Instagram Search Posts Scraper

Search for Instagram posts by keyword. Returns post captions, engagement metrics (likes, comments, shares, views), author metadata, hashtags, and mentions. Supports fetching multiple pages in a single API call (billed per page).

Features

• Real-time Instagram data — results are fetched live at run time, never cached or stale
• No login, cookies, or proxy configuration needed — just provide the input and run
• Each result is pushed as a separate dataset item, exportable as JSON, CSV, or Excel
• Fast: a typical run finishes in seconds

Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
query	string	yes	Search keyword (max 500 characters)
pages	integer	no	Number of pages to fetch and merge into one response (billed per page)

Pricing

This Actor is billed per page of results — $0.006 per page.

• Results come in pages. Use the pages input to choose how many pages to fetch (1–10); more pages means more results.
• You pay $0.006 for each page you fetch, so pages: 3 costs $0.018 and pages: 1 costs $0.006.
• You’re only charged when a run succeeds. Failed runs are free.

Example output

{
  "count": 20,
  "pages": 1,
  "posts": [
    {
      "author": "travelwithasavari",
      "author_name": "Ankita Vijay Pable",
      "author_verified": false,
      "comments": 516,
      "date": "2026-01-15 23:25:40",
      "domain": "instagram.com",
      "hashtags": [
        "#CanadaRoadTrip",
        "#RoadTripCanada",
        "#TravelCouple",
        "#ExploreCanada",
        "#coupletravel"
      ],
      "is_video": true,
      "likes": 77469,
      "media_type": "clips",
      "mentions": [],
      "reposts": 933,
      "shares": 21562,
      "snippet": "Buckle up, Canada! \ud83d\ude97\u2728 We're hitting the open road with windows down, coffee in hand, and endless highways. Get ready for hidden gems, iconic landscapes, and core memories in 2026. Slow travel, big views, and unforgettable moments. Save for your next adventure \ud83d\udccd. Where to next? \ud83d\udc40\u2b07\ufe0f #CanadaRoadTrip #RoadTripCanada #TravelCouple #ExploreCanada #coupletravel",
      "source": "Instagram",
      "title": "@travelwithasavari on Instagram",
      "url": "https://instagram.com/p/DTi6c7DEfJL",
      "views": 2069698,
      "media_id": "3512345678901234567",
      "thumbnail_url": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-15/cover.jpg",
      "video_url": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/o1/v/t2/clip.mp4",
      "video_duration": 24.5,
      "width": 1080,
      "height": 1920,
      "carousel_media_count": 0,
      "is_paid_partnership": false,
      "location": null,
      "tagged_users": [],
      "coauthors": [],
      "carousel_media": [],
      "audio": {
        "type": "original",
        "title": "Original audio",
        "artist": "travelwithasavari",
        "audio_id": "1234567890123456",
        "duration_ms": 24500
      }
    },
    {
      "author"
  ... (truncated)

About

Maintained by Data Direct — a small suite of fast, reliable Instagram and web-data scrapers. Each actor returns clean, structured results with no login, cookies, or proxy setup required. Have a question or a custom data need? Open an issue on this actor.