Instagram Profile Scraper — Bio, Followers & Posts (no login)

What does Instagram Profile Scraper do?

Scrape public Instagram profile metadata — bio, follower counts, verification, business category, profile pictures, recent posts, and related profiles — without login.

Unofficial. This Actor is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or maintained by Instagram / Meta. It reads public profile data only.

Dashboards: connect Power BI, Tableau, Looker Studio, or Qlik to the dataset API — see Export to Power BI, Tableau, Looker Studio & Qlik near the end. AI agents: paste this Actor’s Store page URL into an Apify-capable agent (MCP / Claude / Cursor with Apify), create an Apify account and API token once, and the agent can run the Actor and wire up the output.

Drop-in input: usernames array aligned with Apify Instagram Profile Scraper for easy migration.

Why use this scraper?

• 📸 Public profile bio, counts, verification, and business fields
• 📝 Optional embedded latestPosts from the profile timeline
• 🔗 Related profiles surfaced in the API response
• 🔑 Clone-compatible usernames input — no cookies for public accounts

What data can you extract?

Public profile fields: username, user ID, full name, biography, external URL, follower/following/post counts, verification and privacy flags, business category, profile picture URLs, recent posts (caption, likes, comments, media URL), and related profile suggestions.

includeAboutSection is accepted for schema compatibility but not supported — date-joined / country fields are not fetched.

Use cases

• Creator and brand discovery by bio and follower metrics
• Competitor and market research on public accounts
• Contact-link aggregation from bios and bio links
• Recent content overview without a separate posts Actor

How to scrape Instagram profiles

1. Open this Actor in Apify Console.
2. Click Start on the prefilled @instagram handle (maxRecentPosts 5). Keep Residential proxy enabled.
3. Add usernames, @handles, or profile URLs to the usernames list.
4. Export JSON/CSV from the dataset, or open the Issues tab on this Store page if a run fails.

{
  "usernames": ["instagram"],
  "includeRecentPosts": true,
  "maxRecentPosts": 5,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]
  }
}

Sample output

{
  "inputUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/instagram/",
  "username": "instagram",
  "id": "25025320",
  "fullName": "Instagram",
  "biography": "Discover what's new on Instagram",
  "followersCount": 686331939,
  "followsCount": 280,
  "postsCount": 8569,
  "verified": true,
  "private": false,
  "isBusinessAccount": false,
  "profilePicUrl": "https://…",
  "url": "https://www.instagram.com/instagram/",
  "latestPosts": [
    {
      "shortCode": "Dcjf2b4GE_M",
      "caption": "…",
      "likesCount": 230076,
      "commentsCount": 3655,
      "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/Dcjf2b4GE_M/"
    }
  ],
  "relatedProfiles": [],
  "scrapedAt": "2026-08-28T11:00:00+00:00"
}

How much does it cost?

Pay per event (PPE): Actor start + each successfully scraped profile. On Free, profiles are about $0.45 / 1,000; paid plans are lower (see the Pricing tab). No profile charge when zero profiles succeed.

The Actor stops early when your run hits the platform charge limit (event_charge_limit_reached).

FAQ

Does it require Instagram login?

No. Public profiles are fetched via Instagram’s public web profile API. Private accounts you cannot view without login may return limited or error rows.

Is this official Instagram software?

No. Unofficial tool; not affiliated with Instagram or Meta.

Can I migrate from apify/instagram-profile-scraper?

Yes. Use the same usernames array. includeAboutSection is ignored on this Actor.

Legal?

Public profile facts only. No login bypass. No private personal data beyond what Instagram publishes on public profiles.

Related Actors

Actor	Use together when…
Instagram Comments Scraper	You need comment threads on specific posts or reels
Meta Ads Library Scraper	You pair creator profiles with Facebook / Instagram ad creative research
Apify Instagram Profile Scraper	You need the official Store leader with about-section add-on

Profile: bakos_bence on Apify

For AI agents & LLM apps

Paste this Actor’s Apify Store URL into an agent that can use Apify (MCP, Claude, Cursor, etc.). With an Apify account and API token, the agent can set input, run the Actor, and fetch the dataset.

Actor ID: bakos_bence/instagram-profile-scraper

Purpose: Public Instagram profile metadata; no login.

Export to Power BI, Tableau, Looker Studio & Qlik

After a run, rows live in an Apify dataset. You can download JSON/CSV/Excel from the Dataset tab, or point BI tools at a CSV URL that refreshes when you scrape again.

Prefer the token in the URL (token=) — most tools only need “open this link as CSV”, with no custom headers.

Build a refreshable CSV URL

1. In Apify Console, open Settings → Integrations and copy an API token.
2. Save this Actor as a Task (optional but best for dashboards), run or schedule it once so there is a successful run.
3. Use the latest successful task run URL (replace TASK_ID and YOUR_TOKEN):

https://api.apify.com/v2/actor-tasks/TASK_ID/runs/last/dataset/items?format=csv&clean=true&status=SUCCEEDED&token=YOUR_TOKEN

Or, from any finished run, open the Dataset tab, copy the dataset ID, and use:

https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/DATASET_ID/items?format=csv&clean=true&token=YOUR_TOKEN

Anyone with that URL can read the data — treat it like a password. For recurring dashboards, prefer the actor-tasks/…/runs/last/… form so refresh always hits the newest successful scrape.

Power BI

1. Open Power BI Desktop → Home → Get data → Web.
2. Paste the CSV URL (including token=).
3. When asked how to sign in, choose Anonymous → Connect.
4. Confirm the preview is a table (CSV). Load or Transform data as needed.
5. Publish / schedule refresh in the Power BI service using the same URL (task runs/last keeps it current after each scrape).

401: token missing/wrong, or you did not pick Anonymous.

Tableau

1. Install Tableau’s REST API connector from Tableau Exchange (Desktop 2023.3+).
2. Connect → To a Server → REST API.
3. Paste the CSV URL (including token=). Set response format to CSV.
4. If the connector asks for auth and the token is already in the URL, leave credentials empty / anonymous; otherwise paste the same token as a Bearer access token.
5. Create an extract. Refresh the extract after scheduled Task runs (or point at runs/last so each refresh loads the latest success).

Plain Text file connect still works if you download CSV from the Dataset tab once — use REST when you want repeatable refresh.

Looker Studio

Looker Studio has no strong built-in “private CSV API” connector. Use Google Sheets as the bridge:

1. Create a Google Sheet. In A1 enter:

=IMPORTDATA("https://api.apify.com/v2/actor-tasks/TASK_ID/runs/last/dataset/items?format=csv&clean=true&status=SUCCEEDED&token=YOUR_TOKEN")

2. Wait until columns fill (Sheets refreshes IMPORTDATA periodically).
3. In Looker Studio → Create → Report → Google Sheets → select that spreadsheet / tab.
4. Build the report. After each Actor/Task run, refresh the Sheet (or wait for IMPORTDATA) then refresh the Looker data source.

One-off alternative: Dataset tab → download CSV → Looker Studio File upload.

Qlik

REST connector (refreshable):

1. In Qlik Cloud / Qlik Sense → Add data → REST (or create a REST connection in the Data load editor).
2. URL = the CSV URL including token=. Method GET.
3. Set the expected response type to CSV (or use format=json and JSON mode).
4. Test connection, pick the table, Add / Load.
5. Reload the app after scheduled scrapes; with runs/last, each reload pulls the latest successful dataset.

Files: Dataset tab → download CSV → Add data → upload the file (fine for a single snapshot).

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