Instagram Reels Discovery Scraper 📸

Overview

This actor enables you to discover and extract Instagram Reels metadata by submitting a list of profile URLs. It collects detailed information such as views, likes, post dates, and top comments, helping researchers, marketers, and analysts gain insights into social media engagement trends.

Why choose this actor? 🚀

Unlike most Instagram scrapers, this actor focuses specifically on Reels content and provides structured JSON output, ideal for automated pipelines and post-processing. It requires no proxy and is optimized for fast, reliable execution.

NO PROXIES ARE REQUIRED FREE USERS CAN ONLY EXTRACT 10 RESULTS PER RUN THE max_results VALUE WILL BE ROUNDED TO THE NEAREST HIGHER MULTIPLE OF 10

Use Cases

• Monitor influencer or brand engagement through Reels.
• Research content virality and trends over time.
• Feed short-form video data into machine learning pipelines.
• Power tools that analyze sentiment, reach, or frequency of Reels publication.

Key Features ✨

• Targeted discovery of Reels using profile URLs.
• Extraction of video metadata (views, likes, play count, post date).
• Collects top-level comments with user info and timestamps.
• Works without proxies.
• Output optimized for developer workflows.

How It Works 🔍

1. You provide a list of public Instagram profile URLs.
2. The actor visits the profile and extracts metadata from the most recent Reels.
3. Each Reels post is parsed into structured JSON format including user data, stats, description, and comments.
4. Results are output as an Apify dataset ready to download or pipe into your apps.

Input Parameters

Field	Type	Description	Example
urls	array	List of Instagram profile URLs to extract reels from.	["https://www.instagram.com/example"]

Output (Full Example)

{
  "url": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJwp5xpxJ-3/",
  "user_posted": "exampleuser",
  "description": "Exciting reel!",
  "hashtags": ["#example"],
  "num_comments": 1234,
  "date_posted": "2025-05-17T16:11:33.000Z",
  "likes": 45678,
  "views": 987654,
  "video_play_count": 1234567,
  "top_comments": [
    {
      "comment": "Amazing!",
      "user_commenting": "commenter1",
      "date_of_comment": "2025-07-14T12:21:36.000Z",
      "likes": 10,
      "num_replies": 0,
      "replies": [],
      "avatar": "https://example.com/avatar.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "post_id": "0000000000000000000",
  "thumbnail": "https://example.com/thumbnail.jpg",
  "shortcode": "ABC123",
  "content_id": "0000000000000000000_0000000",
  "product_type": "clips",
  "coauthor_producers": [],
  "tagged_users": [],
  "length": "123.456",
  "video_url": "https://example.com/video.mp4",
  "audio_url": "https://example.com/audio",
  "user_profile_url": "https://www.instagram.com/exampleuser",
  "is_paid_partnership": false,
  "is_verified": true,
  "timestamp": "2025-07-14T14:24:39.251Z",
  "input": {
    "url": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJwp5xpxJ-3/"
  },
  "discovery_input": {
    "url": "https://www.instagram.com/exampleuser",
    "num_of_posts": 20,
    "start_date": "",
    "end_date": ""
  }
}

Pricing

Plan	Price per 1,000 results
Free	First 10 results free
Pay-as-you-go	$3

Legal Disclaimer

This actor is intended for public data collection only. Ensure that you comply with Instagram’s Terms of Service and all relevant laws and regulations when using this tool. We do not store or reuse any private data.

Update Policy

This actor is actively maintained. Minor updates are rolled out without notice. Breaking changes will be announced on the Apify changelog.

FAQ

Does it work on private profiles? No. It only processes public profile URLs and their Reels.

Can I get more than 10 results as a free user? No. Upgrade your Apify account to retrieve more results.

Is login required? No login is necessary for public profiles.