Instagram Post Scraper 📸

Overview

This Actor allows you to scrape data from any public Instagram post by URL. It retrieves key details such as post metadata, comments, number of likes, images, and more — all without requiring login or proxy rotation. Ideal for researchers, social media monitoring, and competitive analysis.

Why choose this actor? 🚀

• Works on any public Instagram post
• Extracts key fields like author, caption, likes, comments, and images
• Does NOT require proxies
• Fast and reliable extraction using Apify's Python SDK
• Works seamlessly with Make, Zapier, and Google Sheets

Use Cases

• Social media research
• Comment sentiment analysis
• Marketing campaign tracking
• Competitive analysis
• Archiving public discourse

Key Features ✨

• No login or session required
• Clean and structured dataset
• Extracts comments with profile pictures
• Parses photo URLs and interaction metrics
• NO PROXY REQUIRED
• ONLY 10 RESULTS FREE FOR FREE USERS
• max_results MUST BE A MULTIPLE OF 10

How It Works

1. Provide the Instagram post URL and maximum results to fetch
2. The Actor uses HTTPX to download the page
3. BeautifulSoup parses the page and extracts content
4. The results are stored in an Apify dataset

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Example
url	string	URL of the Instagram post to scrape	https://example.com
max_results	integer	Maximum number of comments to retrieve (must be multiple of 10)	20

Output (Full Example)

{
  "url": "example_value",
  "user_posted": "example_value",
  "num_comments": 123,
  "date_posted": "example_value",
  "likes": 123,
  "photos": ["example_item"],
  "latest_comments": [
    {
      "comments": "example_value",
      "user_commenting": "example_value",
      "likes": 123,
      "profile_picture": "example_value"
    }
  ]
}

Pricing

The Actor offers a free tier for testing (up to 10 results). For higher volumes, pricing is $3/1000 results.

Legal Disclaimer

This Actor is intended for educational and research purposes only. The user is responsible for ensuring that their usage complies with Instagram’s terms of service.

Update Policy

The Actor is actively maintained and updated as needed to keep up with changes in Instagram's structure.

FAQ

Does this Actor work without login?
Yes. It scrapes public posts without requiring an account.

How many results can I scrape with a free account?
Only up to 10 results are allowed for free-tier users.

Do I need proxies?
NO PROXIES ARE REQUIRED.

What happens if I set max_results = 35?
The Actor will return 40 results, since it always rounds up to the next multiple of 10.

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