Instagram Profile Posts & Reels Scraper · No Login

Scrape every post and Reel from any public Instagram profile — no login, no cookies, no browser. This Instagram posts scraper returns 107 structured fields per post, including likes, comments, shares, captions with parsed hashtags and mentions, tagged users, collaborators, carousel media, video URLs, timestamps, and a 24-field creator profile. Export to JSON, CSV, or Excel.

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What this Actor does

Point the Actor at one public Instagram profile — by username, user ID, or profile URL — and it reads that profile's public post feed through Instagram's own posts endpoint, follows the pagination cursor, and writes one dataset row per post. Photos, carousels, and Reels all arrive in the same shape, as returned by the source.

Each row carries the engagement counters (likes, comments, shares), the full caption with hashtags and @mentions already split into arrays, the tagged users and co-authors, the media URLs at each resolution, the post's timestamp in both epoch and ISO 8601 form, and the post author's profile (including verification and privacy flags). No Instagram account, cookie, proxy, or login token is requested in the input form — the Actor reads public data only.

What you can do with it

• Content performance analysis — compare likes, comments, and shares across photo, carousel, and Reel formats to see what a profile's audience actually engages with.
• Competitor benchmarking — pull a competitor's full feed, then study their caption, hashtag, and posting-time choices against their engagement.
• Creator vetting — before a sponsorship, review a creator's recent posts to check engagement consistency and posting cadence.
• Content calendar research — map when a brand posts and which formats they favor, then plan your own calendar around the gaps.
• Hashtag and mention mining — extract the hashtags and @mentions from a creator's best posts to find the tags and accounts that drive their reach.
• Archive and monitoring — run on a schedule to build a rolling history of a profile's posts for reporting, brand-safety review, or trend tracking.

Input

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
username	string	Yes	cristiano	Instagram username, user ID, or full profile URL of the target account.
maxPages	integer	No	1	Maximum number of feed pages to fetch (1–100). Pagination is handled automatically.

Example:

{
  "username": "cristiano",
  "maxPages": 3
}

Accepts a bare handle (cristiano), a numeric user ID, or a full URL (https://www.instagram.com/cristiano/). One profile per run — the Actor walks the profile's public feed page by page until maxPages is reached or the feed ends, whichever comes first. Raise maxPages to pull more history; leave it at 1 for a fast, cheap test run.

Output

Each dataset row is one post's public detail record, shaped like Instagram's own post payload. The values you most often need:

• Post identity (top level): id (media ID), code (shortcode), taken_at (epoch) and taken_at_date (ISO 8601), media_type (numeric — e.g. 1 = photo, 2 = video/Reel, 8 = carousel), is_video, carousel_media_count, thumbnail_url, and video_url for video posts.
• Engagement counters: like_count, comment_count, and share_count.
• Caption (caption object): caption.text (full caption), caption.hashtags (array), and caption.mentions (array).
• Creator (user object): user.username, user.full_name, user.id, user.is_verified, and user.is_private — part of the 24-field creator profile attached to every row.
• Tags and collaborators: tagged_users (array of tagged accounts), coauthor_producers (collaborators), and location.
• Media: image_versions.items (image URLs at each resolution), carousel_media (per-slide media for carousel posts), and video_url.

Example output (representative subset)

{
  "id": "3786151211327352732",
  "code": "DSLHHeBFO-c",
  "taken_at": 1765564421,
  "taken_at_date": "2025-12-12T18:33:41+00:00",
  "like_count": 502341,
  "comment_count": 6294,
  "share_count": 3928,
  "media_type": 8,
  "is_video": false,
  "carousel_media_count": 2,
  "caption": {
    "text": "Wherever you play, these bands keep you ready for every moment. Are you home or away?",
    "hashtags": [],
    "mentions": []
  },
  "user": {
    "username": "whoop",
    "full_name": "WHOOP",
    "id": "1431248158",
    "is_verified": true,
    "is_private": false
  },
  "tagged_users": [
    {
      "user": {
        "username": "cristiano",
        "full_name": "Cristiano Ronaldo",
        "is_verified": true
      }
    }
  ],
  "thumbnail_url": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-15/589392008_18552024283016159_1425048830652491957_n.jpg"
}

Representative subset of the 107 fields returned per post. Engagement counters are top-level, the caption is nested under caption, the creator under user, and carousel slides under carousel_media.

Pricing

This Actor is billed per dataset row (result) plus the standard Apify Actor-start event. From $2.50 per 1,000 results on the free tier, down to $1.50 per 1,000 results at the Gold subscription tier and above. The live price is always shown in the Pricing section above, and you only pay for the rows a run actually produces — so a single-profile test run costs well under a cent.

Example tasks

Ready-made configurations you can run as-is from the Actor's Example tasks tab:

• Export a creator's full post history
• Track a brand's posting cadence
• Analyze an influencer's content mix
• Archive a creator's posts before a rebrand
• Study a competitor's reel strategy
• Monitor a rival's launch content
• Build a swipe file from a top creator
• Audit a brand's engagement over time
• Build a content calendar from a competitor

FAQ

How much does it cost to scrape Instagram posts? Pricing is per returned row, from $1.50 per 1,000 results at higher subscription tiers ($2.50 per 1,000 on the free tier), plus a small Actor-start event per run. You only pay for the rows the run produces, so a single-profile test costs a fraction of a cent.

Do I need cookies or a login? No. This Actor reads public data only — no cookies, no Instagram account, and no browser automation. Your own account is never at risk.

Can I scrape a private profile? No. Only public profiles can be read without authentication. If the target is private, the feed returns nothing.

How many posts can I get per run? Pagination is automatic and capped by maxPages (1–100). Each page returns a batch of the profile's most recent posts, so raise maxPages to pull deeper into the archive. Very large profiles finish in batches within the run timeout.

Can I scrape several profiles in one run? One profile per run today. To cover several, run the Actor once per username or put it on a schedule — the API and integrations make fan-out straightforward.

What formats can I export? JSON, CSV, Excel, and XML — directly from the Apify Console or via the API.

Related actors

More Instagram scrapers from the same portfolio:

Actor	What it does
Instagram Post & Reel Details Scraper	Full details for a specific post or Reel by URL
Instagram Profile Reels Scraper	All Reels from a profile with play counts and audio
Instagram Comments Scraper	Comments and replies from any post or Reel
Instagram Likes Scraper	Users who liked any post, with optional enrichment
Instagram Reposts Scraper	Profile repost history
Instagram Search Reels	Search Reels by keyword
Instagram Audio & Trending Sounds Scraper	Trending sounds and audio metadata
Instagram Hashtag Posts & Reels Scraper	Posts and Reels for a hashtag
Instagram Highlights Scraper	A profile's story highlights
Instagram Tagged Posts & Mentions Scraper	Posts a profile is tagged in

Limits

• Public profiles only — private accounts return no posts without authentication.
• One profile per run — the input takes a single username/ID/URL.
• Pagination is bounded by maxPages (default 1, maximum 100); very large profiles process in batches within the run timeout.
• Counters reflect what the public source exposes at run time; missing values stay null rather than being guessed.

Automation

Use the Actor from code with the Apify API, run it on a schedule, or trigger it by webhook. Results export to JSON, CSV, Excel, or XML and connect directly to Google Sheets, Slack, Zapier, Make, n8n, and other Apify integrations. Put it on a schedule to build a rolling time series of a profile's posts and engagement.

Feedback and support

Found a bug or need a slightly different output shape? Open an issue on the Issues tab. We actively maintain this Actor and aim to respond within 24 hours.