InsightSocial APIInstagram Similar API reference
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Get a free API keycurl "https://api.insightsocial.app/v1/instagram/similar?handle=mrbeast" \ -H "x-api-key: $INSIGHTSOCIAL_API_KEY"
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Returns the accounts Instagram suggests as similar to a given user, each with username, display name, avatar URL, verification status, and URL.
Use it to find accounts comparable to one you already know; it returns a single fixed list and cannot be paged.
Metered: 50–850 credits. We reserve the ceiling when the call starts and charge what it actually used when it finishes.
Authorization
apiKey Your key from the dashboard. It starts with isk_.
In: header
Query Parameters
Instagram username without the @ symbol. Provide at least one of: handle, user_id.
Instagram numeric user ID. Use this for faster responses. Provide at least one of: handle, user_id.
Set to profile (one token only) to fill author.followers, author.following and author.bio on every row in this one call, plus author.posts_count where the lookup has an exact total. The hydrated list is its top 20 accounts unless you pass limit (1 to 80).
Value in
- "profile"
Take the top N accounts of the list (1 to 80). Without include=profile the full list is returned unless you cap it.
1 <= value <= 80Set to 1 to get the price of this call without making it: data.dry_run carries credits_min and credits_max. Nothing is charged.
Value in
- "1"
Response Body
application/json
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curl -X GET "https://api.insightsocial.app/v1/instagram/similar"{ "success": true, "platform": "string", "endpoint": "string", "schema_version": "2", "pagination": { "next_cursor": "string", "has_more": true, "page_size": 0, "stopped_at": "since" }, "unavailable": [ "string" ], "credits_used": 0, "credits_remaining": 0, "request_id": "string", "cached": true, "idempotent_replay": true, "charge_reason": "string", "free_call": true, "data": { "items": [ { "author": { "id": "string", "username": "string", "display_name": "string", "avatar_url": "http://example.com", "bio": "string", "verified": true, "followers": 0, "followers_approximate": true, "following": 0, "posts_count": 0, "likes_count": 0, "url": "http://example.com", "location": "string", "external_url": "http://example.com", "private": true, "joined_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z", "last_post_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z", "ext": { "property1": null, "property2": null } } } ], "total": 0, "truncated": true, "ext": { "property1": null, "property2": null } }}