# Instagram Profile Scraper - Followers, Bio & Latest Posts (`aolmo/instagram-profile`) Actor

Public Instagram profiles without login: followers, following, posts count, bio, links, verified and private flags, highlights and the 12 latest posts with captions and images. Growth deltas on scheduled runs. $0.003 per profile; no API keys, no cookies from you.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/aolmo/instagram-profile.md
- **Developed by:** [Antonio del Olmo Tena](https://apify.com/aolmo) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $3.00 / 1,000 profile scrapeds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

Scrape public Instagram profiles without logging in, without API keys and without giving the Actor any cookies. Paste usernames or profile URLs and get one row per profile with followers, following, posts count, full name, bio, bio links, verified and private flags, story highlights and the 12 latest posts (shortcode, URL, type, caption, image and date). Schedule it and every row carries the growth since the previous run: influencer vetting, creator tracking, brand monitoring and competitor benchmarks at $0.003 per profile.

The Actor reads exactly what Instagram shows to a logged-out visitor on the profile page, through residential connections that Instagram does not block, so results are the public numbers you see in the browser.

### What you get

**Profile**:

- `username`, `fullName`, `id`, `url`, `avatar`.
- `followers`, `following`, `posts` (the posts total is the figure Instagram publishes on the page; large accounts show rounded values such as `32K`).
- `bio`, `bioLinks` (title and URL of every link in the bio), `externalUrl` (the first one).
- `verified`, `private`, `pronouns`, `highlights` (titles of the story highlights), `hasReels`.

**Latest posts** (`latestPosts`, up to 12, newest first): `code`, `url`, `type` (`image`, `video` or `carousel`), `productType` (`feed`, `clips` for reels, `carousel_container`), `caption`, `postedOn` (date from Instagram's accessibility text, `YYYY-MM-DD`), `image`, `username` (the author, which differs from the profile on collaboration posts). Likes and comments of each post are not on the profile page; use the Instagram Post Scraper for them.

**Growth** on scheduled runs: `followersChange`, `followingChange`, `postsChange` (null on the first run).

Private accounts return their public counters and bio with `private: true` and no posts. Accounts that do not exist return a row with an `error` field and are not charged.

### How to use it

1. Open the **Input** tab.
2. Add **Usernames or profile URLs**: `nasa`, `@natgeo` or `https://www.instagram.com/nike/`, one per line (up to 1,000 per run).
3. Click **Start** and export the rows as JSON, CSV or Excel.
4. Schedule the Actor (for example daily) to track follower growth and new posts over time.

### Input

```json
{
  "usernames": ["nasa", "natgeo"]
}
```

| Field | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| `usernames` | Instagram usernames, `@usernames` or profile URLs. Up to 1,000 per run. |

### Output example

```json
{
  "username": "nasa",
  "fullName": "NASA",
  "url": "https://www.instagram.com/nasa/",
  "bio": "Making the seemingly impossible, possible. ✨",
  "bioLinks": [{ "title": "NASA.gov Homepage", "url": "https://www.nasa.gov" }],
  "verified": true,
  "private": false,
  "followers": 104362417,
  "following": 90,
  "posts": 4965,
  "highlights": ["Roman", "Wallpapers", "Artemis III"],
  "latestPosts": [
    {
      "code": "DeTUk4sDSp-",
      "url": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DeTUk4sDSp-/",
      "type": "video",
      "productType": "clips",
      "caption": "POV: you're watching the Earth set",
      "postedOn": "2026-10-10",
      "image": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/...",
      "username": "nasa"
    }
  ],
  "followersChange": 12480,
  "followingChange": 0,
  "postsChange": 1
}
```

### Pricing

Pay per event, no subscription:

- **Profile scraped**: $0.003 per profile returned.
- **Stats changed**: $0.0005 per profile whose followers, following or posts count changed since the previous run (scheduled runs only).

Profiles that cannot be scraped (non-existent accounts) are free. 1,000 profiles cost $3.

### Tips

- Combine it with the **Instagram Post Scraper** to get likes, comments, tagged users and media of the posts listed in `latestPosts`.
- Use the **Instagram Hashtag Scraper** to discover creators by topic and then vet them here.
- Export `latestPosts` to JSON when you need the post list; CSV flattens it into one column per field.

### Limitations

- Instagram shows logged-out visitors the 12 latest posts only; older posts, stories, followers lists and comments are not available.
- Counters are the public ones: posts total may be rounded on very large accounts, and like counts live on each post page.
- The Actor respects Instagram's pace: expect roughly one profile per second.

# Actor input Schema

## `usernames` (type: `array`):

One per line: nasa, @natgeo or https://www.instagram.com/nike/. Up to 1,000 per run.

## `product` (type: `string`):

Internal. Leave as is.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "usernames": [
    "nasa",
    "natgeo"
  ],
  "product": "instagram-profile"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Dataset items: url, changed, events, data, timestamp and error (when the target failed).

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "usernames": [
        "nasa",
        "natgeo"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("aolmo/instagram-profile").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "usernames": [
        "nasa",
        "natgeo",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("aolmo/instagram-profile").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "usernames": [
    "nasa",
    "natgeo"
  ]
}' |
apify call aolmo/instagram-profile --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,aolmo/instagram-profile"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/l9800abdoqLTXdJSH/builds/pbweFI83FPeUyKn7k/openapi.json