Instagram Profile Scraper

Scrape public Instagram profile data without logging in. Get followers, following, posts, bio, full name, profile picture, verification status, category, public email, and external URL — all from a single username list.

Why this actor

• No login required. Uses Instagram's public web_profile_info endpoint with a public X-IG-App-ID header.
• No Instagram account. No cookies, no session tokens, no risk of account ban.
• Residential proxy included. Each request rotates through a clean IP — Instagram blocks datacenter IPs with 429s.
• Structured data. Every field parsed and normalized — ready for downstream pipelines.
• Battle-tested. Works for public accounts including verified, business, and creator profiles.

What you get

For each username, you receive one item with these fields:

Field	Type	Description
input_username	string	The username you requested (without @)
profile_url	string	Full Instagram profile URL
username	string	Canonical Instagram handle
full_name	string	Display name
biography	string	Bio text
external_url	string	Link in bio (or null)
profile_pic_url	string	HD profile picture URL
followers_count	int	Follower count
following_count	int	Following count
posts_count	int	Media count
is_verified	bool	Verified badge
is_private	bool	Private account flag
is_business	bool	Business account flag
category_name	string	Account category (e.g. "Personal blog")
public_email	string	Publicly listed email (or null)
public_phone_number	string	Publicly listed phone (or null)
user_id	string	Instagram internal user ID
fbid_v2	string	Facebook-scoped ID (or null)
scraped_at	string	ISO 8601 timestamp

Input

{
  "usernames": ["natgeo", "cristiano", "arianagrande"],
  "maxItems": 50
}

Field	Required	Default	Notes
usernames	yes	—	1–200 usernames. No @ symbol. 2s delay between.
maxItems	no	50	1–200. Use to control cost on large runs.

Example output

{
  "input_username": "natgeo",
  "profile_url": "https://www.instagram.com/natgeo/",
  "username": "natgeo",
  "full_name": "National Geographic",
  "biography": "Experience the world through the eyes of a National Geographic photographer.",
  "external_url": "https://linktr.ee/natgeo",
  "profile_pic_url": "https://...",
  "followers_count": 283000000,
  "following_count": 156,
  "posts_count": 12500,
  "is_verified": true,
  "is_private": false,
  "is_business": true,
  "category_name": "Magazine",
  "public_email": null,
  "public_phone_number": null,
  "user_id": "...",
  "fbid_v2": "...",
  "scraped_at": "2026-06-12T14:00:00.000Z"
}

Use cases

• Influencer research — find creators by handle, get follower/authenticity signals at scale
• Lead generation — extract public business emails from B2B/creator profiles
• Market analysis — track competitor follower growth, post frequency, verification status
• Creator outreach — pull public contact info into your CRM
• Brand monitoring — track when an account changes bio, profile pic, or verification

Pricing

• Pay-per-event: pricing is set in the Apify Console (per successful profile scraped)
• Free tier: 5 USA proxy IPs included on the Apify free plan

Tips

• Private accounts return 404 — the actor reports them as errors, not failures.
• Rate limits are respected with 2-second delays between requests. For 100 usernames, expect ~3–4 minutes runtime.
• Cap with maxItems to control cost on exploratory runs.

Legal

This actor scrapes publicly available Instagram data through Apify's residential proxy network. You are responsible for complying with Instagram's Terms of Use and applicable laws (including GDPR and data protection regulations when processing personal data). Do not use this to:

• Scrape private accounts (the actor will return 404, but don't try to bypass)
• Build behavioral profiles or surveillance tools
• Send unsolicited messages to scraped users
• Resell Instagram data in violation of Meta's ToS