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📸 Instagram Profile Scraper Pro

Extract structured public profile data from Instagram profiles in seconds. This actor allows you to collect key profile information from one or multiple Instagram usernames and receive clean, ready-to-use results for analysis, research, or automation.

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🚀 Overview

The Instagram Profile Scraper collects publicly available profile details and metadata from Instagram user profiles. Simply provide one or more profile URLs, run the actor, and receive structured output for each profile.

This actor is ideal for:

• Market research
• Influencer analysis
• Brand discovery
• Social media monitoring
• Data enrichment workflows

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📦 What Data Does This Actor Provide?

For each Instagram profile URL you submit, the actor returns:

• Profile identity details
• Bio and external links
• Account type and verification status
• Followers, following, and post counts
• Profile images
• Activity metadata
• Scraping status and timestamps

All data is returned in a flat, clean JSON format for easy integration.

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📤 Output Structure

Each profile generates one dataset item with the following fields:

🧾 Profile Identification

Field	Description
source_url	Original Instagram profile URL
username	Instagram username
user_id	Unique Instagram user ID
full_name	Display name shown on profile

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📝 Bio & Links

Field	Description
biography	Profile bio text
bio_links	All links found in the bio
invite_link	Primary external link (if available)
external_url	List of external URLs linked from the profile

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🖼️ Profile Media

Field	Description
profile_pic_url	Profile picture URL
profile_pic_url_hd	High-resolution profile picture

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🏷️ Account Classification

Field	Description
category	Business category (if available)
account_type	Account type: personal / creator / business
is_private	Whether the profile is private
is_verified	Whether the profile is verified
is_business_account	Business account indicator
is_professional_account	Professional/creator account indicator
is_joined_recently	Recently joined flag (if available)

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📊 Engagement Statistics

Field	Description
followers_count	Total followers
followers_count_formatted	Human-readable follower count
following_count	Total following
following_count_formatted	Human-readable following count
posts_count	Total posts
posts_count_formatted	Human-readable post count
media_count	Total media count
media_count_formatted	Human-readable media count

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⏱️ Activity & Status

Field	Description
last_post_date	Date of most recent post
profile_scraped_at	UTC timestamp of data collection
scrape_status	success or failed
error	Error message (only if failed)

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📥 Input Format

The actor accepts one or more Instagram profile URLs.

Example Input

{
  "startUrls": [
    { "url": "https://www.instagram.com/khloekardashian/" },
    { "url": "https://www.instagram.com/natgeo/" }
  ]
}

