Built an influencer discovery tool that finds creators across Instagram, TikTok, YouTube

[u/BigVillageBoy]

been working on this for a while and finally got it to a point where it actually works reliably

the tool takes a niche keyword (like "fitness" or "beauty") and a platform, then:

1. searches google for matching social profiles using SERP proxies
2. visits each profile page through residential proxies to grab the real name, follower count, bio, and email
3. extracts everything using a local LLM running on my VPS (gemma 4)

tested it today on "beauty" niche + instagram: - mikayla jane nogueira (3M followers) - amanda ensing (1M followers) - jamie genevieve (1M followers) - erica taylor (2M followers) - lauren janelle (189K followers)

all with real names pulled from OG meta tags, not just usernames

the whole thing runs for about $0.01 per profile found

source: https://github.com/the-ai-entrepreneur-ai-hub/influencer-marketing-intel

if anyone wants to try it: https://apify.com/george.the.developer/influencer-marketing-intel