Instagram Hashtag Profile Scraper

Instagram Hashtag Profile Scraper Scrape Instagram posts and extract profile details using hashtags — fast, reliable, and API-free.

This actor collects Instagram posts for any hashtag and automatically extracts profile-level information including username, user ID, profile picture, verification status, and engagement metrics. Simply enter a list of hashtags to fetch the latest posts with complete profile data.

Features Extract comprehensive profile details from Instagram posts

Scrape multiple hashtags in a single run

Control the number of posts per hashtag

No Instagram API or login required

Clean structured results in Apify Dataset

Easy export to CSV, Excel, JSON, or API

Use Cases Influencer discovery and outreach

Market research and audience analysis

Social media analytics and reporting

Brand monitoring and sentiment tracking

Competitor hashtag analysis

Trend identification and tracking

How It Works For each hashtag you provide, the actor:

Calls Apify's Instagram Hashtag Scraper internally

Retrieves the latest posts up to your specified limit

Extracts clean profile, post, and engagement data

Pushes results into the dataset for easy access

Input Configuration Input Schema json { "hashtags": ["travel", "food"], "maxPosts": 50 } Parameters Field Type Required Description hashtags array of strings Yes List of hashtags to scrape (without the # symbol) maxPosts integer No Maximum number of posts to fetch per hashtag Example Input json { "hashtags": ["digitalmarketing", "contentcreation", "photography"], "maxPosts": 100 } Output Format Each scraped post returns comprehensive profile and post data:

json { "username": "travel_with_me", "userId": "39827398723", "profilePicUrl": "https://instagram.fxyz1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/...jpg", "isVerified": false, "hashtag": "travel", "postUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/p/ABC123/", "caption": "Exploring the world!", "likesCount": 1200, "commentsCount": 45, "timestamp": 1733304830, "imageUrl": "https://instagram.fxyz1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/...jpg", "type": "Image" } Output Fields username - Instagram username of the profile

userId - Unique Instagram user identifier

profilePicUrl - URL to the user's profile picture

isVerified - Verification status (true/false)

hashtag - The hashtag used to find this post

postUrl - Direct link to the Instagram post

caption - Post caption text

likesCount - Number of likes on the post

commentsCount - Number of comments on the post

timestamp - Unix timestamp of when the post was created

imageUrl - URL to the post's image or video thumbnail

type - Post type (Image, Video, or Sidecar)

Data Export Results are automatically saved in the Apify default dataset and can be exported in multiple formats:

CSV

Excel

JSON

JSONL

API endpoint