Instagram Scraper · Posts, Reels, Profiles & More

Instagram scraper: everything public, one run, each row at its own price

🆕 New: one Actor for any mix of Instagram links. Tried it? Tell us in a review.

Paste any mix of Instagram links and usernames — profiles, posts, reels, hashtags, places, sounds — choose what to get, and receive clean rows with every number: views, likes, comments, saves and shares.

• 🔀 Mixed input — natgeo, a reel link, #skincare and a place link in one list; each line is handled as its own kind.
• 💸 Pay by type — posts and reels $0.28, profiles $0.63, comments $0.27 per 1,000 — instead of one high price for everything.
• 🔁 Same input as Apify's Instagram Scraper — directUrls, resultsType, resultsLimit, search, searchType, searchLimit, onlyPostsNewerThan: switch by changing only the Actor ID.
• 📊 Saves and shares on reels in the base price — not an add-on.
• 🔓 No login; private or missing items come back as free rows.

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.

Why scrape Instagram posts, reels, profiles and more?

• Everything in one run: profiles, posts, reels, comments, hashtags, places and sounds from one list of links and usernames.
• Switch from Apify's Instagram Scraper: the same input fields — directUrls, resultsType, resultsLimit, search — so you change only the Actor ID.
• Pay by type: each row at the price of its kind — posts and reels from $0.20 per 1,000 instead of one price for everything.
• Saves and shares on reels in every feed, in the base price.
• Scheduled monitoring: Only new since the last run returns and charges only what's new.

Compared with Apify's Instagram Scraper

	This Actor	Apify's Instagram Scraper (Starter)
Posts and reels per 1,000	$0.28	$2.30
Profiles per 1,000	$0.63	$2.30
Comments per 1,000	$0.27	$2.30
Saves on reels	✅	not in the output

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

How to scrape Instagram posts, reels, profiles and more

1. Paste any Instagram links or usernames — profiles, posts, reels, hashtags, places, sounds — one per line, and choose what to get.
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.

Works with any public profile on Instagram — no login, no cookies, no Instagram account of yours.

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

Input example

{
  "directUrls": [
    "https://www.instagram.com/natgeo/",
    "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DehZj9wggt0/",
    "#skincare"
  ],
  "resultsType": "posts",
  "resultsLimit": 20,
  "skipPinnedPosts": false,
  "searchType": "hashtag",
  "searchLimit": 10,
  "onlyNew": false
}

Output example: Instagram posts, reels, profiles and more data

{
  "type": "reel",
  "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"
}

Each row has up to 137 fields — the Output tab describes every one of them. Fields Instagram doesn't show come as null, never as a fake 0.

Limits

• One kind of rows per run for the whole list — as chosen in What to get.
• Hashtag pages give top posts of the last ~3 days; for older reels use our Hashtag Scraper with the Reels feed.
• Followers, likers, similar accounts, transcripts and contacts are in our single-purpose Actors.
• Free Apify plan: the first 100 results of each run. Any paid Apify plan gets every result — no cap.

How much does it cost to scrape Instagram posts, reels, profiles and more?

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	$2.50	≈ 2,000 posts
Starter	$0.28	—
Business and higher	$0.20	—

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
Reel	Each reel returned (views, likes, comments, saves, shares, reposts included)	$0.28 per 1,000
Reel below your filter	A reel checked but under your minimum views — not returned	$0.07 per 1,000
Post detail	Each post or reel returned by URL	$0.54 per 1,000
Profile	Each profile returned	$0.63 per 1,000
Comment	Each comment or reply returned (replies cost the same, no add-on)	$0.27 per 1,000
Tagged post	Each post or reel where the account is tagged	$0.53 per 1,000
Checked profile	Each profile checked — all its live stories included	$3.59 per 1,000
Post at the place	Each post or reel tagged at the place — the place card is free	$0.45 per 1,000
Place found	Each place found for your keyword, with address and coordinates	$2.07 per 1,000
Reel using the sound	Each reel that uses the sound — the sound's own row is free	$1.26 per 1,000
Hashtag found	Each hashtag found for your keyword, with its post count	$1.62 per 1,000
Account found	Each account found for your keyword	$0.45 per 1,000
Account with profile card	Each account found, with followers, bio, category and business contacts (instead of “Account found”, only when profile cards are on)	$1.08 per 1,000
Checked, filtered out	An account checked but outside your follower filter	$0.45 per 1,000

Typical jobs on Starter:

• 24 posts of each of 10 profiles = 240 ≈ $0.07
• Details of 100 profiles ≈ $0.06
• 500 comments of 5 posts ≈ $0.14

Always free: private or missing items, duplicates, and place and sound cards that come with their posts. 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.

Instagram posts, reels, profiles and more API: Python, n8n, Make, Zapier and AI agents

Python:

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("instagram-data-api/instagram-scraper").call(run_input={'directUrls': ['https://www.instagram.com/natgeo/', 'https://www.instagram.com/reel/DehZj9wggt0/', '#skincare'], 'resultsType': 'posts', 'resultsLimit': 20, 'skipPinnedPosts': False, 'searchType': 'hashtag', 'searchLimit': 10, '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-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-scraper"
• Claude, Cursor, VS Code, n8n: add https://mcp.apify.com?tools=instagram-data-api/instagram-scraper as a remote MCP server and sign in to Apify.
• Ask it: “Get the 20 latest posts of @natgeo and @nasa with saves and shares.” · “Scrape this reel, the #skincare hashtag and this place in one run.”

FAQ: scraping Instagram posts, reels, profiles and more

Which input fields of Apify's Instagram Scraper work? directUrls, resultsType (posts, details, comments, reels, mentions, stories), resultsLimit, onlyPostsNewerThan, search, searchType (hashtag, profile or user, place) and searchLimit. addParentData is accepted and ignored.

How is a mixed list priced? Each row costs the price of its kind — a post as a post, a profile as a profile, a comment as a comment (the table below). Place and sound cards that come with their posts are free.

Can I get comments for a profile? Comments need post or reel links. For a profile choose Posts or Reels; to get comments of its posts, pass the post links with Comments.

Should I use this or a single-purpose Actor? Same data and prices. Single-purpose Actors have extra options — minimum views, follower filters, transcripts, contacts — and the lists this one doesn't do: followers, likers, similar accounts.

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-scraper
Does:    All-in-one Instagram scraper: profiles, posts, reels, comments, hashtags and places in one run, with saves and shares. No login.
Input:   {"directUrls": ["https://www.instagram.com/natgeo/", "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DehZj9wggt0/", "#skincare"], "resultsType": "posts", "resultsLimit": 20, "skipPinnedPosts": false, "searchType": "hashtag", "searchLimit": 10, "onlyNew": false}
Output:  one JSON row per result, up to 137 fields; main: type, url, ownerUsername, username, takenAt, views, likes, comments, saves, shares, followers, caption
Free:    private or missing items, duplicates, and place and sound cards that come with their posts
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-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=APIFY_TOKEN

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