Instagram Scraper — Profiles, Posts, Reels, Comments, Hashtags & Search

Scrape Instagram profiles, posts, reels, hashtags, comments and search results — no account setup, residential proxy included. Get followers, likes, views, captions, business email/phone, tagged users and locations as clean JSON.

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What is the Instagram Scraper?

The Instagram Scraper extracts public data from Instagram at scale and returns it as structured JSON or CSV. Point it at usernames, post URLs, hashtags or search queries and get profiles (with business email, phone and category for creator/business accounts), posts and reels (likes, comments, views, caption, hashtags, tagged users, location, carousel children), post comments, and discovery search for users, hashtags and places. A residential proxy is bundled and rotates IPs automatically, so the Instagram Scraper works out of the box without you configuring proxies or logging in for the core modes.

Use cases

• Influencer marketing: Pull follower counts, engagement and business contact details (email + phone) to build creator shortlists.
• Social listening & brand monitoring: Track posts and comments on a hashtag or profile to measure sentiment and reach.
• Lead generation: Extract public business_email and business_phone_number from creator/business profiles for outreach.
• Competitor research: Monitor a competitor's reels, engagement and posting cadence over time.
• Trend discovery: Use the search and hashtags modes to find rising accounts, tags and places in a niche.

Input

Set a mode (profiles, posts, reels, hashtags, comments, search) and a list of inputs. Full reference is in the input schema. Minimal example:

{
  "mode": "profiles",
  "inputs": ["natgeo", "nike"],
  "maxResultsPerInput": 50
}

Filters like onlyPostsNewerThan and skipPinnedPosts trim results (and proxy cost). The comments and search modes reach deeper endpoints that Instagram now gates behind a login — supply sessionCookies from your logged-in session to unlock them.

Output

One record per profile, post, reel, comment or search hit. A trimmed post example:

{
  "type": "post",
  "shortcode": "C8xY1zAbCdE",
  "owner_username": "natgeo",
  "caption": "...",
  "like_count": 128940,
  "comment_count": 812,
  "video_view_count": null,
  "taken_at": "2026-06-30T14:02:11Z",
  "hashtags": ["wildlife", "photography"],
  "tagged_users": ["joelsartore"],
  "location": { "name": "Serengeti", "id": "212988663" },
  "is_paid_partnership": false,
  "display_url": "https://..."
}

Pricing

This actor uses PAY_PER_EVENT: $0.02 per run (Actor start) + $0.0015 per result ($1.50 / 1,000 records). Login-walled runs, instruction rows and the bookmark CTA are never charged, and there is no charge for failed runs.

Automate & schedule

Schedule the Instagram Scraper to run daily or weekly for fresh engagement data, or wire it to Google Sheets, Slack, a webhook or your CRM through Apify integrations. Recurring runs keep your influencer lists and competitor metrics current — set it once and forget it.

FAQ

Is there an official Instagram API, and is it free? Instagram's Graph API only covers accounts you own or manage and requires app review. This actor reads public data from any public profile, post or hashtag with no app registration.

Can I scrape Instagram without logging in? Yes — profiles, reels and hashtags run anonymously through the bundled residential proxy. comments, search and single-post lookups now require sessionCookies because Instagram gates those endpoints.

How do I get an Instagram profile's email and phone? Creator and business accounts expose business_email, business_phone_number and category in the profile record — this actor surfaces them automatically when Instagram publishes them.

What are the best alternatives to the official Instagram API? An Apify actor like this one is the usual alternative: no account, no app review, pay only for what you extract.

Does it get rate limited? The bundled residential proxy rotates exit IPs on every run and retries on a fresh IP if Instagram serves a checkpoint, so most runs complete without intervention.

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