Instagram Profile History

Scrape Instagram profile history data including followers, engagement metrics, and historical trends. Track profile growth over time with detailed analytics.

🎯 Why track Instagram profile history?

Use cases:

• Influencer Research - Analyze growth patterns and engagement trends before partnerships
• Competitor Analysis - Track competitor account metrics over time
• Investment Due Diligence - Verify influencer growth claims with historical data
• Marketing Insights - Identify seasonal trends and content performance patterns

✨ What can this Actor do?

This Actor allows you to:

• Historical Metrics - Get follower counts, engagement rates, and post metrics over time
• Growth Statistics - Track daily, weekly, and monthly growth comparisons
• Similar Accounts - Discover similar accounts with comparative statistics
• Quality Scoring - Access profile quality and authenticity scores
• Bulk Processing - Scrape multiple accounts in a single run

🚀 How to scrape Instagram profile history?

1. Make a free Apify account here: https://console.apify.com/sign-up
2. Click on "Try for free"
3. Enter one or more Instagram account handles or URLs
4. Click "Start" and wait for the Actor to complete
5. Download your data in JSON, CSV or Excel format

💡 What data will you receive?

Instagram Profile History Scraper extracts detailed information about each profile:

Field	Description
username	Instagram username
name	Display name
biography	Profile bio
followers_count	Current follower count
follows_count	Current following count
media_count	Total post count
engagement_rate	Current engagement rate percentage
average_likes	Average likes per post
average_comments	Average comments per post
weekly_posts	Average posts per week
profile_history_points	Historical data points with metrics over time
growth_stats	Daily, weekly, and monthly growth statistics
similar_accounts_stats	Comparative statistics with similar accounts
score	Profile quality and authenticity scores

