Instagram Reels Scraper – Play Counts, Cheap & No Login

Scrape the Reels tab of any public Instagram profile — play counts, likes, comments, durations, captions, hashtags, music and video URLs. No Instagram account, cookies or proxies needed.

Why this scraper

• 📈 Real play counts (videoPlayCount) and exact durations for every Reel — the numbers creators and brands actually compare.
• 💸 From $0.45 per 1,000 Reels — a fraction of what most Instagram scrapers charge.
• 🔁 Drop-in output: the same field names as the official Instagram Reel Scraper (shortCode, videoPlayCount, videoDuration, likesCount, musicInfo…), so switching does not break your pipeline.
• 🎯 Pay only for what you get: set a max cost per run and the scraper stops right there.

What data you get

Field	Example
url, shortCode, id	https://www.instagram.com/p/DeCPVhERA8e/
videoPlayCount, videoDuration	4272016, 27.56
likesCount, commentsCount	160985, 1698
caption, hashtags, mentions	full text + parsed #tags and @mentions
timestamp	2026-10-03T14:10:18.000Z
videoUrl, displayUrl	video file and cover image
musicInfo	song / original audio, artist, audio id
ownerUsername, coauthorProducers, taggedUsers	author, collaborators and tagged accounts
isPinned, isSponsored	pinned to the Reels tab, paid partnership

Sample output

The Overview table above is what you see in Apify Console after a run; switch to All fields or export JSON for every field.

How to use

1. Add usernames or profile URLs (nasa, @nasa, https://www.instagram.com/nasa/).
2. Set Max reels per profile (default 12, minimum 5).
3. Optional: Only reels newer than (2026-09-01 or 7 days) and Skip pinned reels.
4. Run and export as JSON, CSV, Excel, or pull via API.

{
    "username": ["mrbeast", "khaby00"],
    "resultsLimit": 30,
    "onlyPostsNewerThan": "30 days"
}

A run summary (per-profile status, counts) is saved to the OUTPUT record of the run's key-value store.

Pricing

Pay per event — you are charged only for results delivered:

Event	Free plan	Starter	Scale	Business+
Reel scraped	$1.00 / 1,000	$0.59 / 1,000	$0.55 / 1,000	$0.45 / 1,000
Reel loaded but filtered out by date	$0.69 / 1,000	$0.40 / 1,000	$0.40 / 1,000	$0.40 / 1,000
Private / missing / empty profile	$0.0015 each
Actor start	$0.0005 per run

FAQ

Do I need an Instagram account? No. Only publicly visible data is collected, without logging in.

Reels or all posts? This Actor reads the profile's Reels tab. For every post type (photos, carousels and Reels) use Instagram Posts Scraper.

Why do I see Reels from other accounts? Collab Reels appear on every co-author's profile; ownerUsername shows the real author and inputUrl shows which profile it was found on.

Is scraping Instagram legal? This Actor only collects publicly available data. Personal data is protected by regulations such as GDPR; make sure you have a legitimate reason and consult a lawyer if unsure.

Data & privacy

Only publicly visible data is collected. To bill correctly and keep the scraper healthy, each run reports its input (the profiles and options you entered), result counts, charges and upstream request counts to FeedPull's own monitoring, tied to a pseudonymous id of your Apify account. Scraped results go only to your dataset. Inputs and per-target details are deleted after 90 days; only aggregate counts are kept.

More scrapers by FeedPull

Actor	What you get	Price
Instagram Posts Scraper	One Instagram post or reel saved to the dataset	from $0.30 / 1,000 posts
Instagram Reels Scraper	One Instagram Reel saved to the dataset	from $0.45 / 1,000 reels
Instagram Profile Scraper	One Instagram profile saved to the dataset	from $1.50 / 1,000 profiles
Douyin Profile Videos Scraper	One Douyin video or image post saved to the dataset	from $1.50 / 1,000 videos
Douyin Comments Scraper	One Douyin comment saved to the dataset	from $0.60 / 1,000 comments
Xiaohongshu (RedNote) Search Scraper	One Xiaohongshu note from the search results saved to the dataset	from $2.50 / 1,000 notes
Xiaohongshu (RedNote) Profile Notes Scraper	One Xiaohongshu note saved to the dataset	from $2.50 / 1,000 notes
Xiaohongshu (RedNote) Comments Scraper	One Xiaohongshu comment saved to the dataset	from $2.50 / 1,000 comments
TikTok Comments Scraper	One TikTok comment saved to the dataset	from $0.40 / 1,000 comments
TikTok Search Scraper	One TikTok video from the search results saved to the dataset	from $0.80 / 1,000 videos
YouTube Search Scraper	One YouTube video from the search results saved to the dataset	from $1.20 / 1,000 videos
Reddit Search Scraper	One Reddit post from the search results saved to the dataset	from $0.80 / 1,000 posts
Reddit Comments Scraper	One Reddit comment (or reply) saved to the dataset	from $0.60 / 1,000 comments

Support

Open an issue on the Actor's Issues tab — feature requests are welcome.