Instagram Hashtag Finder · No Login

Type any keyword and get every Instagram hashtag suggestion for that topic — with post counts, hashtag IDs, and followable status. The same results Instagram shows in its own Tags search, delivered as structured data you can export. No login, no cookies.

What This Actor Does

When you type a word into Instagram's search bar and tap "Tags," Instagram returns a list of suggested hashtags. This actor replicates that exact result — programmatically, in bulk, without opening the app.

Input: one or more keywords (e.g., "fitness", "marketing", "sustainable fashion")

Output: for each keyword, a list of suggested hashtags Instagram surfaces for that topic — with the total post count for each hashtag

That's the complete function. It's a hashtag research and planning tool, not a post scraper. If you're looking to scrape posts FROM a specific hashtag, see the Other Actors section below.

Why You'd Use This

The manual version: You open Instagram, type each topic into search, tap Tags, note down the hashtag names and approximate post counts, repeat for every topic, then build your spreadsheet by hand.

With this actor: Paste 50 topic keywords, run once, get a structured spreadsheet of every hashtag suggestion and its post count across all 50 topics. Takes 2 minutes instead of 2 hours.

Who uses this:

• Social media managers building hashtag sets for client posts
• Content strategists auditing hashtag strategy across a niche
• Agencies standardizing hashtag research across multiple client accounts
• Developers building hashtag recommendation tools or social media dashboards

What You Get

5 fields per hashtag result:

Field	Description	Example
name	Hashtag name without the # symbol	fitnessjourney
media_count	Total number of posts using this hashtag on Instagram	47,892,100
allow_following	Whether users can follow this hashtag on Instagram	true
id	Instagram's internal unique ID for this hashtag	17841563567263066
profile_pic_url	Cover image Instagram associates with this hashtag (if any)	URL or null

The key field is media_count. This tells you exactly how saturated each hashtag is — critical for choosing between a 50M-post hashtag (very competitive, hard to surface) and a 500K-post hashtag (niche, easier to be discovered).

Input

Field	Description	Example
query	A keyword or topic to search Instagram hashtags for	fitness, sustainable fashion, saas marketing

Enter one keyword per run, or use Apify's built-in array input to queue multiple keywords in one batch.

Sample Output

Search keyword: "insights"

[
  {
    "name": "marketinginsights",
    "media_count": 157724,
    "allow_following": false,
    "id": "17843878606024523",
    "profile_pic_url": null
  },
  {
    "name": "businessinsights",
    "media_count": 186116,
    "allow_following": false,
    "id": "17841556174107909",
    "profile_pic_url": null
  },
  {
    "name": "industryinsights",
    "media_count": 143866,
    "allow_following": false,
    "id": "17843171689022801",
    "profile_pic_url": null
  },
  {
    "name": "datainisghts",
    "media_count": 28450,
    "allow_following": false,
    "id": "17843500892104971",
    "profile_pic_url": null
  }
]

Practical Workflow: Building a Hashtag Strategy from Scratch

Step 1 — Identify your topic pillars. List 10–20 core topics relevant to the account (e.g., for a fitness brand: "workout", "nutrition", "weightloss", "crossfit", "homegym", "fitnessmotivation").

Step 2 — Run all topics in one batch. Paste each topic as a separate input. The actor returns hashtag suggestions for every topic in a single run.

Step 3 — Export to CSV. Open in Excel or Google Sheets. Sort by media_count.

Step 4 — Build tiered hashtag sets. Instagram pros recommend mixing hashtag sizes:

• Large (10M+ posts): broad reach, harder to surface in
• Medium (500K–10M posts): balanced reach and discoverability
• Small (<500K posts): niche, higher chance of appearing in Top Posts

The media_count field gives you the exact number to make this decision data-driven rather than guesswork.

Step 5 — Repeat monthly. Hashtag popularity shifts. Running this actor monthly across your topic list gives you a lightweight tracking system without any manual work.

What This Actor Does NOT Do

To set accurate expectations:

• Does not scrape posts from a hashtag. If you want posts tagged with #fitness, you need a hashtag posts scraper — see the table below.
• Does not show top performing posts. For top posts per hashtag, see Instagram Hashtag Analytics actors in the Apify Store.
• Does not track changes over time automatically. You'd need to schedule runs and compare outputs yourself.
• Does not return engagement data. Post counts only, not likes/comments/views.

How It Compares to Other Hashtag Actors

Actor	What it does	Use when
Data Slayer — Hashtag Finder (this actor)	Keyword → list of related hashtags + post counts	You're building a hashtag list for upcoming posts
scrapesmith/instagram-hashtag-scraper	Extracts posts from a specific hashtag	You want to see what's being posted under a hashtag
parseforge/instagram-hashtag-analytics-scraper	Deep analytics on a single hashtag — top posts, avg likes	You want performance data on a specific hashtag
apify/instagram-hashtag-analytics-scraper	Related hashtags + top posts for a given hashtag	You want to explore a hashtag's ecosystem

Output Formats

Export results in JSON, CSV, XML, or Excel. Connect directly to Google Sheets, Slack, Zapier, Make, or n8n via Apify's built-in integrations. Schedule runs via the Apify console to refresh your hashtag data automatically on any cadence.

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