Output example

{
	"id": "17841402202464771",
	"username": "mrbeast",
	"followers_count": 81780503,
	"follows_count": 784,
	"media_count": 420,
	"profile_picture_url": "https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t51.2885-15/31077884_211593632905749_1394765701385814016_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=7d201b&_nc_ohc=RLH3atlOfsYQ7kNvwGrpd7c&_nc_oc=Adm8C-0G0HIi39E6hfsd6Zl33qd1XwaMtvgUdJnbKDEsTK1sq25v4BtJIVRYgloOJtQ&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.xx&edm=AL-3X8kEAAAA&oh=00_Afn-2wLo0fuyuZvdyh5RS7ZFZJV6zZuTzDOPq37O6CCgng&oe=693FDF52",
	"name": "MrBeast",
	"website": "https://www.1billionsummit.com/mrbeast",
	"biography": "New MrBeast or MrBeast Gaming video every single Saturday at noon eastern time!",
	"category": null,
	"average_likes": "679741.5",
	"average_comments": "5692.3",
	"weekly_posts": "3.00",
	"engagement_rate": "0.838",
	"comments_to_likes_ratio": "0.837",
	"followers_to_follows_ratio": "104311.87",
	"status": 0,
	"tracked_since": "2018-08-03T21:30:00.000000Z",
	"updated_at": "2025-12-10T23:05:52.000000Z",
	"is_favorite": false,
	"token": null,
	"profile_history_points": [
		{
			"date": "2025-12-10",
			"followers_count": 81780503,
			"follows_count": 784,
			"media_count": 420,
			"engagement_rate": "0.838",
			"average_likes": "679741.5",
			"average_comments": "5692.3",
			"comments_to_likes_ratio": "0.837",
			"weekly_posts": "3.00"
		},
		{
			"date": "2025-12-09",
			"followers_count": 81766613,
			"follows_count": 784,
			"media_count": 421,
			"engagement_rate": "0.835",
			"average_likes": "677370.9",
			"average_comments": "5630.9",
			"comments_to_likes_ratio": "0.831",
			"weekly_posts": "3.00"
		},
		{
			"date": "2025-12-08",
			"followers_count": 81758052,
			"follows_count": 783,
			"media_count": 420,
			"engagement_rate": "0.902",
			"average_likes": "731903.2",
			"average_comments": "5564.2",
			"comments_to_likes_ratio": "0.760",
			"weekly_posts": "2.00"
		},
		{
			"date": "2025-12-07",
			"followers_count": 81716215,
			"follows_count": 782,
			"media_count": 420,
			"engagement_rate": "0.886",
			"average_likes": "718796.6",
			"average_comments": "5474.8",
			"comments_to_likes_ratio": "0.762",
			"weekly_posts": "2.00"
		},
		{
			"date": "2025-12-06",
			"followers_count": 81639385,
			"follows_count": 781,
			"media_count": 419,
			"engagement_rate": "0.872",
			"average_likes": "705960.0",
			"average_comments": "6179.1",
			"comments_to_likes_ratio": "0.875",
			"weekly_posts": "1.00"
		},
		{
			"date": "2025-12-05",
			"followers_count": 81550118,
			"follows_count": 781,
			"media_count": 420,
			"engagement_rate": "0.859",
			"average_likes": "694656.2",
			"average_comments": "6113.2",
			"comments_to_likes_ratio": "0.880",
			"weekly_posts": "1.00"
		},
		{
			"date": "2025-12-04",
			"followers_count": 81529171,
			"follows_count": 781,
			"media_count": 420,
			"engagement_rate": "0.849",
			"average_likes": "686545.6",
			"average_comments": "6005.3",
			"comments_to_likes_ratio": "0.875",
			"weekly_posts": "0.00"
		},
		{
			"date": "2025-12-03",
			"followers_count": 81499628,
			"follows_count": 780,
			"media_count": 420,
			"engagement_rate": "0.847",
			"average_likes": "684500.3",
			"average_comments": "5980.3",
			"comments_to_likes_ratio": "0.874",
			"weekly_posts": "0.00"
		},
		{
			"date": "2025-12-02",
			"followers_count": 81481252,
			"follows_count": 779,
			"media_count": 420,
			"engagement_rate": "0.842",
			"average_likes": "679964.4",
			"average_comments": "5924.3",
			"comments_to_likes_ratio": "0.871",
			"weekly_posts": "0.00"
		},
		{
			"date": "2025-12-01",
			"followers_count": 81460430,
			"follows_count": 779,
			"media_count": 420,
			"engagement_rate": "0.836",
			"average_likes": "674787.8",
			"average_comments": "5843.9",
			"comments_to_likes_ratio": "0.866",
			"weekly_posts": "1.00"
		},
		{
			"date": "2025-11-30",
			"followers_count": 81430645,
			"follows_count": 778,
			"media_count": 420,
			"engagement_rate": "0.829",
			"average_likes": "668876.4",
			"average_comments": "5781.0",
			"comments_to_likes_ratio": "0.864",
			"weekly_posts": "2.00"
		},
		{
			"date": "2025-11-29",
			"followers_count": 81405942,
			"follows_count": 778,
			"media_count": 420,
			"engagement_rate": "0.816",
			"average_likes": "659011.1",
			"average_comments": "5659.0",
			"comments_to_likes_ratio": "0.859",
			"weekly_posts": "3.00"
		},
		{
			"date": "2025-11-28",
			"followers_count": 81382230,
			"follows_count": 779,
			"media_count": 420,
			"engagement_rate": "0.813",
			"average_likes": "655872.1",
			"average_comments": "5624.0",
			"comments_to_likes_ratio": "0.857",
			"weekly_posts": "3.00"
		},
		{
			"date": "2025-11-27",
			"followers_count": 81343597,
			"follows_count": 778,
			"media_count": 420,
			"engagement_rate": "0.794",
			"average_likes": "640440.4",
			"average_comments": "5496.7",
			"comments_to_likes_ratio": "0.858",
			"weekly_posts": "4.00"
		},
		{
			"date": "2025-11-26",
			"followers_count": 81297439,
			"follows_count": 778,
			"media_count": 420,
			"engagement_rate": "0.744",
			"average_likes": "599355.6",
			"average_comments": "5795.6",
			"comments_to_likes_ratio": "0.967",
			"weekly_posts": "4.00"
		},
		{
			"date": "2025-11-25",
			"followers_count": 81249248,
			"follows_count": 778,
			"media_count": 420,
			"engagement_rate": "0.756",
			"average_likes": "604588.1",
			"average_comments": "10011.6",
			"comments_to_likes_ratio": "1.656",
			"weekly_posts": "4.00"
		},
		{
			"date": "2025-11-24",
			"followers_count": 81213923,
			"follows_count": 777,
			"media_count": 419,
			"engagement_rate": "0.746",
			"average_likes": "595538.4",
			"average_comments": "9951.4",
			"comments_to_likes_ratio": "1.671",
			"weekly_posts": "5.00"
		},
		{
			"date": "2025-11-23",
			"followers_count": 81174189,
			"follows_count": 775,
			"media_count": 418,
			"engagement_rate": "0.806",
