How You Fit Save Instagram Followers as CSV (Ways 2)

Two ways wey you fit export Instagram followers

Instagram no get "export as CSV" button for profile. Wetin you fit do depend on whose list you want and how long the list be.

If na only backup of your own lists you need, the data download go do. If you want spreadsheet wey you fit sort straight away, or list from another account, use the extension.

Way 1: Instagram own Download your information

Na Instagram official way be this. E dey work for the app and for instagram.com (menu names fit change; na as dem be for October 2026).

Steps to follow

1. Open your profile, tap menu, come enter Settings and activity, then Accounts Center.
2. Go Your information and permissions, then Download your information.
3. Choose Download or transfer information, then select your Instagram account.
4. Pick Some of your information, then under Connections, tick only Followers and following.
5. Choose Download to device, set the date range to All time, then set the format to JSON.
6. Tap Create files, then wait make Instagram notify you. The download link go expire after some days.

Choose only Followers and following. If you leave the settings as dem come, Instagram fit pack all your photos and videos join, and that one go make the file much bigger and take longer to prepare.

Wetin you go get

Inside the ZIP, the lists dey inside connections folder. Followers dey inside followers_1.json (and followers_2.json and others like that for big accounts), and accounts wey you dey follow dey inside following.json.

Na only usernames dey the file. E no get user IDs, and accounts wey dem don deactivate no dey inside. If you choose short date range, older follows no go enter, so always pick All time.

How to turn am to CSV

Make we talk am as e be: Instagram no dey give you CSV. You fit open JSON for Excel through Data, Get Data, From JSON, but the usernames dey inside fields wey dey inside other fields, so you go need click several times for Power Query to bring dem into plain rows. For Google Sheets, you no fit import JSON directly without script.

The easier way na igbento free checker. Upload the ZIP (or the JSON files), and e go read dem inside your browser, show who no dey follow you back and which fans you no dey follow back, then let you download the result as CSV. Na spreadsheet of those groups you go get, no be full list of every follower.

Way 2: Export with igbento extension

The extension dey work through the Instagram session wey you don already open for your browser. E no dey ask for your password, and na inside your browser e dey keep the lists; e no dey upload dem.

Steps to follow

1. Install igbento for Chrome, Edge or Brave on desktop computer, then log in to Instagram as you dey normally do.
2. Open the Instagram downloader and exporter page, then choose New task.
3. Paste the account link, like instagram.com/username, then choose Analyze URL.
4. Pick Export followers or Export following. The box wey open go show the number of items your plan allow.
5. Choose Create task, then leave am make e run. You fit continue to use other tabs.
6. When the status show Done, download the file as CSV or JSON. E go enter your Downloads folder.

Wetin dey inside the file

Each row na one account, with the username, display name, and whether the account dey verified and whether e dey private. That one don enough to sort, filter and compare for spreadsheet.

Whose lists you fit export

• Your own followers and people wey you dey follow.
• Followers or people wey any public account dey follow.
• Private accounts, but only if you dey follow dem.

Long exports dey run as tasks for background

Instagram dey slow down requests for long lists. igbento dey handle am as task wey you fit pause and resume. If Instagram begin restrict the requests, the task go pause instead of forcing am. For Free, na you go resume am yourself. Basic go wait and resume by itself, and Pro too go resume by itself and send you notification.

You fit turn on browser notifications for a task, so you go know when e finish or need your attention.

Export limits for each plan

CSV and JSON dey every plan. Wetin dey change na how many people one task fit export, and wetin e go do when Instagram limit how often e fit send requests.

If you pay yearly, you go get 50% discount. Check the pricing page to compare everything. If your plan limit stop a task, the card go show "E stop at N items, na your plan limit for each task", and the file go contain wetin e don collect reach that point.

Open the file for Excel or Google Sheets

Excel

1. Open Excel, choose Data, then From Text/CSV.
2. Select the file wey you export. Check say the file origin na UTF-8 so names wey get accent marks or emoji go show well.
3. Choose Load. Your list go enter table wey you fit sort and filter.

To double-click the file too dey work, but letters wey get accent marks fit scatter. If you import am, that problem no go happen.

Google Sheets

1. Open empty sheet, choose File, then Import.
2. Upload the CSV, then pick Replace spreadsheet or Insert new sheet.
3. Leave separator type for Detect automatically, then choose Import data.

Na all you need be that to put Instagram followers list for Excel or move Instagram followers to Google Sheets. Once the data don enter sheet, you fit share am with your teammate or filter am with few clicks.

Useful formulas wey fit compare two Instagram lists

Make we say you export people wey you dey follow into one sheet and your followers into another. Put usernames for column A of each sheet, with heading for row 1.

Find who no dey follow you back

For the Following sheet, put this one for B2, then fill am down:

=IF(COUNTIF(Followers!A:A, A2)=0, "not following back", "")

Filter column B for "not following back". If you swap the sheets for the same formula, e go show fans wey you no dey follow back.

Compare lists wey you save at two different times

Export your followers today, then do am again next month. For the older sheet, use =IF(COUNTIF(New!A:A, A2)=0, "gone", "") to see who don stop to follow you. Instagram no dey notify you when person unfollow you, so na to compare lists from two different times be the only way to know for sure. For quicker check, see how to see who don unfollow you.

Other things wey you fit do quick

• Filter the private column to see how many accounts dey private.
• Filter the verified column to bring out verified accounts for the list.
• Use Remove Duplicates (Excel) or Data cleanup (Sheets) if you join several exports together.
• Sort by username to spot strange usernames wey get plenty numbers, as first step to spot followers wey no dey engage.

You no wan set up formulas? The igbento unfollow tool dey do the same comparison with one click for your own account.

Wetin people dey use exported list do

• Account checks. Check how many followers dey private, dey verified or resemble bots before you work with creator or run ads.
• Giveaways. Save copy of your followers with date when contest start, so you fit check people wey enter later.
• To contact people. Make list of an account followers or people wey e dey follow to find people for your niche, then contact dem one by one with proper message.
• Backups. Save your lists in case you no fit enter your account again. If you lose your login, you go also lose access to your audience list.
• To track growth. Export on the first day of every month, then compare. Also see how to see who person recently follow for Instagram.

Privacy and how to respect other people data

Followers list na personal data about other people, even if every profile dey public. Remember that one as you dey use am.

• Keep exports for your own analysis. No publish or sell dem.
• No send bulk messages to people wey dey your export. Unsolicited spam dey make people report accounts, and dem fit restrict the accounts.
• Delete files wey you no need again. For igbento, you fit delete task and the data wey e export from your browser.
• If you export another person list for work, follow the privacy rules wey apply for your area, like GDPR, for any personal data wey you store.

Remember say tools still differ for other ways too. See the overview of our tools for /tools or the questions wey people dey ask often if you no sure which one fit your own case.