Instagram profile viewer for followers and posts
Free Instagram profile viewer. It returns followers, following, posts, the badge, and the bio. Private accounts return none, and Instagram sends no alert.
Searching 68 platforms in parallel
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Instagram·
YouTube·
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Reddit·
Threads·
Pinterest·
Twitch·
Truth Social·
Snapchat·
Kick·
Bluesky·
Kwai·
Rumble·
Spotify·
Apple Music·TikTok Shop·
Amazon Shop·
Google Shopping·
Trustpilot·
TripAdvisor·
Yelp·
Linktree·
Komi·
Pillar·
lnk.bio·Facebook Ads·Google Ads·LinkedIn Ads·Google Search·Google News·
Finance·
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Tavily·
Hacker News·
GitHub·
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Universal SearchTikTok·Instagram·YouTube·Facebook·X·LinkedIn·Reddit·Threads·Pinterest·Twitch·Truth Social·Snapchat·Kick·Bluesky·Kwai·Rumble·Spotify·Apple Music·TikTok Shop·Amazon Shop·Google Shopping·Trustpilot·TripAdvisor·Yelp·Linktree·Komi·Pillar·lnk.bio·Facebook Ads·Google Ads·LinkedIn Ads·Google Search·Google News·Finance·Polymarket·Tavily·Hacker News·GitHub·Perplexity·Naver·Utility·Universal SearchTikTok·Instagram·YouTube·Facebook·X·LinkedIn·Reddit·Threads·Pinterest·Twitch·Truth Social·Snapchat·Kick·Bluesky·Kwai·Rumble·Spotify·Apple Music·TikTok Shop·Amazon Shop·Google Shopping·Trustpilot·TripAdvisor·Yelp·Linktree·Komi·Pillar·lnk.bio·Facebook Ads·Google Ads·LinkedIn Ads·Google Search·Google News·Finance·Polymarket·Tavily·Hacker News·GitHub·Perplexity·Naver·Utility·Universal SearchTikTok·Instagram·YouTube·Facebook·X·LinkedIn·Reddit·Threads·Pinterest·Twitch·Truth Social·Snapchat·Kick·Bluesky·Kwai·Rumble·Spotify·Apple Music·TikTok Shop·Amazon Shop·Google Shopping·Trustpilot·TripAdvisor·Yelp·Linktree·Komi·Pillar·lnk.bio·Facebook Ads·Google Ads·LinkedIn Ads·Google Search·Google News·Finance·Polymarket·Tavily·Hacker News·GitHub·Perplexity·Naver·Utility·Universal SearchThree steps, zero learning curve
Paste a URL, hit run, get structured data. That's the whole workflow.
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What does one Instagram lookup return?
A public username returns followers, following, post count, the verified badge, and the bio, including the external link when the profile publishes one.
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Does Instagram tell them you looked?
No. The read uses public profile data. Instagram does not send the account a view notification.
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What stays hidden on a private Instagram account?
Followers, following, posts, the external link, and the bio. A private account returns none of those counts.
Use it in your code in seconds
Same engine, exposed as a clean REST API. One key works for every platform, and every response uses the same schema.
One key, every platform
Authenticate once. Hit TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, and 17 more, all from the same key.
Same shape, every response
Identical schema across platforms. Write your integration once and never adapt to a new payload.
Drop into any agent
Cleanly typed JSON, ready for LLM tool-calls, RAG pipelines, and automation flows.
import requests
response = requests.get(
'https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/instagram/profile',
params={'handle': 'mkbhd'},
headers={'x-api-key': 'sc_YOUR_API_KEY'}
)
data = response.json(){
"success": true,
"platform": "instagram",
"data": {
"author": {
"username": "mkbhd",
"followers": 5240000
},
"engagement": {
"likes": 178000,
"engagement_rate": 0.034
},
"metadata": {
"language": "en",
"content_category": "tech"
}
}
}What is the world really saying?
Type a question. 15 walled gardens search at the same time. AI gives you the brief. The source posts stay one click away.
For builders → MCP, skills, and the APIReal ways teams use this tool
A few patterns we see from marketers, researchers, and builders shipping with SocialCrawl.
How do creators size up the competition?
Check any Instagram account's real followers and post count before you collab or benchmark your own growth.
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Instagram users
public snapshot
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logins required
totally free
How do marketers vet influencers?
Pull a creator's public numbers in seconds before you spend a cent, no inflated media kit required.
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per lookup
current snapshot
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core stats
per profile
Spot inflated audiences
Low posts and a lopsided follower-to-following ratio are the first signs of a padded Instagram account.
Study any niche
Look up the top accounts in your niche and see how their audiences compare.
Look without a trace
You view public data through our API, so the account never knows you checked.
Frequently asked questions
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