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See who any public Instagram account follows — then optionally enrich each followed account with business emails, phone numbers, websites, bios, and follower counts. Map partnership networks, discover what competitors are paying attention to, and identify supplier relationships. No login required.

📺 Video Tutorial: How it Works

Three Output Modes

Configure pay-per-event in the Apify Console: result-basic ($0.0025), result-enriched ($0.012), result-verified ($0.02), plus apify-actor-start ($0.0005).

Why "Following" Data Is Different from "Followers"

Followers tell you who's interested in someone. Following tells you who they are interested in and paying attention to. This reveals things followers never show:

• Partnership networks — brands follow their agencies, PR firms, photographers, and content partners
• Competitor suppliers — see which vendors, tools, and service providers your competitor actually works with
• Influencer preferences — discover which brands an influencer follows before pitching a deal
• Thought leader curation — who a top creator follows is a manually curated list of accounts worth knowing

Every competitor on Apify returns thin following data (3–8 fields: username, bio, profile link). This actor enriches every followed account with 31 fields including contact info.

What You Get (Enriched Mode — 31 fields)

Same field set as the Followers Scraper — see that actor's field table. Key enrichment fields: public_email, contact_phone_number, external_url, bio_links, biography, category, is_business, follower_count, date_joined, country, enrichment_status.

How It Works

Step 1. Enter an Instagram username or profile URL.

Step 2. Choose output mode: Basic, Enriched, or Verified.

Step 3. Click "Start." Download as JSON, CSV, or Excel.

Use Cases

Partnership intelligence. See who a brand follows to discover their actual agency, PR firm, content creators, and business partners. These are confirmed business relationships — far more reliable than guessing.

Competitive supply chain research. See who your competitor follows — their tool providers, platforms, and service partners. Identify which vendors they trust and approach the same suppliers (or offer alternatives).

Influencer pre-vetting. Before signing an influencer partnership, see who they follow. If they follow 500 brands, they're heavily monetized — your deal will be lost in the noise. If they follow thoughtfully curated accounts, their audience is more engaged.

Industry mapping. A thought leader's following list is a manually curated directory of valuable people in their space. Extract it, enrich it, and you have a qualified prospect list for your niche.

Sample Output (Enriched mode)

{
"username":"acquisitioncom",
"full_name":"Acquisition.com",
"is_verified":true,
"enrichment_status":"success",
"public_email":"team@acquisition.com",
"external_url":"https://acquisition.com",
"bio_links":[{"title":"Apply","url":"https://acquisition.com/apply"}],
"biography":"We invest in companies doing $3–30M/yr",
"category":"Venture Capital & Private Equity",
"is_business":true,
"follower_count":120000,
"account_type":2,
"country":"United States",
"date_joined":"January 2020",
"email_found":"team@acquisition.com",
"email_source":"public_email",
"email_verified":null
}

FAQ

Why does enrichment sometimes "fail"? About 30% of enrichments may fail — typically due to API rate limits on the User Info endpoint. Failed rows appear in the output with enrichment_status: "failed" and null contact fields. All 31 fields are always present — CSV columns align across all rows.

Can I use this alongside the Followers Scraper? Yes. Run both on the same account: Followers shows who follows them, Following shows who they follow. Together they map the full relationship graph of any Instagram account.

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