📸 Instagram Scraper Pro — Posts, Reels, Comments, Profiles, Hashtags & Places

Scrape public Instagram data in one tool:

• posts and reels;
• comments and replies;
• mentions (posts where a profile is tagged);
• details of profiles, hashtags and places;
• discovery by search.

It also adds what plain scrapers leave out:

• engagement rate for every post and profile;
• emails and phones from bios, with evidence;
• related hashtags measured from real posts;
• numeric post IDs accepted anywhere;
• a free status row for every input that fails, saying how to fix it.

Keywords: instagram scraper · instagram api alternative · instagram post scraper · instagram reels scraper · instagram comments scraper · instagram profile scraper · instagram hashtag scraper · instagram location scraper · engagement rate · influencer research · brand monitoring · UGC

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✨ What's different

	This actor	Typical Instagram scrapers
Posts, reels, comments, replies, mentions, profile, hashtag and place details, search	✅	✅
Numeric post IDs (/p/3923124318436838545/) in every mode	✅	comments only
Engagement rate % on every post (from the owner's followers) and profile	✅	❌
Business email, phone and address, plus emails and phones in bios — with the exact source	✅	❌
Related hashtags from the hashtag's own posts, with counts; posts/day estimate with its basis	✅	third-party estimates
Hidden like counts returned as null with likesHidden: true, never a fake number	✅	-1
Filters: date, skip pinned, min likes, min comments	✅	date and pinned
Skip items saved in previous runs, so scheduled runs only pay for new items	✅	❌
Inputs that fail get a row with status and fixHint, never charged	✅	❌
DIAGNOSTICS record: which Instagram methods worked in your run	✅	❌

🔒 What Instagram shows without a login (tested October 2026)

Instagram decides what logged-out visitors may see, and it changes this often. This actor tries several methods per data type and reports exactly what happened.

Data	Logged-out status	What you get
Profile posts (by username or ID)	✅ Works	Full post data, paginated
Profile reels tab	✅ Works	Full reel data with play counts
Profile details	⚠️ Often login-walled	When walled, a partial profile from the public feed: name, ID, verified, private, avg likes/comments, last post and latest 12 posts. missingFields lists what Instagram withheld (followers, bio, contacts). Nothing is guessed.
Comments, mentions, single-post details, hashtags, places, search	⚠️ Usually login-walled	A free login_required row explaining it. The actor detects the wall after 2 tries and stops spending proxy traffic on it.

Proxy: Instagram rate-limits some IP pools much more than others. In October 2026 tests, shared residential IPs were often blocked while datacenter and server IPs worked for posts and reels. The default is Apify datacenter proxy, with automatic fallback: if the chosen proxy keeps getting blocked, the actor moves to the next network route by itself. RUN_SUMMARY.routes shows which route was used.

The first input of every run goes alone, to learn which methods work before scaling to 25 parallel inputs. Every run writes DIAGNOSTICS with per-method results.

🔧 Input

Mode 1: URLs. Paste one or more URLs and pick Content to scrape:

URL	Posts	Reels	Comments	Mentions	Details
Profile (instagram.com/nike/, @nike, profile ID)	✅	✅	—	✅	✅ profile
Post or reel (/p/…, /reel/…, numeric ID, share link)	—	—	✅	—	✅ post
Hashtag (/explore/tags/travel/, #travel)	✅	✅	—	—	✅ hashtag
Place (/explore/locations/7538318/)	✅	✅	—	—	✅ place

_u, profilecard, story links and /share/ links are handled automatically.

Mode 2: search. This is used only when no URLs are given. Enter comma-separated terms and choose hashtags, profiles or places. Each hit is then scraped with the content type you picked.

