Instagram Profile Intel — No Login · Bio Emails · 25+ Fields

📦 Open source · MIT: github.com/AnshumanAtrey/instagram-profile-intel-no-login

No Instagram login required. No cookies. No auth. No friction. Drop in usernames. Get back 25+ structured intel layers per profile in one call.

Built for B2B sales teams, influencer-marketing agencies, lead-gen consultants, recruiters, brand-safety analysts, and competitive intelligence researchers.

Why we beat every Instagram scraper on Apify

Most Instagram actors stop at profile metadata. We layer 25+ enrichments on top — bio email regex, multi-link expansion, engagement scoring, account age estimation, posting patterns, communication style, hashtag campaigns, top/worst post identification, cross-platform presence on 8 platforms, tech stack of their website, bio link health checks (with HEAD/GET fallback), profile picture metadata, MX email validation, pincode extraction — all in a single API call with zero authentication required.

The 25+ enrichment layers

Layer	Returns
1. Identity	username, full_name, IG ID, Facebook ID, EIMU ID, category, pronouns
2. Counts	followers, following, total posts, highlights
3. Account flags	is_verified, is_business, is_professional, is_private, is_joined_recently, hide_engagement
4. IG Capabilities	has_clips (reels), has_channel (broadcast), has_guides, has_onboarded_to_threads, has_ar_effects, is_regulated_c18, AI agent flags
5. Business contact	business_contact_method preference (CALL / EMAIL / TEXT / UNKNOWN)
6. Bio + Links	full bio, structured bio_links[], external_url, profile pic + HD pic
7. Profile pic metadata	dimensions / content-type / file size (HEAD verified)
8. Bio Contact Extraction	Emails (incl. anti-bot hello [at] domain dot com), phones, WhatsApp/Telegram/YouTube/LinkedIn handles, ALL URLs in bio text
9. MX-validated emails	DNS MX lookup per email — confirms domain accepts email (filters typos + fake domains)
10. Pincode (India)	6-digit Indian postal code extracted from bio
11. Recent posts	12 most recent with caption, likes, comments, video views, timestamp, tagged users, location
12. Account Age	Estimated join year/month from user ID + age bucket (newcomer/recent/established/veteran/legacy)
13. Engagement Quality	Rate calculation + Phlanx-tier classification (excellent/good/low/fake-follower-signal)
14. Posting Pattern	Modal hour (IST + UTC), modal day of week, consistency score
15. Communication Style	Emoji density, bio languages (en/hi detection), Hinglish flag, bio word count
16. Hashtag Pattern	Total uses, unique count, diversity ratio, branded hashtag detection, top 10
17. Hashtag Campaigns	Hashtags used 3+ times in last 12 posts → active campaign detection
18. Top Mentioned Accounts	Frequency-sorted @mentions in captions (influencer graph)
19. Top + Worst Post	Best- and worst-performing post of last 12 with engagement rate + caption
20. Cross-Platform Presence	Threads, GitHub, Reddit, YouTube, Pinterest, Spotify, Twitter/X, Facebook — does this username exist there?
21. External URL Metadata	og:title, og:description, og:image, body emails + phones
22. Tech Stack Detection	Shopify, Wix, Webflow, WordPress, Squarespace, Next.js, Vercel, Cloudflare, Stripe, Razorpay, AWS-S3 — what's behind their website
23. Bio Link Health Check	HEAD each bio_link[] URL with automatic GET fallback on 405/403 (handles LinkedIn etc.)
24. Multi-Link Bio Expansion	linktr.ee, beacons.ai, bio.link, lnk.bio, taplink, etc. — all child links extracted
25. Collab Detection	Recent co-authored posts + who they collab with
26. Niche Auto-Detection	food/beauty/fashion/tech/fitness/wedding/travel/B2B/etc.

Sample output (real @biryanibykilo record, May 2026)

{
  "username": "biryanibykilo",
  "fullName": "Biryani By Kilo",
  "followerCount": 75988,
  "category": "Product/service",
  "isVerified": true,
  "pincode": null,

  "igCapabilities": {
    "hasClips": true,
    "hasChannel": false,
    "hasGuides": false,
    "hasOnboardedToThreads": true,
    "hideEngagement": false
  },

  "accountAge": {
    "estimatedJoinDate": "2014-12",
    "ageYears": 11.4,
    "ageBucket": "legacy"
  },

  "engagement": {
    "engagementRate": 0.0023,
    "engagementQuality": "fake-follower-signal",
    "postingFrequency": { "postsPerWeek": 4.42, "isActive": true, "lastPostDaysAgo": 1 }
  },

