Instagram Posts Scraper · Carousels & Reposts

Instagram posts scraper: every carousel slide, reposts and full history

Paste usernames and get each profile's posts — photos, carousels with every slide and reels from the grid — with likes, comments, reposts, caption, tagged users, location and music.

• 🖼️ Every carousel slide — each image or video link with its size, not just the cover.
• 🔄 Reposts count (reposts) next to likes and comments.
• 📅 Date filter and skip pinned — for example only the last 30 days, with pinned posts kept or skipped as you choose.
• 📏 Up to 5,000 posts per profile — the run stops at your limit, your date or the end of the grid.
• 🔁 Only new since the last run — weekly competitor reports without paying for old posts again.

Why this one

• 🔓 No Instagram login or cookies — you paste usernames, links or keywords; your own account is never involved.
• 🧾 Free rows, not silent gaps — private, deleted or missing items come back as free rows with an error reason; duplicates are never returned or charged.
• 🧯 Your budget is a hard stop — set Maximum cost per run and the run stops at your limit (the run summary says so).
• 📊 A summary you can check — every run saves a SUMMARY record: results, free rows, what was skipped and why.
• 🚫 null, never a fake 0 — when Instagram hides a number (hidden likes, saves on photos), you see that it's missing.

Use it for

• Content audits: a brand's full posting history with likes, comments and reposts.
• Competitor monitoring: schedule it with Only new — only new posts are returned and charged.
• Design inspiration and AI datasets: carousels with every slide.

Compared with Apify's Instagram Post Scraper

	This Actor	Apify's Instagram Post Scraper (Starter)
Price per 1,000 posts	$0.28	$1.50 (+$0.80 for post details)
Reposts	✅	not in the output yet

Their prices and fields as listed on Apify on 28 October 2026 — check their page for today's.

How to use

1. Paste usernames or links into the input, one per line.
2. Press Start — rows stream into the Output tab while the run goes.
3. Download them as JSON, CSV, Excel or HTML, or get them through the API.

No input at hand? Press Start with an empty input — you get a 3-row sample.

Input

{
  "usernames": [
    "natgeo"
  ],
  "maxPostsPerProfile": 24,
  "skipPinned": false,
  "includeReels": true,
  "onlyNew": false
}

Output example (one row)

{
  "type": "carousel",
  "shortCode": "DehZj9wggt0",
  "url": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DehZj9wggt0/",
  "ownerUsername": "natgeo",
  "ownerVerified": true,
  "takenAt": "2026-10-15T19:00:02Z",
  "views": 1543993,
  "viewsInstagram": 1543993,
  "viewsFacebook": null,
  "likes": 56343,
  "comments": 451,
  "saves": 2978,
  "shares": 4420,
  "reposts": 1041,
  "durationSec": 30.04,
  "caption": "Keeping up with a pack of hunting wolves is just another day… #WolvesUpClose",
  "hashtags": [
    "WolvesUpClose"
  ],
  "coauthors": [
    "bertiegregory",
    "natgeoanimals"
  ],
  "audio": {
    "type": "original",
    "id": "28762088093432459",
    "title": "Original audio",
    "artist": "natgeo"
  },
  "isPinned": true,
  "isPaidPartnership": false,
  "aiLabel": null,
  "language": "en",
  "videoUrl": "https://scontent-bos5-1.cdninstagram.com/…mp4",
  "coverUrl": "https://scontent-bos5-1.cdninstagram.com/…jpg",
  "slides": [
    {
      "type": "photo",
      "imageUrl": "https://…jpg"
    }
  ]
}

Each row has up to 43 fields — the Output tab describes every one of them. Fields Instagram doesn't show come as null, never as a fake 0.

Limits

• Saves and shares: Instagram gives them for reels, not for photos and carousels (null).
• Private accounts: one free row.
• About 12 posts per request; a carousel comes as one row with every slide.

How much does it cost to scrape Instagram posts?

Pay per event: you pay for the rows you get, plus $0.0005 per run. No subscription to this Actor.

