USE CASE:
Sponsorship scouting for Instagram creators, start to finish
Everything below is about one job: sponsorship scouting for Instagram creators, done in a way that survives a list rather than a single lookup. Mamba Labs builds Apify actors, and Creator Finder is the one named below that covers Instagram creators.
Last updated October 6, 2026
The situation
Instagram creators complicate sponsorship scouting, for a reason specific to them. Start from this: Instagram creators split their audience across posts and Reels and Stories, and only one of those is visible from outside, and sponsorship scouting follows. Worth knowing about Instagram creators, since sponsorship scouting inherits it: bought followers are more common here than on any other network. We keep 1 preconfigured task for sponsorship scouting on Instagram creators, across 1 tool.
Why it matters
Every brand in the category is pitching the same visible handful of Instagram creators, and their rates show it.
The method
- Start with one of Instagram creators you already know, so a wrong sponsorship scouting answer is obvious rather than plausible.
- Run Creator Finder across your list of Instagram creators, which carries 1 ready made setup for sponsorship scouting.
- Read ten rows of sponsorship scouting on Instagram creators by hand before you trust the rest of the list.
Traditional Search Tools
- The Reels tab, for Instagram creators. Free, and recent Reel views next to the follower count show whether anyone is watching.
- Modash. A large searchable creator database across Instagram, TikTok and YouTube with audience filters. Strong discovery, sold on a monthly subscription that suits a team running campaigns every month.
- TikTok One and the other platform marketplaces. Official, free to browse, and limited to creators who opted in. The ones who did not sign up are invisible there.
- An influencer agency. They bring a roster and the relationships, and charge a retainer or a share of the fee. Worth it for a launch, expensive as a standing way to find people.
- Search the platforms yourself. Type the niche into TikTok, Instagram and YouTube search, open every profile that looks right, and copy the handle and follower count into a sheet. About three minutes a creator, and the results depend on what each app decides to show you.
Mamba Labs Apify Actors
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- Creator Finder1 preconfigured task on this page's job.