  "postingPattern": {
    "modalHourIST": 20,
    "modalDayOfWeek": "Friday",
    "consistencyScore": 0.33
  },

  "topPost": {
    "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DYaPE5GpUPw/",
    "likes": 95,
    "comments": 0,
    "videoViewCount": 4837,
    "engagementRate": 0.0013,
    "caption": "Log bolte hai ki vo abhi bhi gloves hi pehen raha he..."
  },
  "worstPost": {
    "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DYfS2BHtvnR/",
    "likes": 16,
    "comments": 1,
    "engagementRate": 0.0002
  },

  "crossPlatform": {
    "threads":   {"exists": true, "url": "https://www.threads.net/@biryanibykilo"},
    "github":    {"exists": true, "url": "https://github.com/biryanibykilo"},
    "youtube":   {"exists": false},
    "pinterest": {"exists": true, "url": "https://pinterest.com/biryanibykilo/"},
    "spotify":   {"exists": true, "url": "https://open.spotify.com/user/biryanibykilo"},
    "reddit":    {"exists": true, "url": "https://reddit.com/user/biryanibykilo/about.json"},
    "twitter":   {"exists": true, "url": "https://x.com/biryanibykilo"},
    "facebook":  {"exists": true, "url": "https://facebook.com/biryanibykilo"}
  },

  "externalUrlMeta": {
    "title": "Biryani by Kilo",
    "ogTitle": "Biryani By Kilo - Best Biryani Home Delivery",
    "ogDescription": "India's most Premium Biryani & Kebab delivery chain...",
    "techStack": ["aws-s3"],
    "extractedFromSite": {"emails": [], "phones": []}
  },

  "bioLinkHealth": [
    {"url": "https://web.biryanibykilo.com/", "alive": true, "status": 200},
    {"url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...", "alive": true, "status": 200},
    {"url": "http://web.biryanibykilo.com/store-locators", "alive": true, "status": 200},
    {"url": "https://docs.google.com/forms/d/.../viewform", "alive": false, "status": 404, "title": "Valentine's Day #LoveKaDum"}
  ],

  "profilePicMeta": {
    "contentType": "image/jpeg",
    "contentLength": 8032,
    "status": 200
  },

  "extractedFromBio": {"emails": [], "phones": [], "whatsappLinks": [], "allUrls": []},
  "mxValidatedEmails": null,
  "topMentions": [],
  "recentCollabs": [],
  "detectedNiche": "food",
  "recentPosts": [/* 12 posts */]
}

Why this beats every Instagram scraper on Apify

Feature	apify/instagram-scraper	data-slayer/cookieless	Us
Profile metadata	✅	✅	✅
Bio email extraction	❌	✅	✅
MX-validated emails	❌	partial (SMTP $12/1k tier)	✅ (FREE in basic)
Bio phone extraction	❌	✅	✅
bio_links[] array	❌	✅	✅
Country code	❌	✅	✅
Recent posts (12)	✅	❌	✅
Engagement rate + quality classification	❌	❌	✅
Account age estimation	❌	partial (paid tier)	✅
Posting pattern (best hour/day)	❌	❌	✅
Communication style (emoji + language)	❌	❌	✅
Hashtag campaign detection	❌	❌	✅
Branded hashtag detection	❌	❌	✅
Top + worst performing post	❌	❌	✅
Top mentioned accounts (graph)	❌	❌	✅
Pincode extraction (India)	❌	❌	✅
Cross-platform username check (8 plats)	❌	❌	✅
External URL og:metadata	❌	❌	✅
Multi-link bio expander	❌	❌	✅
Tech stack detection of website	❌	❌	✅
Bio link health check	❌	❌	✅
Profile picture metadata	❌	❌	✅
IG capabilities (clips/channel/threads)	❌	❌	✅
Collab/coauthor detection	❌	❌	✅
Niche auto-detection	❌	❌	✅
Anti-bot obfuscated email decode	❌	❌	✅

Combined: we have 17 unique features no competitor offers.

Quick start

1. Paste usernames (with or without @, full URLs also work):

   biryanibykilo
   plumgoodness
   @shaadiwish
   https://www.instagram.com/mokobara/
   

2. Pick Enrichment level: Full (recommended) or Basic
3. Toggle individual enrichments to balance speed vs depth (default: ALL ON)
4. Click Run

Typical run: 50 usernames in ~5-8 minutes with all enrichments ON (parallel per profile).

Pricing

$0.005 actor-start + $0.05 per profile (full mode) / $0.02 per profile (basic mode).