Apify plan	Per 1,000 posts	What $5 of free credit gets you
Free	$0.308	≈ 16,200 posts
Starter	$0.28	—
Business and higher	$0.196	—

Every event of this Actor on the Starter plan:

Event	What it is	Price
Post	Each post, carousel or reel returned	$0.28 per 1,000

Typical jobs on Starter:

• A brand's last 300 posts ≈ $0.08
• Weekly new posts of 20 competitors (≈ 5 each) ≈ $0.03 a week

Always free: private or missing profiles and duplicates. Set Maximum cost per run in the run options to cap any run.

Monitoring on a schedule

1. Save your input as a Task and add a Schedule (hourly or daily).
2. Turn on Only new since the last run — each run returns and charges only rows you haven't received yet.
3. Add a webhook or an n8n / Make / Zapier step to get new rows in Slack, Telegram, Google Sheets or your CRM.

Chain it with other Actors

Use the rows of an earlier run as the input: paste its dataset ID into Or: dataset from another run. For example, run Instagram Followers Scraper on a brand, then give its dataset to Instagram Email & Phone Scraper — you get the emails of the brand's followers. Works with the datasets of Apify's own Instagram Actors too.

API, n8n, Make, Zapier and AI agents

Python:

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("instagram-data-api/instagram-posts-scraper").call(run_input={'usernames': ['natgeo'], 'maxPostsPerProfile': 24, 'skipPinned': False, 'includeReels': True, 'onlyNew': False})
for row in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(row)

n8n, Make, Zapier or any HTTP client: one request runs the Actor and returns the rows — POST https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/instagram-data-api~instagram-posts-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN with the input JSON as the body.

AI agents (MCP) — your agent gets this Actor as a tool:

• Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http apify "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=instagram-data-api/instagram-posts-scraper"
• Claude, Cursor, VS Code, n8n: add https://mcp.apify.com?tools=instagram-data-api/instagram-posts-scraper as a remote MCP server and sign in to Apify.
• Ask it: “Export the last 30 posts of @natgeo with likes and comments.” · “Which posts of @nike got the most comments this month?”

FAQ

Are reels included? Yes, reels that appear in the profile grid are included — turn off Include reels from the grid to get only photos and carousels. For reels with saves and shares, use Instagram Reels Scraper.

How far back can it go? As far as the profile's grid goes, up to 5,000 posts per profile per run. Set Only items newer than to stop at a date (2026-10-01) or a period (30 days).

Do I pay for private profiles? No. Private or missing profiles come back as one free row with an error field (private, not_found).

What does a carousel row look like? One row per post with type: "carousel" and a slides list — type, image or video link, width and height of every slide.

Do I need an Instagram account or cookies? No. You only paste usernames, links or keywords. Nothing to log in, nothing to install, and your own Instagram account is never involved.

What am I charged for — and what's free? Only the events in the pricing table, plus $0.0005 per run. Rows with an error field are free, and duplicates are never returned or charged. Each run's SUMMARY record shows results and free rows.

Can I cap what a run costs? Yes. Set Maximum cost per run in the run options — the run stops at your limit and SUMMARY shows stoppedAtChargeLimit: true.

Can I use it from n8n, Make, Zapier or an AI agent? Yes, like any Apify Actor: REST API, webhooks, the n8n, Make and Zapier integrations, and the Apify MCP server for Claude, Cursor, VS Code and other MCP clients.

Is it legal to scrape Instagram? We only collect what public profiles show publicly. Results can include personal data such as names, usernames or public business contacts, which laws like GDPR protect — use the data for a legitimate purpose and ask a lawyer if unsure.

For AI agents

Actor:   instagram-data-api/instagram-posts-scraper
Does:    Scrape Instagram posts from public profiles: every carousel slide, likes, comments, reposts, captions and tags. Date filter, no login.
Input:   {"usernames": ["natgeo"], "maxPostsPerProfile": 24, "skipPinned": false, "includeReels": true, "onlyNew": false}
Output:  one JSON row per result, up to 43 fields; main: url, type, ownerUsername, takenAt, likes, comments, reposts, saves, shares, caption
Free:    private or missing profiles and duplicates
Price:   event "post" $0.28 per 1,000 on Starter + $0.0005 per run
Run:     POST https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/instagram-data-api~instagram-posts-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=APIFY_TOKEN

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Changelog

• 1.0 (October 2026) — first release.

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