Instagram Comments Scraper - Profiles & Date Range

Collect the comments of public Instagram posts and reels. Or give it a profile and get the comments from its latest posts, optionally only from posts newer than a date. Use it for brand monitoring, influencer and campaign analysis, giveaway checks, community research or AI datasets.

• Paste post or reel links, or just usernames, and get clean, flat JSON, CSV or Excel
• Profile mode: comments from each profile's latest 1-50 posts, with an optional date filter
• Up to 1,000 posts and 200 profiles per run. Live collection per run is capped (about 110 profiles at default settings, fewer with more posts or comments); the rest are marked limited, are not charged, and can go in another run
• No Instagram login, no cookies and no proxies to manage

What you get

{
  "platform": "instagram",
  "type": "comment",
  "id": "18000000000000001",
  "postId": "3985597917972217774",
  "postUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DdPsDCWRT-u/",
  "parentId": null,
  "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DdPsDCWRT-u/c/18000000000000001/",
  "text": "This view never gets old!",
  "language": null,
  "createdAt": "2026-10-16T09:41:12.000Z",
  "author": { "id": "40000000001", "username": "jane.doe", "name": null, "profileUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/jane.doe/" },
  "likeCount": 42,
  "replyCount": null,
  "mediaUrl": null,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-17T16:09:00.000Z"
}

Each comment includes the commenter's username and id. Display names, profile photos and reply counts are not included.

How to use it

1. Add post or reel URLs (/p/…, /reel/…, /reels/… or /tv/…), add usernames or profile links under Profiles, or both.
2. Set Max comments per post. Up to 24 is the fastest. For profiles, also set Posts per profile and, if you like, Only posts newer than (for example 7 days or 2026-09-01).
3. Run it. Comments we collected recently arrive instantly. New posts and profiles usually take 40-90 seconds each (large profiles take longer), and up to 3 are processed in parallel.

Calling it from an AI agent or with a short timeout? Start the run asynchronously and fetch the dataset when it finishes, or turn on Previously collected data only for an instant answer (post URLs only; profiles need live collection).

Pricing

Pay only for what you get:

	Free	Starter	Scale	Business
Per 1,000 comments	$1.25	$1.05	$0.90	$0.75
Per post processed	$0.005	$0.005	$0.005	$0.005
Per profile processed	$0.025	$0.025	$0.025	$0.025

For post URLs, the per-post fee is charged once for every post we collect successfully, even when it has no comments. A profile costs the profile fee plus the per-post fee for each of its posts that returned comments (at most Posts per profile). Posts and profiles that cannot be collected, such as private ones, are not charged.

Example: 5,000 comments from 100 posts on the Starter plan cost 5,000 × $0.00105 + 100 × $0.005 = $5.75. Comments from the latest 5 posts of 10 profiles (1,200 comments) cost 1,200 × $0.00105 + 10 × $0.025 + 50 × $0.005 = $1.76.

Use Maximum cost per run in the run options to cap your spend. The Actor stops cleanly at that limit.

Free plan: you get previously collected comments plus a small live allowance each day. Profiles almost always need live collection, and the free allowance covers about one profile a day with Posts per profile at 3 or less and Max comments per post at 40 or less. Any paid Apify plan removes the limit.

FAQ

Is scraping Instagram comments legal? This Actor collects publicly visible comments only. Personal data is protected by laws such as GDPR, so only collect what you have a legitimate reason to process, and consult your lawyer if unsure.

How fresh is the data? You get comments collected within the last Reuse data collected within hours, or a fresh collection. API calls that leave the field out use 6 hours. The input form starts at 720 hours (30 days) so the example finishes instantly; lower it for fresher data. Set it to 0 to always collect live: if live collection is limited at that moment, the post or profile is reported as limited instead of getting older data.

Can I use it via API, Make, Zapier or n8n? Yes. Use the Apify API or any Apify integration. Each run's results are in its default dataset, and OUTPUT in the key-value store has a summary per post and profile.

Does the date filter work for post URLs? No. Only posts newer than applies to profiles, where it limits which of the latest posts are read to those published from that date until today. A post URL always returns that post's comments.

Are replies included? No. Replies to Instagram comments are not available, so you get each post's top-level comments.

Why are commenter names and photos missing? Instagram comments come with the commenter's username and id only. Use the username to look up the profile if you need more.

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