Post count is the output half of a profile's story. Follower count tells you how many people an account reaches; post count tells you how much it publishes to reach them. Metrika returns it for public Instagram and Bluesky accounts, in the same call and the same response shape as every other datapoint.
Why post counts are useful
On its own, a post count separates active accounts from dormant ones, which matters anywhere you keep lists of profiles: a CRM full of creator handles, a directory of brand accounts, a research sample that should not include abandoned profiles. Tracked over time, it becomes a posting cadence, one of the simplest honest signals of how much an account actually publishes.
Combined with the other datapoints, it gets more interesting. Followers divided by posts is a rough measure of how efficiently an account has turned content into audience, and a rising follower count against a flat post count tells a very different story from one fuelled by constant publishing.
What exactly Metrika returns
The number the platform itself reports. For Instagram, that
is the account's feed post count; for Bluesky, the post
count on the profile. Both come back as an integer under
metrics with the same value and status fields as
every other datapoint.
$ curl -X POST https://metrika.run/api/v1/resources/search \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"resources": [{"platform": "instagram", "type": "account", "identifier": "natgeo"}]}'Post count is available for Instagram and Bluesky today; the availability matrix in the docs always shows the current coverage per platform.
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