Instagram Profile & Post Scraper (cheap)

A cheaper drop-in alternative with the same input and output fields as the most popular Instagram profile and post scrapers. Switch your existing runs, schedules and integrations without changing any code, and pay about half.

What you get	This Actor	Typical price elsewhere
1,000 profiles	$1.40	$2.60
1,000 posts	$1.40	$2.70
Run start	$0.005	—

Errors (deleted accounts, invalid input) are returned as free rows: you only pay for real results.

What it scrapes

• Profiles (usernames): id, username, fullName, biography, externalUrl(s), followersCount, followsCount, postsCount, highlightReelCount, verified, private, isBusinessAccount, businessCategoryName, profilePicUrl / profilePicUrlHD, relatedProfiles, igtvVideoCount, latestIgtvVideos and the 12 latestPosts.
• Posts (directUrls with a profile URL, resultsType: "posts"): the profile's feed, newest first, with id, shortCode, caption, hashtags, mentions, url, likesCount, commentsCount, timestamp, displayUrl, images, videoUrl, audioUrl, videoDuration, childPosts (carousels), taggedUsers, coauthorProducers, musicInfo, ownerUsername, ownerFullName, productType, paidPartnership.
• Single posts / reels (directUrls with /p/... or /reel/...).
• resultsType: "details" on a profile URL returns the profile item.
• usernames with an explicit resultsType: "posts" returns each profile's feed instead of its profile item.

Built for scheduled monitoring

Set onlyPostsNewerThan to a date (2026-01-31) or a relative value (1 day, 2 weeks). The scraper stops paging at the first older post, so a daily run only pays for the new posts.

Input example

{
  "usernames": ["natgeo", "nasa"],
  "directUrls": ["https://www.instagram.com/humansofny/", "https://www.instagram.com/p/DfAWxdIFmVB/"],
  "resultsType": "posts",
  "resultsLimit": 50,
  "onlyPostsNewerThan": "7 days"
}

Output example (profile, shortened)

{
  "inputUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/nasa",
  "id": "528817151",
  "username": "nasa",
  "fullName": "NASA",
  "followersCount": 104375612,
  "followsCount": 87,
  "postsCount": 4986,
  "verified": true,
  "isBusinessAccount": true,
  "businessCategoryName": "Government Agencies",
  "latestPosts": [{ "shortCode": "...", "likesCount": 512345, "timestamp": "2026-10-30T15:02:11.000Z" }]
}

Public data only, no login

The Actor never logs in and uses no Instagram account or cookies. Things Instagram only shows to logged-in users are not supported: followers/following lists, stories, comments text (firstComment / latestComments are empty), private profiles, hashtag and place feeds, search. Fields Instagram hides from logged-out visitors stay null: joinedRecently, businessCategoryName, igtvVideoCount (and latestIgtvVideos is empty), videoPlayCount, and videoViewCount on feed posts (profile latestPosts do include videoViewCount). The automatic "May be an image of…" alt text is not available; alt gets Instagram's short form ("Photo by NASA on October 27, 2026.").

Tips

• Private profiles return their profile item (counts, bio) but no posts.
• Pinned posts are skipped in the posts feed, like in the original scraper.