📸 Instagram Discover Reels Scraper

Overview

This actor scrapes Instagram Reels from public profile URLs you provide. It captures detailed metadata such as likes, views, video play count, comments (including top comments), timestamps, and thumbnails — all in clean JSON format.

Why choose this actor? 🤖

Unlike other scrapers that require login or use proxies, this actor does NOT need proxies and works with public content only. Plus, it automatically adjusts max_results to the nearest multiple of 10, ensuring your scraping tasks always return data.

We also stand out from competitors by:

• Including structured top comment data (text, user, avatar, likes).
• Providing the original video and audio URLs.
• Supporting batch profile scraping and date filtering.

Use Cases

• Analyze engagement trends of competitors.
• Collect content metadata for marketing insights.
• Monitor influencer content and performance.
• Feed Reels data into AI/ML training pipelines.

Key Features ✨

• No login or proxies required.
• Supports up to 1,000 reels per profile.
• Smart pagination and date filtering.
• Outputs top-level comment threads.
• Works on profiles like https://www.instagram.com/zuck/ or any public username.

How It Works

1. Provide a list of Instagram profile URLs.
2. Optionally, define a date range and number of reels.
3. The actor scrapes public Reels posts and returns structured JSON with complete metadata.

Input Parameters

Field	Type	Description	Example
profile_urls	array	List of Instagram profile URLs to scrape from.	["https://www.instagram.com/johndoe/"]
max_reels	integer	Max number of reels to scrape per profile. Must be a multiple of 10.	30
start_date	string	(Optional) Oldest reel date (DD-MM-YYYY).	"01-01-2025"
end_date	string	(Optional) Newest reel date (DD-MM-YYYY).	"30-06-2025"

⚠️ SPECIAL CASES:

• ONLY 10 RESULTS FREE if using a free Apify account.
• max_reels must be a multiple of 10. If not, it rounds up to the next multiple automatically.
• NO PROXIES REQUIRED.

Output (Full Example)

{
  "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/EXAMPLE/",
  "user_posted": "johndoe",
  "description": "Sample reel description",
  "hashtags": ["#tag1", "#tag2"],
  "num_comments": 123,
  "date_posted": "2025-06-01T15:00:00.000Z",
  "likes": 10500,
  "views": 21000,
  "video_play_count": 19500,
  "top_comments": [
    {
      "comment": "Amazing content!",
      "user_commenting": "follower123",
      "date_of_comment": "2025-07-01T12:34:56.000Z",
      "likes": 15,
      "num_replies": 2,
      "replies": [],
      "avatar": "https://instagram.com/path/to/avatar.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "post_id": "0000000000000000001",
  "thumbnail": "https://instagram.com/path/to/thumb.jpg",
  "shortcode": "EXAMPLEREEL",
  "content_id": "0000000000000000001_999999999",
  "product_type": "clips",
  "coauthor_producers": [],
  "tagged_users": [],
  "length": "30",
  "video_url": "https://instagram.com/path/to/video.mp4",
  "audio_url": "https://instagram.com/reels/audio/example",
  "posts_count": 120,
  "followers": 123456,
  "following": 100,
  "user_profile_url": "https://www.instagram.com/johndoe/",
  "is_paid_partnership": false,
  "is_verified": true,
  "timestamp": "2025-07-08T17:59:59.396Z",
  "input": {
    "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/EXAMPLE/",
    "posts_count": 120,
    "followers": 123456,
    "following": 100
  },
  "discovery_input": {
    "url": "https://www.instagram.com/johndoe/",
    "num_of_posts": 10,
    "start_date": "",
    "end_date": ""
  }
}

Pricing 💰

Pay-as-you-go: $2 per 1,000 results

Legal Disclaimer

This actor only accesses publicly available data from Instagram without login, bypass, or interaction. Use is subject to Apify and Instagram's respective Terms of Use. You are responsible for lawful usage.

Update Policy

This actor is actively maintained. For feature requests or bugs, contact the author via Apify.

FAQ

Do I need to log in?
No. This actor scrapes public profiles and does not require login or cookies.

Can I scrape private or business profiles?
Only if they are public. Private content is not accessible.

Does it download videos or images?
No. But it provides direct links to video and thumbnail files.