Instagram Scraper
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Instagram Scraper
Scrape Instagram profiles, posts, reels, comments, hashtags, and places by parsing public pages through Apify proxy. No API, no browser, no login required. Honest caps for logged-out data.
Pricing
from $3.50 / 1,000 instagram results
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Admo Solutions
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Scrape Instagram profiles, posts, reels, comments, hashtags, and places by parsing public pages through Apify proxy. No Instagram API, no browser, no login required.
Features
- Profiles — username/URL → details (followers, bio, verified, approximate posts count)
- Posts & Reels — captions, media, likes, comments count, date, location (nullable)
- Comments — text, author, likes, date (first embedded page per post)
- Hashtags — volume (approximate), popular media; each item detail-fetched for exact stats
- Places — name, lat/lng, category, media count (address unavailable logged-out)
- Retry ladder — full-browser headers, rate-limit-shell detection, 429 backoff, datacenter → residential
- Date filter — only posts newer than X (dropped posts not charged)
- Honest failures — explicit error rows, never fabricated data
- Any Apify output format — JSON, CSV, Excel, XML; run via REST API, schedule runs, or use webhooks and MCP
Honest caps (logged-out public pages)
| Capability | Cap |
|---|---|
| Profile post list | first grid page only (~12; no pagination without API) |
| Comments | first embedded page (~13 per post; commentsCount shows true total) |
| Hashtag feed | popular reels grid (~12), per-item stats via detail fetch |
| Hashtag / profile counts | parsed from formatted strings (3.9B, 32K) — approximate |
| Place address / place-by-name search | unavailable → address: null / honest error row |
| Mentions mode | removed (needs search API) |
Pricing
$3.50 per 1,000 results (pay-per-event). One result = one row (post, comment, profile, hashtag, place). Minimum $0.05/run.
Input
| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
startUrls | array | [] | Profile/post/hashtag/place URLs |
searchQueries | array | [] | Keywords for discovery |
searchType | enum | hashtag | hashtag | profile | place |
contentToScrape | enum | posts | posts | reels | comments | details |
resultsLimit | int | 50 | Max results per URL (1–5000) |
onlyPostsNewerThan | string | — | ISO date or relative (7 days) |
sessionCookie | string (secret) | — | Instagram sessionid (reduces rate limiting) |
proxyConfiguration | object | datacenter | Apify standard; RESIDENTIAL recommended for stability |
maxConcurrency | int | 4 | 1–10 |
maxRequestRetries | int | 4 | 0–10 |
Output
One row per result. type ∈ profile, post, comment, hashtag, place, error. Error rows are pushed but never charged.
profile — details of a profile
| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
type | always profile |
id | Instagram user ID |
username | handle |
full_name | display name |
bio | biography text |
external_url | website link |
followers, following | exact counts from embedded JSON |
posts_count | approximate (parsed from formatted 32K) |
is_verified, is_private, is_business | account flags |
profile_pic_url | avatar URL |
url | canonical profile URL |
fetched_at | ISO 8601 fetch timestamp |
post — post or reel
| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
type | always post |
id | media ID |
short_code, url | shortcode and canonical /p/ URL |
post_type | image, video, carousel or reel |
caption | caption text |
media_urls | media URLs; carousel includes every slide |
likes | like count (exact) |
comments_count | true total comments on the post |
posted_at | ISO 8601 publish time (UTC) |
location | geotag name; null when ungeotagged |
tagged_users | tagged usernames; null when absent |
fetched_at | ISO 8601 fetch timestamp |
comment — first embedded page per post (~13)
| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
type | always comment |
id | comment ID |
post_id, post_url | post the comment belongs to |
text | comment body |
author, author_username | display name and handle |
likes | comment like count |
created_at | ISO 8601 time (UTC) |
fetched_at | ISO 8601 fetch timestamp |
hashtag — details mode
| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
type | always hashtag |
name | tag name without # |
media_count | approximate (parsed from formatted 3.9B) |
related_hashtags | always null when logged out |
url | canonical tag URL |
fetched_at | ISO 8601 fetch timestamp |
place — details mode
| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
type | always place |
id | location ID |
name, slug | place name and URL slug |
address, city | always null when logged out |
lat, lng | coordinates (exact) |
category | place category |
media_count | media count (exact) |
fetched_at | ISO 8601 fetch timestamp |
error — honest failure, never charged
| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
type | always error |
error_code | rate_limited, login_required, private_account, not_found, http_error, invalid_input |
message | human-readable detail |
input | target URL/query that failed |
fetched_at | ISO 8601 fetch timestamp |
Usage
Or via API with {"startUrls": [{"url": "https://www.instagram.com/natgeo/"}], "contentToScrape": "posts"}.
