Instagram Hashtag Scraper | Extract Hashtag Posts API

Scrape Instagram posts by hashtag and export a clean, structured dataset (caption, likes, comments, media URLs, timestamps, and more). The perfect Instagram scraper for hashtag research, trend analysis, content discovery, influencer hunting, and social media monitoring.

❓ What is Instagram Hashtag Scraper?

Instagram Hashtag Scraper is a powerful Apify actor that lets you search and extract posts from Instagram by hashtag. Perfect for social media managers, marketers, researchers, and brands looking to analyze trends and discover user-generated content (UGC).

With this Instagram scraper tool, you can:

• 🔍 Search posts by hashtag — Enter any hashtag (e.g., "travel", "fitness", "photography")
• 📈 Extract engagement metrics — Get like and comment counts for every post
• 🖼️ Get media URLs — Extract high-quality image and video URLs, plus dimensions
• 📄 Automatic pagination — Automatically scroll and scrape hundreds of posts
• 📊 Structured Data — Export results in clean JSON, CSV, or Excel formats

🎯 What Data Can You Extract from Instagram Hashtags?

Field	Description
postId	Unique Instagram post identifier
shortcode	Post shortcode (used in URL)
postUrl	Direct link to the Instagram post
caption	The complete text caption of the post
accessibilityCaption	Image alt-text / accessibility description
ownerId	ID of the user who posted the content
likeCount	Number of likes the post received
commentCount	Number of comments on the post
mediaType	Type of media (e.g., GraphImage, GraphVideo)
isVideo	Whether the post contains a video
commentsDisabled	Whether comments are turned off
displayUrl	URL to the highest quality image
thumbnailUrl	URL to the thumbnail image
width / height	Dimensions of the media
postedAt	ISO timestamp of when the post was created
hashtag	The hashtag used for the search

🚀 How to Use Instagram Hashtag Scraper

Step 1: Enter Hashtag

Enter the hashtag you want to scrape (with or without the # symbol).

Step 2: Set Filters (Optional)

Input	Type	Required	Default	Description
hashtag	String	✅ Yes	—	Hashtag to scrape (e.g. travel)
maxResults	Integer	❌ No	100	Maximum number of posts to scrape

Step 3: Run and Download Results

Click Start to run the scraper. Results are available in JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, and RSS formats.

📋 Example Input

{
  "hashtag": "travel",
  "maxResults": 50
}

📋 Example Output

{
  "postId": "3343355556677889900",
  "shortcode": "CxYz123AbCd",
  "postUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/p/CxYz123AbCd/",
  "caption": "Exploring the beautiful mountains! 🏔️✨ #travel #nature #hiking",
  "accessibilityCaption": "Photo by Jane Doe on April 12, 2026. May be an image of mountain and outdoors.",
  "ownerId": "1234567890",
  "likeCount": 15420,
  "commentCount": 342,
  "mediaType": "GraphImage",
  "isVideo": false,
  "commentsDisabled": false,
  "displayUrl": "https://instagram.fist1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/.../display.jpg",
  "thumbnailUrl": "https://instagram.fist1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/.../thumbnail.jpg",
  "width": 1080,
  "height": 1350,
  "postedAt": "2026-04-12T10:00:00.000Z",
  "takenAtTimestamp": 1712916000,
  "hashtag": "travel"
}

🎨 Dataset Views

View	Description
📊 Posts Overview	Caption, likes, comments, type, timestamp, post URL
💬 Engagement Metrics	Likes, comments, comments disabled status
🖼️ Media Content	Display URL, thumbnail, dimensions, and media type

💡 Use Cases

• Trend Analysis — Track what’s popular for a specific hashtag and discover viral themes
• Content Discovery — Explore fresh posts for a niche and build content pipelines
• UGC Research — Collect posts for brand/keyword hashtags and find creators
• Influencer Hunting — Identify users who get high engagement on niche hashtags
• Social Media Monitoring — Keep track of brand mentions or campaign hashtags

🔧 Tips for Best Results

1. Be specific — Broad hashtags (like #love or #instagood) update too quickly. Try niche tags.
2. Start small — Test with maxResults: 50 before doing large extractions.
3. One tag per run — Run the actor separately for different hashtags to keep datasets clean.
4. Schedule runs — Set up recurrent runs on Apify to continuously monitor a hashtag over time.

🏷️ Tags

instagram instagram scraper hashtag search instagram hashtag instagram posts social media scraper trend analysis influencer research ugc discovery instagram data apify instagram

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Happy scraping Instagram hashtags! 📸✨