{
  "directUrls": ["https://www.instagram.com/natgeo/", "#travel"],
  "resultsType": "posts",
  "resultsLimit": 50,
  "onlyPostsNewerThan": "30 days",
  "skipPinnedPosts": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true },
  "proxyFallback": true
}

Option	What it does
resultsLimit	Results per URL or search hit.
maxItems	Cap on results for the whole run (0 = none).
onlyPostsNewerThan	A relative period (3 days, 2 weeks) or a date (2024-09-05, 2024-09-05T13:22:04Z), in UTC.
skipPinnedPosts, minLikes, minComments	Post filters. Posts they remove are never charged.
isNewestComments, includeNestedComments	Comment order, and whether to include replies (each reply is its own row).
addParentData	Adds the profile, hashtag, place or post each row came from.
skipPreviouslyScraped	Skips IDs already saved by earlier runs.
saveRawResponses	Debug only: stores raw Instagram responses.

📤 Output

Every row has a status and a resultType (post, reel, mention, comment, reply, profile, hashtag, place), plus inputUrl, dataSource and scrapedAt.

Post or reel:

• id, shortCode, url, type, productType;
• caption, hashtags, mentions;
• likesCount, likesHidden, commentsCount, videoViewCount, videoPlayCount, videoDuration;
• engagementRate, ownerFollowersCount, timestamp;
• displayUrl, videoUrl, images, childPosts;
• ownerUsername, ownerFullName, ownerId;
• taggedUsers, coauthorProducers, locationName, musicInfo;
• isPinned, isSponsored, isCommentsDisabled, firstComment, latestComments.

Comment:

• postUrl, commentUrl, id, text;
• ownerUsername, ownerId, ownerProfilePicUrl, ownerIsVerified;
• timestamp, likesCount, repliesCount, parentCommentId, isReply.

Profile:

• username, fullName, biography, externalUrls;
• followersCount, followsCount, postsCount;
• verified, private, isBusinessAccount, businessCategoryName, category;
• businessEmail, businessPhone, businessAddress, emailsFromBio, phonesFromBio, contactEvidence;
• avgLikes, avgComments, engagementRate, lastPostAt;
• relatedProfiles, latestPosts.

Hashtag:

• name, postsCount;
• relatedHashtags (with postsInSample and sharePct);
• postsPerDayEstimate with postsPerDayBasis;
• topPosts, latestPosts.

Place:

• locationId, name, category, phone, website;
• lat, lng, address, city, zip;
• postsCount, igBusinessUsername, hoursStatus;
• topPosts, latestPosts.

Failed input:

• status: login_required, blocked, not_found, private, no_results, duplicate_input, invalid_input or unsupported_combination;
• error and fixHint.

The dataset has five views: Overview, Posts & reels, Comments, Profiles and Failed inputs.

📊 Run records

Each run writes two records to Storage → Key-value store:

• RUN_SUMMARY lists, per input, what was saved, what was skipped and why, and which method fetched it. It also has charged events and request counts.
• DIAGNOSTICS gives, for each Instagram method, its attempts, successes, block statuses and last problem. If inputs come back blocked, this record shows the developer exactly what to fix.

💰 Pricing

Event	When
instagram-item	Each post, reel, comment, reply or mention saved
instagram-details	Each profile, hashtag or place details row saved

Failed inputs, duplicates, items from previous runs and filtered items are never charged. Set "Max cost per run" and the run stops cleanly at your budget.

❓ FAQ

Do I need an Instagram account? No. It reads what Instagram shows logged-out visitors.

Why do counts differ from what I see in the app? Logged-out visitors see slightly different numbers, and counts change by the minute. Open the post in a private window and compare it with the run's timestamp.

Some inputs say login_required. Instagram showed its login wall for that data type, and no method got past it. It isn't charged. Run again later; Instagram opens and closes these walls often.

Some inputs say blocked. Instagram rate-limited every network route the run tried. Wait 10–15 minutes and run again, with "Automatic proxy fallback" on. If it keeps happening, send the DIAGNOSTICS record to the developer.

Can it scrape private accounts? No. Profile details of a private account are returned, but its posts are not.

Why is a reels run labelled "filtered from profile posts"? When the reels tab can't be loaded, reels are taken from the main profile feed instead. The result is the same data, but older reels may be missed.

⚖️ Notes

This actor collects only publicly available Instagram data. Some public data may be personal data under GDPR and similar laws. Scrape only with a legitimate purpose, and respect Instagram's terms.