Instagram Reels Details scraper Single / Solo Reels

Instagram Reels Details scraper Single / Solo Reels – Overview

Instagram Reels Details scraper Single / Solo Reels is an Apify Actor designed to extract detailed, structured information from one or multiple public Instagram Reel URLs. It is useful when you need more than the Reel link itself and want metadata such as the Reel ID, creator username, caption, engagement counts, views, upload date, thumbnail, duration, resolution, hashtags, mentions, and available media formats.

The Actor is built around a simple workflow: provide Instagram Reel URLs through startUrls, run the Actor, and receive structured records for the submitted URLs. The Actor does not require you to manually provide cookies through the documented input.

🔹 Key Features

• Scrape one or multiple Instagram Reel URLs in a single run
• Extract Reel identifiers and creator information
• Collect caption or description text
• Extract likes, comments, and video view counts when available
• Capture upload date, duration, and original resolution
• Return thumbnail and available video/image media URLs
• Automatically extract hashtags and @mentions from captions
• Produce structured JSON records suitable for downstream processing
• Keep the original submitted URL with every result
• Include scraping timestamp and source index for easier record tracking

This Instagram Reels Details scraper is suitable for marketers, researchers, analysts, developers, content teams, and businesses that need structured Reel information for individual URLs rather than broad profile-level scraping.

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Instagram Reels Details scraper Single / Solo Reels – Key Features

The Actor focuses on detailed information for individual Instagram Reels. Instead of collecting a large discovery dataset, it works from the Reel URLs you provide and returns one structured result per successfully processed URL.

🔍 Detailed Reel Metadata

Each successful record can include the Instagram Reel's unique ID, original URL, owner username, owner ID, caption, engagement information, upload date, media type, and media-related metadata.

❤️ Engagement Information

Where the source data provides these values, the Actor returns formatted counts for:

• Likes
• Comments
• Video views or plays

Large numerical values are formatted into compact forms such as 12k or 1.2m, making the output easier to scan and analyze.

📝 Caption, Hashtags, and Mentions

The Reel description is returned as text. The Actor also identifies hashtags and username mentions appearing in that caption.

For example, a caption such as:

New product launch 🚀 #marketing #socialmedia @brandname

can produce separate hashtag and mention arrays instead of leaving everything embedded inside the description.

🎥 Media and Technical Metadata

Depending on the Reel data available at extraction time, the output can include:

• Thumbnail URL
• Video duration
• Original resolution
• Media type
• Video format candidates
• Image format candidates

This makes the dataset useful for Reel cataloging, content analysis, media reference collection, and metadata enrichment.

💡 Why Use This Actor

• Useful when you already have specific Instagram Reel URLs
• Reduces manual copying of Reel metadata
• Returns structured fields instead of requiring page-by-page inspection
• Helps organize Reel research into machine-readable records
• Suitable for single-Reel checks as well as batches of Reel URLs

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Instagram Reels Details scraper Single / Solo Reels – What Data You Can Extract

The primary purpose of this Instagram Reels Details scraper is to turn individual Reel pages into structured records.

Output field	Description
original_url	Original Instagram Reel URL submitted to the Actor
id	Reel/media identifier when available
ownerUsername	Username associated with the Reel
ownerId	Owner identifier when available
description	Reel caption or description text
likesCount	Formatted like count
commentsCount	Formatted comment count
videoViewCount	Formatted video view or play count
upload_date	Reel publication timestamp in ISO format when available
thumbnail_url	Available thumbnail image URL
duration	Video duration when available
resolution	Original media dimensions such as 1080x1920
type	Media type reported by the source data
hashtags	Unique hashtags parsed from the caption
mentions	Unique @mentions parsed from the caption
video_formats	Available video media variants and dimensions
image_formats	Available image media variants and dimensions
_scraped_at	Timestamp indicating when the record was processed
_source_index	Position of the submitted URL in the input list

The video_formats and image_formats values contain structured objects with fields such as type, url, width, and height.

📦 Output / Data Fields

The Actor returns structured JSON records rather than a simple text response. This makes the data easier to filter, transform, store, analyze, or pass into another workflow.

