How to Use the Instagram Follower Scraper (Step by Step)
The Instagram Follower Scraper lets you collect the people who follow any public Instagram account and build a clean, contact-ready lead list in minutes. Instead of scrolling a follower wall by hand and copying usernames one at a time, the free Chrome extension reads the list for you and pairs each profile with the public details it can find, including emails and phone numbers where they exist.
This is the fastest way to borrow an audience that already trusts a creator, competitor, or niche page. Finding and extracting the data is completely free. When you are ready to reach those people, you can send AI-personalized emails from LeadStal starting at $9.99 per month. The walkthrough below covers the full workflow from install to first message.
Step by step
Install the free LeadStal extension
Add the Instagram Follower Scraper to Chrome from the install page. It is free, takes about a minute, and pins to your toolbar so it is one click away whenever you are browsing Instagram. No credit card is needed to find and extract data.
Open the account whose followers you want
Log in to Instagram in the same browser and visit the profile of the creator, brand, or competitor whose audience you want to reach. Open their follower list by clicking the followers count so the names begin to load on screen.
Start scraping the follower list
Click the LeadStal icon and press Start. The extension scrolls and reads the follower list for you, capturing each username, display name, and profile link. You can set a target count so it stops once you have collected enough followers for your campaign.
Let it enrich profiles with emails and phones
As it works, the scraper visits the public details on each profile and pulls business emails, phone numbers, website links, and bio text where the account has made them public. This enrichment is what turns a plain follower into a usable contact.
Review and clean the extracted leads
When the run finishes, scan the results table. Filter out accounts with no contact details, drop obvious bots or private profiles, and keep the followers that match the customer you actually want. A few minutes of cleanup sharpens every message you send later.
Export to CSV or push to LeadStal
Download the cleaned list as a CSV for your CRM or spreadsheet, or push it straight into your LeadStal workspace so the contacts are ready for outreach without any copy and paste.
Launch AI-personalized outreach
Inside LeadStal, write a short campaign brief and let the AI tailor each email to the follower using their bio and niche. Sending starts at $9.99 per month, so you can move from a fresh follower list to personalized messages in the same sitting.
Pro tips
- Target followers of accounts that mirror your ideal customer, not just the biggest pages, because relevance beats raw size for reply rates.
- Set a sensible follower count cap so the run stays fast and focused instead of pulling a million accounts you will never message.
- Followers of niche creators often share a clear interest, so mention that shared interest in your first line to lift open and reply rates.
- Run the scrape on a profile you are logged in to view, and keep your scrolling natural by letting the extension pace itself rather than forcing it.
Questions, answered
Can I scrape followers from any Instagram account?
You can scrape the follower list of any public account. Private accounts only show their followers to approved viewers, so the tool can read what your own logged-in session is allowed to see.
Will I get an email for every follower?
No. The scraper pulls emails and phones only where a follower has made them public, usually on business or creator profiles. Many personal accounts hide contact details, so expect a portion of the list to be contactable.
Is the follower scraper really free?
Yes. Finding and extracting followers and their public contact details is free. You only pay if you choose to send AI-personalized outreach through LeadStal, which starts at $9.99 per month.
How many followers can I extract in one run?
You can set a target count and collect from a handful up to tens of thousands. Larger lists simply take longer, so cap the run at the number you can realistically follow up with.
What is the difference between this and the Following Scraper?
The Follower Scraper collects people who follow a chosen account. The Following Scraper collects the accounts that a chosen profile follows. Pick followers to reach an audience, following to map who someone engages with.