Social Blade API: Get Instagram account stats
Looks up public Instagram account totals, engagement and grade on Social Blade by handle or profile link. Daily history and 30-day follower change need a Social Blade sign-in, so they are not returned.
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Inputs
Values from the run on Oct 23, 2026, shown under Output.
- Username, required
username Instagram handle or profile link, for example @natgeo or https://www.instagram.com/natgeo/.
https://www.instagram.com/cristiano/
Input as JSON
{ "username": "https://www.instagram.com/cristiano/" }Output
{ "grade": "A+", "posts": 4146, "username": "cristiano", "followers": 679836142, "following": 638, "daily_stats": [], "display_name": "Cristiano Ronaldo", "social_blade_link": "https://socialblade.com/instagram/user/cristiano" , "average_likes_per_post": 7252948.75, "engagement_rate_percent": 1.09, "average_comments_per_post": 142851.5625, "follower_change_last_30_days": null}Code
curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"method":"socialblade.com/get_instagram_stats","input":{"username":"https://www.instagram.com/cristiano/"}}' # Save as fous.py, then run: python3 fous.pyimport json, os, timefrom urllib.error import HTTPErrorfrom urllib.request import Request, urlopenAPI = "https://api.fous.com/v1/runs" KEY = os.environ["FOUS_API_KEY"]HEADERS = { "Authorization": f"Bearer {KEY}", "Content-Type": "application/json" ,}def call(url, body=None): data = json.dumps(body).encode() if body else None request = Request(url, data, HEADERS) try: with urlopen(request, timeout=120) as r: return r.status, json.load(r) except HTTPError as error: message = json.load(error)["error"]["message"] raise RuntimeError(message) from errorstatus, run = call(API, { "method": "socialblade.com/get_instagram_stats" , "input": { "username": "https://www.instagram.com/cristiano/" }})# 202: still going after 30 s. Ask again until it ends.while status == 202: time.sleep(2) status, run = call(f"{API}/{run['id']}")print(json.dumps(run["data"], indent=2))// Save as fous.mjs, then run: node fous.mjsconst api = "https://api.fous.com/v1/runs" ;const headers = { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.FOUS_API_KEY}`, "Content-Type": "application/json" ,};let response = await fetch(api, { method: "POST", headers, body: JSON.stringify({ "method": "socialblade.com/get_instagram_stats" , "input": { "username": "https://www.instagram.com/cristiano/" } }), signal: AbortSignal.timeout(120_000),});let run = await response.json();// 202: still going after 30 s. Ask again until it ends.while (response.status === 202) { await new Promise((done) => setTimeout(done, 2_000)); response = await fetch(`${api}/${run.id}`, { headers }); run = await response.json();}if (!response.ok) throw new Error(run.error.message);console.log(run.data);# Connect your agent to Fous once, over MCP (Streamable HTTP):# https://api.fous.com/mcp# Set FOUS_API_KEY first: create a key at https://app.fous.com/keys.# Claude Codeclaude mcp add \ --scope user \ --transport http fous https://api.fous.com/mcp \ --header "Authorization: Bearer ${FOUS_API_KEY:?Set FOUS_API_KEY to your Fous API key}"# Codexcodex mcp add fous \ --url https://api.fous.com/mcp \ --bearer-token-env-var FOUS_API_KEY# Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, Cline and morenpx -y add-mcp https://api.fous.com/mcp -g -n fous \ --header "Authorization: Bearer ${FOUS_API_KEY:?Set FOUS_API_KEY to your Fous API key}"# Then ask your agent:# "Use Fous to run socialblade.com/get_instagram_stats# with {"username":"https://www.instagram.com/cristiano/"}"Over HTTP, the answer’s data holds the output. A run still going after 30 seconds answers 202 with its id: ask GET /v1/runs/{id} until it ends.
Schema
Input schema
{ "type": "object", "required": [ "username" ], "properties": { "username": { "type": "string", "description": "Instagram handle or profile link, for example @natgeo or https://www.instagram.com/natgeo/." } }, "additionalProperties": false}Output schema
{ "type": "object", "required": [ "username", "display_name", "grade", "followers", "following", "posts", "engagement_rate_percent", "average_likes_per_post", "average_comments_per_post", "follower_change_last_30_days", "daily_stats", "social_blade_link" ], "properties": { "grade": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "Social Blade grade, when shown." }, "posts": { "type": [ "integer", "null" ], "description": "Current posts (media) count." }, "username": { "type": "string", "description": "Instagram handle without @." }, "followers": { "type": [ "integer", "null" ], "description": "Current followers." }, "following": { "type": [ "integer", "null" ], "description": "Current following count." }, "daily_stats": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "date", "followers", "following", "posts" ], "properties": { "date": { "type": "string", "format": "date" }, "posts": { "type": [ "integer", "null" ] }, "followers": { "type": [ "integer", "null" ] }, "following": { "type": [ "integer", "null" ] } }, "additionalProperties": false }, "description": "Up to 14 daily records; empty when public history is restricted." }, "display_name": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "Account display name." }, "social_blade_link": { "type": "string", "description": "Social Blade account page link." }, "average_likes_per_post": { "type": [ "number", "null" ], "description": "Average likes per post, when shown." }, "engagement_rate_percent": { "type": [ "number", "null" ], "description": "Engagement rate in percent." }, "average_comments_per_post": { "type": [ "number", "null" ], "description": "Average comments per post, when shown." }, "follower_change_last_30_days": { "type": [ "integer", "null" ], "description": "Follower change over the last 30 days; null when public history is restricted." } }, "additionalProperties": false}- Price
- 1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free.
- Method
socialblade.com/get_instagram_stats- Returns
- username, display name, grade, followers, following, posts, engagement and average likes/comments
Use it from your agent
Give your agent this line. It reads SKILL.md, gets a Fous API key and connects the Fous MCP server. Its run then takes the method socialblade.com/get_instagram_stats with the inputs above.
Ask your agent
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