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Instagram Reels Details scraper Single / Solo Reels – How to Use It

Using the Actor is straightforward because the documented input contains one main field: startUrls.

1. Prepare Your Instagram Reel URLs

Collect the public Instagram Reel URLs you want to process. You can submit one URL or multiple URLs.

Example:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPHCzDkjFHH/
https://www.instagram.com/reels/DU7bmIVEndD/

2. Add the URLs to startUrls

In the Apify input interface, use the Start URLs field and add the Reel pages you want to scrape.

📥 Input

Field: startUrls

• Type: Array
• Required: Yes
• Purpose: Provides one or more Instagram Reel URLs for processing
• Recommended use: Add the exact public Reel URLs you want returned in your dataset

3. Run the Actor

Start the Actor after your URLs are added. The Actor processes each supplied URL individually and creates a structured result for each successful Reel.

4. Review the Results

Successful records contain Reel metadata and media information. URLs that cannot be processed are represented with the submitted URL and an error message rather than silently disappearing.

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How to scrape Instagram Reel details from a specific URL

A common use case is extracting information from a single Reel when you already know its URL.

Add one Reel URL to startUrls and run the Actor. The resulting record can contain the Reel ID, creator username, caption, engagement counts, upload timestamp, thumbnail, duration, resolution, hashtags, mentions, and available media URLs.

Example input:

{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPHCzDkjFHH/"
    }
  ]
}

A successful output can resemble:

{
  "original_url": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPHCzDkjFHH/",
  "id": "1234567890",
  "ownerUsername": "examplecreator",
  "ownerId": "987654321",
  "description": "Example Reel caption #marketing @examplebrand",
  "likesCount": "12k",
  "commentsCount": "250",
  "videoViewCount": "1.2m",
  "upload_date": "2026-10-06T12:30:00",
  "thumbnail_url": "https://...",
  "duration": 24.5,
  "resolution": "1080x1920",
  "type": "GraphVideo",
  "hashtags": [
    "marketing"
  ],
  "mentions": [
    "examplebrand"
  ],
  "video_formats": [
    {
      "type": "video",
      "url": "https://...",
      "width": 1080,
      "height": 1920
    }
  ],
  "image_formats": [
    {
      "type": "image",
      "url": "https://...",
      "width": 1080,
      "height": 1920
    }
  ],
  "_scraped_at": "2026-10-07T04:30:00Z",
  "_source_index": 1
}

The exact values and available fields can vary according to the information exposed by the individual Reel page.

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Can you use Instagram Reels Details scraper for multiple Reel URLs?

Yes. The startUrls input is designed to accept multiple URLs, allowing you to process a collection of individual Instagram Reels in one Actor run.

This is helpful when your URLs come from:

• Content research
• Competitor monitoring
• Marketing campaigns
• Social media analysis
• Influencer research
• Saved Reel lists
• Internal content inventories
• Manual URL collections

Each submitted URL is tracked separately, making the resulting dataset easier to associate with the original input.

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Instagram Reels Details scraper – Use Cases

The Actor is particularly useful when Reel-level metadata matters.

📊 Content Research

Collect Reel captions, creators, engagement metrics, dates, hashtags, and media references for social media research or competitive analysis.

📈 Marketing Analysis

Review individual Reels to understand how content performs across likes, comments, views, captions, hashtags, and publishing dates.

👤 Creator Research

Build structured records around selected creators by supplying individual Reel URLs and extracting the associated owner information.

🧩 Content Cataloging

Create a searchable internal inventory of Instagram Reels containing URLs, creators, descriptions, thumbnails, durations, resolutions, and dates.

🔎 Hashtag and Mention Research

Use the extracted hashtags and mentions arrays to analyze caption-level references without manually parsing the original text.

🎬 Media Metadata Collection

Capture available thumbnail and media-format URLs together with dimensions, duration, and resolution information for downstream content workflows.

🎯 Use Cases

• Instagram Reel research
• Competitor content analysis
• Influencer and creator research
• Social media reporting
• Reel metadata collection
• Hashtag and mention analysis
• Content cataloging
• Structured social media datasets

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Input

The Actor uses a single documented input property.

startUrls

An array containing one or more Instagram Reel URLs.

