Instagram Posts & Reels Scraper

What is Instagram Posts & Reels Scraper?

Instagram Posts & Reels Scraper is a tool that lets you scrape posts and reels from any public Instagram profile: caption, likes, comment count, hashtags, mentions, publish date, image and video links, carousel items, tagged users, collaborators and location, plus the profile's bio, followers and post count. Enter usernames, click Start, and download the posts as Excel, CSV or JSON.

• ⚡ Speed: about 2,900 posts per minute (1,200 posts from 3 profiles in 25 seconds in our test)
• 🎬 Posts and reels: get both, or only one of them
• 📅 Date filters: only posts from the dates you choose
• 🔓 No login: no Instagram account, cookies or API key needed

What can Instagram Posts & Reels Scraper do?

• Scrape all posts from a public Instagram profile, newest first
• Scrape Instagram reels from a profile, or photos and carousels only
• Get likes, comment counts, captions, hashtags and mentions for every post
• Download links for images, videos and every carousel item
• Only get posts published between two dates
• See which posts are pinned and which are collaborations with other accounts
• Get each profile's bio, followers, following and exact post count in the same run
• Get results in seconds over the real-time API, without starting a run
• Export to Excel, CSV, JSON, HTML or XML, or send them to Google Sheets, Make, Zapier and more

What data can you extract from Instagram posts?

📝 Caption	❤️ Number of likes	💬 Number of comments
#️⃣ Hashtags	@ Mentions	📅 Publish date and time
🖼️ Image link	🎬 Video link	🗂️ Carousel items
🏷️ Tagged users	🤝 Collaborators	📍 Location
📌 Pinned post	💼 Paid partnership label	👤 Owner username and name
👥 Profile followers	➕ Profile following	🔢 Profile post count

How to scrape Instagram posts

1. Create a free Apify account (no credit card needed).
2. Open Instagram Posts & Reels Scraper.
3. Add one or more Instagram usernames or profile links.
4. Choose how many posts you want per profile, whether you want posts, reels or both, and an optional date range, then click Start.
5. When the run finishes, download your posts as Excel, CSV, JSON, HTML or XML.

⬇️ Input

Profiles can be a username (natgeo), @natgeo or a profile link (https://www.instagram.com/natgeo/).

Setting	What it does
Profiles	The Instagram profiles to scrape
Posts per profile	How many of each profile's latest posts to get (default 20). Set 0 to get the profile info only
Content	Posts and reels, posts only (photos, videos, carousels) or reels only
Posted after / Posted before	Only posts from this date range
Include profile info	Add one row per profile with its bio, followers, following and post count (on by default)

Example: the latest 100 posts and reels from two profiles.

{
  "profiles": ["natgeo", "https://www.instagram.com/nasa/"],
  "resultsPerProfile": 100
}

Example: only the reels a profile posted in August 2026.

{
  "profiles": ["natgeo"],
  "resultsPerProfile": 500,
  "contentType": "reels",
  "postedAfter": "2026-08-01",
  "postedBefore": "2026-09-01"
}

⬆️ Output

You get one row per post ("type": "post") and one row per profile ("type": "profile"). You can view them as a table in Apify Console, with separate Posts and Profiles views, or download them as Excel, CSV, JSON, HTML or XML.

{
  "type": "post",
  "id": "3933942117089715692",
  "shortCode": "DaYK4M4FKXs",
  "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DaYK4M4FKXs/",
  "mediaType": "Sidecar",
  "isReel": false,
  "caption": "Happy 250th Birthday to the United States of America, from all of us on the @iss and at...",
  "mentions": ["iss", "nasa"],
  "createdAt": "2026-07-04T16:27:46Z",
  "likes": 171475,
  "comments": 376,
  "ownerUsername": "astro_jessica",
  "ownerFullName": "Jessica Meir",
  "ownerVerified": true,
  "coauthors": ["nasaadmin", "nasa", "iss"],
  "taggedUsers": ["nasa", "iss", "nasaadmin"],
  "locationName": "International Space Station",
  "imageUrl": "https://scontent-ord5-2.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-15/732544653_...jpg",
  "carouselCount": 2,
  "isPinned": false,
  "source": "nasa",
  "fetchedAt": "2026-09-25T00:35:27Z"
}

A profile's list also includes collaboration posts that another account published with the profile as a collaborator, like the one above. ownerUsername tells you who published it.

Each run also saves a short report that lists how many profiles and rows it covered, and any profile it could not scrape with the reason (for example, a username that does not exist).

How can I use Instagram posts data?

• Competitor analysis: see what your competitors post, how often, and which posts get the most likes and comments
• Influencer research: check a creator's real engagement before you work with them
• Content planning: find the formats, hashtags and topics that perform best in your niche
• Brand monitoring: track collaborations, tags and paid partnerships around your brand
• Archiving and AI: build datasets of captions, images and videos for analysis or model training

Real-time Instagram posts API

Need posts right away inside your app? Call the actor's API and get the posts back in the response, without starting a run:

GET https://<your-actor-standby-url>/posts?username=natgeo&limit=50&contentType=reels
Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>

You can also run the actor from your own code with the Apify API or the Python and JavaScript clients:

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>")
run = client.actor("automly/instagram-profile-posts-scraper").call(run_input={
    "profiles": ["natgeo"],
    "resultsPerProfile": 200,
})
for row in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    if row["type"] == "post":
        print(row["url"], row["likes"], row["comments"])

❓FAQ

How much does it cost to scrape Instagram posts?

You pay only for the results you get, per 1,000 results. See the Pricing tab for the current price. Every Apify account gets $5 of free usage each month, so you can try it at no cost.

How many posts can I scrape from one Instagram profile?

All of them. Profiles with thousands of posts work; in our tests we read about 2,000 posts from a single profile in one go. Set Posts per profile to the number you need.

Can I scrape only Instagram reels?

Yes. Set Content to Reels only. Set it to Posts only to skip reels.

Why is the view count of reels missing?

Instagram only shows reel play counts to logged-in users, so this scraper does not include them. Likes and comment counts are included for every post, unless the owner hides likes, in which case likes is empty and likesHidden is true.

Do I need an Instagram account?

No. You don't need an Instagram account, cookies or an API key.

Can I scrape private Instagram profiles?

No. For a private profile you get its profile row (name, bio, follower count) but no posts. Only public posts can be scraped.

How long do the image and video links work?

Instagram's media links expire after a few days. Download the files you need soon after the run.

Is it legal to scrape Instagram posts?

This scraper only collects posts that people chose to publish publicly. It does not collect private data such as email addresses or phone numbers. Posts can still contain personal data, which may be protected by laws such as GDPR, so only scrape it for a legitimate reason and ask a lawyer if you are unsure. You can read more in Is web scraping legal?

Instagram Posts & Reels Scraper is an independent tool. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Instagram or Meta.

Something isn't working. What should I do?

Open the Issues tab and tell us the profile and what you expected. We usually reply within a day.

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