Instagram Profile Metrics Scraper

Collect fast, lightweight public Instagram profile metrics for creator research, brand checks, enrichment, and monitoring.

This actor is intentionally small-output and fast. It does not scrape post captions, post likes, post comments, reels, or media URLs. Use the detailed Instagram posts actor for that heavier workflow.

Why Use This Actor

Instagram profile metrics are useful when you need a clean snapshot of public account size and profile positioning without downloading a heavy post archive. This actor is designed for marketers, agencies, ecommerce teams, creator researchers, and lead generation workflows that need simple profile rows they can compare, filter, and export.

Common workflows include:

• checking creator or influencer follower counts before outreach
• monitoring competitor profile growth over time with scheduled runs
• enriching a CRM or prospecting sheet with public Instagram profile links
• validating whether brand, location, or niche accounts are active enough to prioritize
• building lightweight dashboards for social research and campaign planning

What You Get

• username
• full name when available
• bio when available
• follower count
• following count
• post count
• direct profile URL
• scrape timestamp

Input

Add Instagram usernames such as instagram, zuck, or natgeo, or paste direct profile URLs. The actor processes profiles concurrently for faster batch runs.

You can provide:

• usernames: plain Instagram usernames without @
• startUrls: direct profile URLs copied from Instagram
• maxProfiles: a limit to keep large lists controlled
• proxyConfiguration: optional Apify Proxy settings for runs where direct requests are blocked

Output

Each dataset item is one compact profile row. The row is designed for CSV, Excel, CRM enrichment, dashboards, and scheduled profile metric checks.

The output is intentionally normalized so it is easy to sort by followers, compare account size, join with lead lists, or append to monitoring history. Failed, private, renamed, removed, or blocked profiles are not padded with fake data; the actor focuses on returning clean rows only when useful public profile data is available.

Best Practices

• Start with a small sample of usernames before running a large list.
• Use scheduled runs if you want weekly or monthly profile metric snapshots.
• Keep usernames clean and avoid duplicates for the most predictable output.
• Enable Apify Proxy if Instagram blocks direct requests from the run environment.
• Export the dataset as CSV or JSON when sending results to spreadsheets, CRMs, or dashboards.

Pricing

This actor uses pay-per-event pricing. You are charged for delivered profile metric rows, so empty, blocked, or unavailable profiles should not create paid dataset rows.

Notes

• Works only with public profile data available during the run.
• Private, removed, renamed, or blocked profiles may return no row.
• Enable Apify Proxy only when direct requests are blocked.
• Instagram can change public page behavior, so scheduled monitoring is the best way to detect changes early.