the platform verified the account. null means it cannot be determined. |
| relation | platform-native meaning |
| of_user | platform-native meaning |
| platform | Source platform identifier, the same as platform in the request (for example xiaohongshu, tiktok). |

## Example

```bash
curl -X POST 'https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $EVERYINFRA_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data-raw '{
  "platform": "instagram",
  "action": "followers_list",
  "params": {
    "username": "nasa"
  }
}'
```

```python
import os
import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['EVERYINFRA_API_KEY']}"},
    json={
        "platform": "instagram",
        "action": "followers_list",
        "params": {
            "username": "nasa",
        },
    },
    timeout=120,
)
print(response.status_code)
print(response.json())
```

## Response example

Real response to the example request above, captured 2026-09-26T08:56:04Z. `results` and `count` are real with personal information (names, handles, avatars, profile links, contact details) removed; the list keeps the first 2 of 49. `id`, `billing` and `quota` differ on every call, so only their shape is shown.

```text
{
  "id": "req_…",
  "platform": "instagram",
  "action": "followers_list",
  "results": [
    {
      "id": "•••",
      "username": "•••",
      "url": "https://www.instagram.com/•••",
      "name": "•••",
      "avatar_url": "https://instagram.ftas7-1.fna.fbcdn.net/•••",
      "is_private": false,
      "is_verified": false,
      "relation": "Followers",
      "of_user": "nasa",
      "platform": "instagram"
    },
    {
      "id": "•••",
      "username": "•••",
      "url": "https://www.instagram.com/•••",
      "name": "•••",
      "avatar_url": "https://scontent-lhr6-1.cdninstagram.com/•••",
      "is_private": false,
      "is_verified": false,
      "relation": "Followers",
      "of_user": "nasa",
      "platform": "instagram"
    }
  ],
  "count": 49,
  "billing": {
    "charged": …,
    "charged_usd": …,
    "balance_after_usd": …,
    …
  },
  "quota": { … }
}
```

## Also

- Capability catalog (no key): https://api.everyinfra.com/api/v1/social/catalog?platform=instagram
- OpenAPI: https://everyinfra.com/openapi.json · Agents guide: https://everyinfra.com/agents.md