Example:

{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPHCzDkjFHH/"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.instagram.com/reels/DU7bmIVEndD/"
    }
  ]
}

The field is required. Adding valid public Reel URLs is the easiest way to start a run.

⚠️ Important Input Note

The Actor is intended for individual Instagram Reel URLs. Make sure the submitted URLs point to the Reel content you want to inspect and avoid unnecessary duplicates in the same run.

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Output

The Actor produces structured records for successfully processed URLs and can also return an error record when a URL cannot be processed.

Successful records contain the Reel fields documented above. Error records can include:

{
  "original_url": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/example/",
  "error": "Unable to process the URL."
}

This approach helps you distinguish successful results from URLs that require review.

The Actor also stores the collected result set in its output storage, making the run results available for further processing through Apify's platform interface.

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Pricing

No specific monetary price is defined in the supplied Actor configuration, so this README does not invent a fixed rate.

💰 Pricing

• No fixed price is stated in the provided Actor files
• Check the Actor's current Apify Store pricing information before running
• Actual usage cost can depend on the current Apify configuration and your account plan

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Tips and Best Practices

For reliable Instagram Reels Details scraper results, start with clean and valid Reel URLs.

✅ Use Direct Reel URLs

Use the direct Reel page whenever possible rather than unrelated profile or search URLs.

✅ Keep Inputs Organized

For larger batches, maintain a clean URL list and avoid submitting the same Reel repeatedly.

✅ Review Missing Values

Some information may not be available for every Reel. For example, engagement counts, duration, or media variants can be absent depending on the available source data.

✅ Check Error Records

An unsuccessful URL is returned with an error field. Review these records separately instead of treating them as successful Reel data.

✅ Use Structured Output

The JSON structure is useful for pipelines that need consistent fields such as ownerUsername, description, hashtags, mentions, resolution, or videoViewCount.

📝 Important Notes

• Results depend on information available from the individual Instagram Reel page
• Not every Reel is guaranteed to expose every data field
• Media URLs and source-provided information can change over time
• This Actor is designed around publicly accessible Reel information
• The documented input does not require you to provide cookies

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Instagram Reels Details scraper Single / Solo Reels?

It is an Apify Actor for extracting structured metadata from one or multiple Instagram Reel URLs, including creator information, captions, engagement counts, timestamps, media metadata, hashtags, mentions, and available media URLs.

How do I scrape details from one Instagram Reel?

Add the Reel URL to the startUrls input and run the Actor. The returned record contains the available metadata for that Reel.

Can I scrape multiple Instagram Reels at once?

Yes. Add multiple Reel URLs to startUrls. The Actor processes the supplied URLs individually and keeps the original URL and source position in the output.

What data does the Instagram Reels Details scraper return?

The output can include Reel ID, owner username, owner ID, description, likes, comments, views or plays, upload date, thumbnail URL, duration, resolution, media type, hashtags, mentions, video formats, image formats, scraping timestamp, and source index.

Does the Actor extract Instagram Reel captions?

Yes. The Reel caption is returned in the description field when available. Hashtags and @mentions are also extracted into separate arrays.

Can I get Instagram Reel hashtags and mentions?

Yes. Hashtags are returned in hashtags, while username mentions found in the caption are returned in mentions.

Does the Actor provide Reel thumbnails?

Yes. When an appropriate image candidate is available, the Actor returns it in thumbnail_url.

Does the output include video duration and resolution?

Yes, when those values are available. Duration is returned in duration, while original dimensions are represented by resolution.

What happens when a Reel cannot be scraped?

The output can contain an error object with the original URL and an error message. This lets you identify records that require further review.

Is this Actor for Instagram video downloading?

This Actor is focused on Reel details and structured metadata. It can return available video and image format URLs, but it should be understood primarily as a Reel metadata extraction tool rather than a dedicated Instagram video downloading product.

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Support

For questions, feedback, or help related to this Instagram Reels Details scraper, use the contact information below.

📩 Support

• For Actor-related questions, provide the Reel URL and describe the issue you encountered
• Include the relevant run or input details when asking for troubleshooting help
• contact me by email : alphascraper69@gmail.com