How to Download Your Instagram Data

Follow these steps to get your followers & following data from Instagram.

The steps are identical on iOS and Android.

1

Open Instagram

Tap your profile picture in the bottom right to go to your profile.

2

Open the menu

Tap the three-line menu (☰) in the top right corner.

3

Go to Account Center

Tap "Account Center" from the menu.

4

Your information and permissions

Tap "Your information and permissions".

5

Download your information

Tap "Download your information".

6

Select your account

Tap 'Create new export'

7

Choose what to download

Select 'Download to device', then in data settings check ONLY 'Followers and following' (uncheck everything else)

8

Set format and date range

Change format to 'JSON' (not HTML). Set any date range you want. Then tap 'Start export'

9

Request and download

Wait for notification, then tap 'Download'

Important: Make sure to select JSON format (not HTML). Our tool only supports JSON files.