Instagram User Scraper

Search public Instagram users by keyword and get back enriched, ready-to-use profiles — no login, no cookies, no browser automation. Type what your ideal account looks like ("fitness coach", "real estate agent miami", "vegan bakery") and the actor returns matching public Instagram profiles with bio, follower/following/post counts, verified and business flags, category, external links, and email/phone parsed from the bio for lead generation.

This is a keyword discovery tool. If you already have a list of @usernames and just want each profile's details, use the companion instagram-profile-scraper actor instead.

What you get

Field	Description
username	Instagram handle (@username)
fullName	Display / full name
biography	Profile bio text
email	Best-effort email parsed from bio + bio links
phone	Best-effort phone parsed from bio text
followerCount	Public follower count
followingCount	Accounts the user follows
mediaCount	Number of posts
isVerified	Blue-badge verified
isPrivate	Private account flag
isBusinessAccount	Business / professional account flag
categoryName	Creator/business category (e.g. "Coach")
externalUrl	Website link on the profile
bioLinks	All outbound links in the bio
profilePicUrl	Direct profile-photo URL
profileUrl	Public instagram.com profile URL
matchedFrom	profile (bio match) or caption (post/reel caption match)
igId, scrapeSource, scrapedAt	ID, data source, ISO-8601 timestamp

When to use it

• Build influencer & creator lists for a niche or city.
• Generate B2B / local lead lists with contactable emails and websites.
• Competitor and market research — who is active in a category.
• Feed an AI agent a keyword and get structured profiles back (MCP-ready).

Pricing

Pay-per-event, so you only pay for what you get:

• Actor start: $0.00005 per run
• Profile found: $0.005 per unique profile written to the dataset

A run returning 50 profiles costs about $0.25. Set Max results per query to control the ceiling — the actor prints the maximum cost cap in the log before it charges anything.

Input

{
  "searchQueries": ["fitness coach", "real estate agent miami"],
  "maxResultsPerQuery": 50,
  "parseContacts": true
}

Input	Type	Default	Notes
searchQueries	string[]	— (required)	One or more keyword/phrase queries.
maxResultsPerQuery	integer	50	1–500. Cap per query; results paginate automatically.
parseContacts	boolean	true	Parse email + phone from the bio into their own fields.
provider	string	auto	auto (ScrapeCreators, then SociaVault on block), scrapeCreators, or sociaVault.

Output example

{
  "query": "fitness coach",
  "username": "charliejohnsonfitness",
  "fullName": "World's #1 Fitness Business Coach",
  "biography": "DM me \"PAID\" ...",
  "email": null,
  "phone": null,
  "followerCount": 503332,
  "followingCount": 6541,
  "mediaCount": 8387,
  "isVerified": true,
  "isPrivate": false,
  "isBusinessAccount": true,
  "categoryName": "Coach",
  "externalUrl": "https://www.7fss.com/step-1-copy",
  "bioLinks": ["https://www.7fss.com/step-1-copy"],
  "profilePicUrl": "https://instagram.f.../444225908_....jpg",
  "profileUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/charliejohnsonfitness/",
  "matchedFrom": "profile",
  "igId": "188767259",
  "scrapeSource": "scrapecreators",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-07-01T12:00:00.000Z"
}

Use with the Apify API

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
run = client.actor("khadinakbar/instagram-user-scraper").call(run_input={
    "searchQueries": ["vegan bakery"],
    "maxResultsPerQuery": 50,
    "parseContacts": True,
})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item["username"], item["followerCount"], item.get("email"))

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' });
const run = await client.actor('khadinakbar/instagram-user-scraper').call({
  searchQueries: ['real estate agent miami'],
  maxResultsPerQuery: 50,
  parseContacts: true,
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

MCP / AI agents

This actor is MCP-ready. Exposed through the Apify MCP server as apify--instagram-user-scraper, an agent can call it with a single keyword and receive flat, structured profile records — ideal for automated prospecting and research workflows.

How it works & limitations

• No login, no cookies. Search is powered by managed providers. ScrapeCreators (primary) resolves public Instagram profiles from Google's index and returns them already enriched. If ScrapeCreators is blocked, the actor automatically falls back to SociaVault, which discovers profiles via Google search and enriches each one — so a single provider outage does not fail your run.
• Best-effort, not native search. Because matching is Google-index-backed, results are the most relevant public profiles for your keyword, not a complete crawl of Instagram's internal search. Very fresh or fully private accounts may not appear.
• Contacts are parsed, not guaranteed. email and phone are extracted from the public bio and links when present, so they are frequently null.
• Counts are point-in-time snapshots from when the profile was read.

FAQ

Can I look up a specific @username? This actor is for keyword discovery. For a known handle's full details, use instagram-profile-scraper.

Do I need to provide an API key or cookies? No. The data provider key is pre-configured by the actor owner; you only provide search queries.

Why did I get fewer results than maxResultsPerQuery? The index ran out of relevant public profiles for that keyword. Try broader or additional queries.

Are private accounts included? Private accounts can appear in results (flagged isPrivate: true) but expose only public metadata.

Legal

This actor collects only publicly available information and does not log in or bypass authentication. You are responsible for using the data in compliance with Instagram's Terms of Service, the GDPR/CCPA, and any other applicable laws and regulations. Do not use scraped personal data for spam or unlawful purposes.