The people who liked a post are a warmer audience than the people who follow the account. They saw one specific thing and reacted to it. That list is worth having as data.
Gramlens exports it in one step from the post you are already looking at. But this is a page where the limit matters more than the feature, so it comes first.
The limit, before anything else
Instagram returns the likers of a post in a single response, with no pagination behind it. Whatever that response contains is what any tool can give you — there is no second page to ask for.
In practice that means roughly 100 accounts for a post you do not own, and up to about 1,000 for your own. A post with 40,000 likes will not produce 40,000 rows, here or anywhere else. Any tool promising otherwise is either counting on you not to check, or asking for your password so it can try something riskier.
What you do get is the most recent slice, complete, in a file — plus the true total, so you know what fraction you are holding.
The columns
| Column | Example |
|---|---|
| User ID | 1783442901 |
| Username | natgeo |
| Full Name | National Geographic |
| Profile URL | https://www.instagram.com/natgeo/ |
| Verified | Yes |
The export also carries the post's real like count, so the file records both the sample and the population it came from.
Turning likers into contacts
Run Deep Parse over the exported list and each liker becomes a full profile: bio, follower and following counts, post count, public email, public phone, website, business flag, category, city.
On a 100-row liker export that is fast — a hundred profiles, one request each. It is the step that turns "these accounts liked the post" into a list you can filter by audience size or actually write to.
Likes, comments and followers are three different exports
They come from three different places, behave differently, and are worth knowing apart:
- Likers — one response, capped as described above. Fast, shallow.
- Commenters — paginated, up to 100 pages, replies included. Slower, much deeper.
- Followers — paginated with no practical ceiling beyond time and patience.
If you want the largest usable engagement list from a single post, comments beat likes by an order of magnitude.
Works on Reels
Open a Reel at its own /reel/ URL and the likers export works the same way. The scrolling /reels/ feed is not a post — tap through to the Reel first.
FAQ
Why can't I export all 40,000 likes?
Because Instagram does not send them. The likers endpoint answers once, without pagination, and the response is capped. This is a platform limit, not a plan limit — no paid tier here or anywhere else changes it.
Do I get more likers on my own posts?
Yes, noticeably — Instagram is more generous with the account that owns the post, in the region of a thousand rather than a hundred. It is still a cap.
Does the person know I exported their likers?
No. Nothing is sent on your behalf; the extension reads a page you already have open.
Do you need my Instagram password?
No. Gramlens works through the session you are already signed into. There is no login form in the extension.
Can I combine likers from several posts?
Yes. Each export is saved in your history, and lists can be merged — or subtracted from one another — when you use them later, so likers across a campaign can be pooled and de-duplicated.
What formats can I export to?
CSV, Excel or JSON, with a column picker before download. Files land in your Downloads folder; nothing is uploaded anywhere.
Is it free?
The Free plan covers 500 records per parse with unlimited parses — comfortably more than the likers cap, so for this particular export the free tier is rarely the binding constraint.