Profiles (full enrichment)	Approx cost
10	$0.51
50	$2.51
100	$5.01
500	$25.01
1000	$50.01

Common use cases

B2B SaaS targeting verified-engagement Indian SMBs

"Food businesses in India, 5K-50K followers, 5+ years old, ACTIVE posting, with valid email or WhatsApp in bio."

Filter: detectedNiche == "food" AND
        category CONTAINS "food" AND
        followerCount BETWEEN 5000 AND 50000 AND
        accountAge.ageBucket IN ["established", "veteran", "legacy"] AND
        engagement.postingFrequency.isActive == true AND
        (mxValidatedEmails ANY hasValidMx == true OR extractedFromBio.whatsappLinks.length > 0)

Agency vetting influencers — kill fake-follower frauds

"Filter creators with REAL engagement, NOT bot-padded follower counts."

Filter: engagement.engagementQuality IN ["excellent", "good"] AND
        crossPlatform.youtube.exists == true AND
        engagement.postingFrequency.isActive == true AND
        accountAge.ageYears > 2

Lead gen with multi-link expansion

"Plum Goodness's bio has linktr.ee — give me all their product URLs."

The multiLinkExpanded.childLinks field returns all 20 product links with titles. Saves hours of manual click-through.

Tech stack intelligence for B2B targeting

"Find brands using Shopify (to sell them a Shopify-app) or using Razorpay (to sell Indian payment infra)."

Filter: externalUrlMeta.techStack CONTAINS "shopify"
Filter: externalUrlMeta.techStack CONTAINS "razorpay"

Brand monitoring / fake-account detection

"Find suspiciously new accounts impersonating my brand."

Filter: fullName CONTAINS "mybrand" AND
        accountAge.ageBucket == "newcomer" AND
        engagement.engagementQuality == "fake-follower-signal"

Competitor posting-pattern intel

"When does my competitor post? Avoid posting at the same time."

The postingPattern field shows modal hour + day. Plan your launches for opposite slots.

Dead-link surveillance for brand maintenance

"Find businesses with broken bio links — these are easy wins for sales (offer to fix their funnel)."

Filter: bioLinkHealth ANY alive == false

Inputs

Field	Default	Description
usernames	required	Array of usernames or full IG URLs
enrichLevel	full	basic or full
checkCrossPlatform	true	Threads/GitHub/Reddit/YouTube/Pinterest/Spotify/Twitter/Facebook
enrichExternalUrl	true	og:metadata + body emails/phones + tech stack
expandMultiLinkBio	true	linktr.ee / beacons.ai / bio.link expansion
fetchCountryCode	true	2-letter ISO from /about page
validateEmailsViaMx	true	DNS MX lookup per extracted email
checkBioLinkHealth	true	HEAD each bio_link for 200/404
fetchProfilePicMeta	true	HEAD pic for dimensions/size
useResidentialProxy	true	Apify Residential Proxy rotation
requestDelayMs	1500	Polite delay between IG profile calls
maxRetries	3	Per-username retry on 429/5xx

Account age estimation — how it works

Instagram user IDs are roughly sequential (lower ID = older account). Using a calibration table of 25+ known reference points (e.g., @instagram joined Oct 2010 at ID 25M; ID 1B = mid-2014; ID 50B = mid-2021), we interpolate the join date.

Accuracy:

• ±3 months for accounts < 5 years old
• ±6 months for accounts 5-10 years old
• ±12 months for legacy accounts (10+ years)

Age buckets:

• newcomer — < 6 months
• recent — 6 months to 2 years
• established — 2-5 years
• veteran — 5-10 years
• legacy — 10+ years

Engagement quality buckets

Phlanx/HypeAuditor-style thresholds, adjusted by follower tier:

Follower tier	excellent	good	low	fake-follower-signal
< 10K	≥ 6%	≥ 2%	≥ 0.5%	< 0.5%
10K-100K	≥ 4%	≥ 1.5%	≥ 0.3%	< 0.3%
100K-1M	≥ 3%	≥ 0.8%	≥ 0.15%	< 0.15%
> 1M	≥ 2%	≥ 0.5%	≥ 0.1%	< 0.1%

engagementRate = (avgLikes + avgComments) / followerCount from the 12 most recent posts.

MX email validation

For every email extracted from bio, we run a DNS MX lookup on the domain. Returns:

• hasValidMx: true → the domain has mail-exchange records → email can be received
• hasValidMx: false → typo, fake domain, or domain has no email setup → skip

This is free (no API key needed) and faster than SMTP verification. We use Node's built-in DNS module. It catches ~80% of bad emails before you waste outreach on them.

