graphql queries for followers and follows return empty lists
Author: l5csCreated Sep 12, 2026Updated Sep 16, 2026
Labelsbug
Describe the bug
queries for followers 37479f2b8209594dde7facb0d904896a and follows 58712303d941c6855d4e888c5f0cd22f started returning empty edges list for all accounts like this
{
"data": {
"user": {
"edge_followed_by": {
"count": 13520,
"page_info": {
"has_next_page": false,
"end_cursor": null
},
"edges": []
}
}
}
}To Reproduce
Profile.get_followees Profile.get_followers
Expected behavior queries used to return paginated lists of follows of a profile
Error messages and tracebacks n/a
Instaloader version 4.15.3
Additional context
i tried it within a browser fetch and it still gets nothing so it's not a browser fingerprint detection
Source: instaloader/instaloader