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📤 Example Output

[
  {
    "source_url": "https://www.instagram.com/realmadrid/",
    "username": "realmadrid",
    "user_id": "290023231",
    "full_name": "Real Madrid C.F.",
    "biography": "⚽️ Official profile of Real Madrid C.F.\n🏆 15 times European Champions\n🌍 FIFA Best Club of the 20th Century\n🏟️ Follow @Bernabeu",
    "bio_links": [
      "https://play.realmadrid.com/interstitial/901402"
    ],
    "invite_link": "https://play.realmadrid.com/interstitial/901402",
    "external_url": [
      "https://play.realmadrid.com/interstitial/901402"
    ],
    "profile_pic_url": "https://scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/423770465_280478104792239_5430348487884470524_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s320x320_tt6&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6InByb2ZpbGVfcGljLmRqYW5nby4zMjAuYzIifQ&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com&_nc_cat=1&_nc_oc=Q6cZ2QHsw8V5-oTtIefPTAIiqDeDEKJ7ywwotL2cfd5n088UEsLAN3FGiGDSux7nIAJe5oQ&_nc_ohc=wyKQ400fdc8Q7kNvwHtLdm0&_nc_gid=PK1MafDj5VNAAc_2pprUHg&edm=AOQ1c0wBAAAA&ccb=7-5&oh=00_AfpvXNYtaHgA0Mk7Nf15VD1nSRo773GSrSwP9utTTITNMA&oe=695EB7FE&_nc_sid=8b3546",
    "profile_pic_url_hd": "https://scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/423770465_280478104792239_5430348487884470524_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s320x320_tt6&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6InByb2ZpbGVfcGljLmRqYW5nby4zMjAuYzIifQ&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com&_nc_cat=1&_nc_oc=Q6cZ2QHsw8V5-oTtIefPTAIiqDeDEKJ7ywwotL2cfd5n088UEsLAN3FGiGDSux7nIAJe5oQ&_nc_ohc=wyKQ400fdc8Q7kNvwHtLdm0&_nc_gid=PK1MafDj5VNAAc_2pprUHg&edm=AOQ1c0wBAAAA&ccb=7-5&oh=00_AfpvXNYtaHgA0Mk7Nf15VD1nSRo773GSrSwP9utTTITNMA&oe=695EB7FE&_nc_sid=8b3546",
    "category": "Creators & Celebrities",
    "last_post_date": "2026-01-02 17:57:49",
    "link_id": "290023231",
    "is_private": false,
    "is_verified": true,
    "is_business_account": true,
    "is_joined_recently": false,
    "is_professional_account": false,
    "account_type": "business",
    "followers_count": 180244091,
    "followers_count_formatted": "180.2m",
    "following_count": 66,
    "following_count_formatted": "66",
    "posts_count": 18740,
    "posts_count_formatted": "18.7k",
    "media_count": 18740,
    "media_count_formatted": "18.7k",
    "profile_scraped_at": "2026-01-03 10:00:56",
    "scrape_status": "success"
  },
  {
    "source_url": "https://www.instagram.com/khloekardashian/",
    "username": "khloekardashian",
    "user_id": "208560325",
    "full_name": "Khloé Kardashian",
    "biography": "Season 3 of Khloé and Wonderland is out now on YouTube 🖤",
    "bio_links": [
      "http://khloudfoods.com/"
    ],
    "invite_link": "http://khloudfoods.com/",
    "external_url": [
      "http://khloudfoods.com/"
    ],
    "profile_pic_url": "https://scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/485211556_4182364548659006_6823750987819054141_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s320x320_tt6&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6InByb2ZpbGVfcGljLmRqYW5nby4xMDI1LmMyIn0&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com&_nc_cat=1&_nc_oc=Q6cZ2QEA6nR5eomhIJe8U-nfmjOhxzjnQPT2ZaiP2gQ1UKY_i7rtnrJ76929EEs8sE3sBdI&_nc_ohc=i3YeNi-iDCsQ7kNvwHAfWGA&_nc_gid=tsPsic5poz8-a8-S84yY3A&edm=AOQ1c0wBAAAA&ccb=7-5&oh=00_AfplAF3Xo2VXDgRwo0SdZbsXHoFkfPng5q9ZiitXNGKKUQ&oe=695ED3AF&_nc_sid=8b3546",
    "profile_pic_url_hd": "https://scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/485211556_4182364548659006_6823750987819054141_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s320x320_tt6&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6InByb2ZpbGVfcGljLmRqYW5nby4xMDI1LmMyIn0&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com&_nc_cat=1&_nc_oc=Q6cZ2QEA6nR5eomhIJe8U-nfmjOhxzjnQPT2ZaiP2gQ1UKY_i7rtnrJ76929EEs8sE3sBdI&_nc_ohc=i3YeNi-iDCsQ7kNvwHAfWGA&_nc_gid=tsPsic5poz8-a8-S84yY3A&edm=AOQ1c0wBAAAA&ccb=7-5&oh=00_AfplAF3Xo2VXDgRwo0SdZbsXHoFkfPng5q9ZiitXNGKKUQ&oe=695ED3AF&_nc_sid=8b3546",
    "category": "",
    "last_post_date": "2026-01-01 19:17:54",
    "link_id": "208560325",
    "is_private": false,
    "is_verified": true,
    "is_business_account": false,
    "is_joined_recently": false,
    "is_professional_account": false,
    "account_type": "personal",
    "followers_count": 300131725,
    "followers_count_formatted": "300.1m",
    "following_count": 148,
    "following_count_formatted": "148",
    "posts_count": 4772,
    "posts_count_formatted": "4.8k",
    "media_count": 4772,
    "media_count_formatted": "4.8k",
    "profile_scraped_at": "2026-01-03 10:01:04",
    "scrape_status": "success"
  }
]

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🌟 Benefits & Advantages

• ✅ No login required
• ✅ Clean and flat JSON output
• ✅ Supports multiple profiles per run
• ✅ Human-readable formatted metrics
• ✅ Retry handling for unstable profiles
• ✅ Dataset-ready for automation
• ✅ Ideal for analysis and enrichment

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🧠 Best Practices

• ✔ Use valid and complete Instagram profile URLs
• ✔ Avoid submitting hundreds of profiles in one run
• ✔ Re-run failed profiles separately
• ✔ Use formatted counts for display purposes
• ✔ Use raw counts for analytics and calculations

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⚠️ Possible Errors & How to Avoid Them

Common Causes

• Profile does not exist
• Profile username is incorrect
• Profile is temporarily unavailable
• Instagram rate limits
• Network interruptions

✅ How to Reduce Errors

• Double-check usernames
• Avoid rapid repeated runs
• Submit fewer URLs per run
• Retry failed profiles later

When a profile fails, the actor still returns a structured response with scrape_status = "failed" and an error message.

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📌 Summary

The Instagram Profile Scraper is a reliable and easy-to-use actor that transforms Instagram profile URLs into structured, analysis-ready data.

** Perfect for: **

• 📊 Analysts
• 📣 Marketers
• 🤖 Automation workflows
• 📈 Growth research

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