			"average_likes": "643773.6",
			"average_comments": "10584.9",
			"comments_to_likes_ratio": "1.644",
			"weekly_posts": "4.00"
		},
		{
			"date": "2025-11-22",
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			"follows_count": 775,
			"media_count": 418,
			"engagement_rate": "0.810",
			"average_likes": "646198.8",
			"average_comments": "11313.9",
			"comments_to_likes_ratio": "1.751",
			"weekly_posts": "5.00"
		},
		{
			"date": "2025-11-21",
			"followers_count": 81095441,
			"follows_count": 774,
			"media_count": 419,
			"engagement_rate": "0.792",
			"average_likes": "631226.8",
			"average_comments": "11125.9",
			"comments_to_likes_ratio": "1.763",
			"weekly_posts": "4.00"
		},
		{
			"date": "2025-11-20",
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			"follows_count": 774,
			"media_count": 418,
			"engagement_rate": "0.787",
			"average_likes": "626599.8",
			"average_comments": "11064.7",
			"comments_to_likes_ratio": "1.766",
			"weekly_posts": "4.00"
		},
		{
			"date": "2025-11-19",
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			"follows_count": 775,
			"media_count": 418,
			"engagement_rate": "0.856",
			"average_likes": "678185.9",
			"average_comments": "13564.1",
			"comments_to_likes_ratio": "2.000",
			"weekly_posts": "6.00"
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			"follows_count": 774,
			"media_count": 418,
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			"average_likes": "669736.2",
			"average_comments": "13458.9",
			"comments_to_likes_ratio": "2.010",
			"weekly_posts": "4.00"
		},
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			"media_count": 417,
			"engagement_rate": "0.868",
			"average_likes": "686634.3",
			"average_comments": "13972.8",
			"comments_to_likes_ratio": "2.035",
			"weekly_posts": "6.00"
		},
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			"media_count": 417,
			"engagement_rate": "0.852",
			"average_likes": "673518.4",
			"average_comments": "13866.6",
			"comments_to_likes_ratio": "2.059",
			"weekly_posts": "5.00"
		},
		{
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			"media_count": 416,
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			"average_likes": "619255.3",
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			"comments_to_likes_ratio": "2.278",
			"weekly_posts": "5.00"
		},
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			"follows_count": 769,
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			"engagement_rate": "0.797",
			"average_likes": "624739.2",
			"average_comments": "14273.8",
			"comments_to_likes_ratio": "2.285",
			"weekly_posts": "4.00"
		},
		{
			"date": "2025-11-13",
			"followers_count": 79861291,
			"follows_count": 768,
			"media_count": 414,
			"engagement_rate": "1.129",
			"average_likes": "886036.1",
			"average_comments": "15806.6",
			"comments_to_likes_ratio": "1.784",
			"weekly_posts": "4.00"
		},
		{
			"date": "2025-11-12",
			"followers_count": 79774926,
			"follows_count": 769,
			"media_count": 413,
			"engagement_rate": "1.106",
			"average_likes": "866894.8",
			"average_comments": "15684.3",
			"comments_to_likes_ratio": "1.809",
			"weekly_posts": "2.00"
		},
		{
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			"follows_count": 769,
			"media_count": 414,
			"engagement_rate": "1.138",
			"average_likes": "889067.8",
			"average_comments": "15773.9",
			"comments_to_likes_ratio": "1.774",
			"weekly_posts": "2.00"
		}
	],
	"growth_stats": {
		"followers_quarterly_growth_rate": 5.566654288878764,
		"weekly_followers": 311482.5,
		"latest_history_point": {
			"date": "2025-12-09",
			"followers_count": 81766613,
			"follows_count": 784,
			"media_count": 421,
			"engagement_rate": "0.835",
			"average_likes": "677370.9",
			"average_comments": "5630.9",
			"comments_to_likes_ratio": "0.831",
			"weekly_posts": "3.00"
		}
	},
	"similar_accounts_stats": {
		"average_likes": {
			"avg": 1330144.6902841239,
			"std": 1074012.0001524354,
			"min": 37994.4634102576,
			"max": 4552180.69074143,
			"range": 4514186.227331173
		},
		"average_comments": {
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			"std": 4502.486000071419,
			"min": 0,
			"max": 18320.693444098382,
			"range": 18320.693444098382
		},
		"weekly_posts": {
			"avg": 7.374782543706021,
			"std": 11.243728868508699,
			"min": 0,
			"max": 29.499130174824085,
			"range": 29.499130174824085
		},
		"engagement_rate": {
			"avg": 1.8369237700244605,
			"std": 1.41288638621681,
			"min": 0.04812825679711889,
			"max": 5.471007989469383,
			"range": 5.422879732672264
		},
		"weekly_engagement_rate": {
			"avg": 8.60493347885069,
			"std": 8.848911256969181,
			"min": 0,
			"max": 34.41973391540276,
			"range": 34.41973391540276
		},
		"comments_to_likes_ratio": {
			"avg": 0.5721890378320149,
			"std": 0.3796651451673445,
			"min": 0,
			"max": 1.7111844733340484,
			"range": 1.7111844733340484
		},
		"followers_to_follows_ratio": {
			"avg": 644446.8700282869,
			"std": 1744347.1886684792,
			"min": 16123.841965626214,
			"max": 2529415.954216269,
			"range": 2513292.112250643
		},
		"followers_growth_rate": {
			"avg": 4.995068330969716,
			"std": 2.4329914554327017,
			"min": 1.1361249683250374,
			"max": 11.45660821279552,
			"range": 10.320483244470484
		},
		"weekly_followers": {
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			"std": 190073.7781813005,
			"min": -92112.95801679848,
			"max": 787887.7255224648,
			"range": 880000.6835392633
		}
	},
	"score": {
		"overall_score": 60.99367697581597,
		"areas_scores": {
			"average_likes": 39.73203878266311,
			"average_comments": 67.07844475401994,
			"weekly_posts": 32.54333244101239,
			"engagement_rate": 35.325300733913224,
			"weekly_engagement_rate": 23.372638556046383,
			"comments_to_likes_ratio": 86.97485575219882,
			"followers_to_follows_ratio": 11.228368096746449,
			"followers_growth_rate": 82.3493134619636,
			"weekly_followers": 82.42540312240345
		}
	}
}