Tech stack detection

For each external URL, we detect:

• E-commerce: Shopify, Wix, Squarespace, Webflow, WordPress
• Frameworks: Next.js, Gatsby
• CDN/Hosting: Cloudflare, Vercel, Netlify, AWS-S3
• Payments: Stripe, Razorpay (Indian payment gateway)

Detection uses HTTP response headers + HTML signatures. Useful for:

• B2B targeting (sell Shopify apps to Shopify stores)
• Lead-quality scoring (custom-built site = more sophisticated business)
• Competitor intel (what's our competitor's stack?)

Integrations

• Zapier — trigger on new HubSpot/Pipedrive contact
• Make (Integromat) — route by detectedNiche, engagementQuality, accountAge.ageBucket, category
• n8n — self-hosted workflows
• Webhooks — Apify dispatches on run completion
• MCP Server — Claude/ChatGPT/Cursor agent integration via Apify MCP
• HTTP API + SDKs — Python, Node.js, .NET, PHP

FAQ

Do I need to log into Instagram?

No. Zero authentication. Pure public-data scraping.

How does the account age estimation work?

IG user IDs are roughly sequential. We use a calibration table mapping known ID ranges to dates. Accuracy ±3-12 months depending on age.

Why is business_email always null but extractedFromBio.emails has values?

Instagram's business_email field is gated (requires auth). We parse the bio text with regex and find emails businesses put DIRECTLY in their bio.

What's the difference between MX validation and SMTP verification?

• MX validation (ours, free): DNS lookup confirms the domain has mail servers → 80% accuracy on "email is reachable"
• SMTP verification (paid services like MillionVerifier): actually pings the mail server → 95%+ accuracy
• We ship MX-only because it's free + catches obvious typos. For 100% deliverability, run our output through MillionVerifier separately.

How accurate is cross-platform check?

• Threads — 100% (Meta auto-creates Threads for every IG)
• GitHub / YouTube / Pinterest / Spotify — reliable 200/404 signal
• Reddit — uses /about.json for clean detection
• Twitter/X, Facebook — GET-based with redirect detection (catches login redirects = user doesn't exist)

What's the tech stack detection accuracy?

• Shopify (via x-shopid header or cdn.shopify.com URLs): 95%+
• Wix, Webflow, WordPress, Squarespace: 85-95% (HTML signature matching)
• Frameworks (Next.js, Gatsby): 90%+
• Payments (Stripe, Razorpay): only detected if checkout script is embedded on homepage
• AWS-S3, Cloudflare: from response headers, 100%

Can I scrape followers/following/stories/reels/comments?

No — those require Instagram auth. This actor is intentionally auth-free. For follower lists see scraping_solutions/instagram-scraper-followers-following-no-cookies.

Is this legal?

We access only publicly visible Instagram data + public profile pages on other platforms. No auth bypass, no ToS circumvention. You're responsible for:

• GDPR/DPDP compliance when storing data
• Having lawful basis for processing personal data
• CAN-SPAM / anti-spam laws for outreach
• Not using extracted contacts for mass cold-calling without consent

Pairs nicely with

Bundle for richer B2B + OSINT workflows:

• Holehe Email OSINT — Take bio emails extracted here, check which platforms each is registered on
• NetIntel — WHOIS/DNS/SSL/GeoIP for externalUrl and child links
• theHarvester — Discover subdomains + emails for the account's primary website
• Social Analyzer — Find the same username across 900+ platforms (deeper than our 8)
• Bug Bounty Finder — Check if websites have disclosure programs
• nmap — Network recon for discovered websites
• Zomato Restaurant Scraper — Restaurant lead lists

Limits & honest caveats

• Rate limits: ~200 requests/hour per IP unauthenticated. Apify Residential Proxy comfortably handles 500-1000 profiles per run
• Private accounts: username + private flag only (intentional)
• Deleted/banned accounts: status: "not_found"
• Account age accuracy: ±3-12 months (calibration estimate, not exact join date)
• Cross-platform check: 8 platforms; some (LinkedIn, TikTok) excluded due to anti-bot
• External URL crawl hit rate: ~50-70% (Cloudflare/Shopify aggressively block; we gracefully skip)
• MX validation accuracy: ~80% of bad emails caught (the other 20% have valid MX but rejected mailboxes — would need SMTP for 95%+)
• Engagement formula: based on 12 most recent posts. Viral post in last 12 inflates avg.
• Niche detection: keyword-based, English-focused. Hindi-only accounts return other more often
• Tech stack: signatures may miss obfuscated builds (e.g., headless Shopify via Hydrogen)

Credits & built by

Built by Anshuman Atrey — independent OSINT + lead-gen tool builder.

Public data only. No Instagram credentials are requested, transmitted, or stored.