📥 Input

The Actor accepts these input parameters:

• accounts (array, required): List of Instagram account handles or URLs to scrape

Supported input formats:

• Username: hormozi
• With @ prefix: @hormozi
• Profile URL: https://instagram.com/hormozi
• Full URL: https://www.instagram.com/hormozi/

Input example

{
    "accounts": [
        "hormozi",
        "@garyvee",
        "https://instagram.com/therock"
    ]
}

💰 How much does it cost to scrape Instagram profiles?

This Actor is extremely cost-effective. Check the "Pricing" tab for more details.

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Tips:

• Provide multiple accounts in your input to batch process them efficiently.
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🔗 Integrate with your workflows

This Actor integrates seamlessly with:

• Automation platforms - Build no code workflows with Make.com, n8n, and Zapier
• Webhooks - Trigger actions when scraping completes through webhooks
• Schedulers - Run daily/weekly to track profile growth with Apify's Scheduler
• API - Start runs and access data programmatically with the Apify API
• Google Sheets - Export directly to spreadsheets

👥 Who made this Actor?

Gordian is a specialised Apify web scraping agency founded by Louis Deconinck.

Louis is a top 1% Apify developer, Oxford University IT graduate, and creator of 70+ scrapers used by 1,000+ data professionals every month. He has scraped 10,000,000+ pages bypassing the most advanced anti-scraping protections.

• Apify AI Agent Hackathon Winner
• 300+ contributions in Apify Discord
• Former senior data engineer in EU banking

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❓ FAQ

Is it legal to scrape Instagram profile data?

Yes, web scraping publicly available data is legal. This scraper only extracts information that is publicly visible.

For more information on web scraping legality, read this blog post: Is web scraping legal?

Can I export data to CSV or Excel?

Yes, Apify supports exporting dataset results in multiple formats: JSON, CSV, Excel (XLSX), HTML, XML and RSS.

What happens if the data source changes?

We monitor the site's structure and update the Actor when changes occur. If you encounter issues, please report them in the Issues tab.

How do I get started?

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