Instagram Profile Scraper

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$15.00/month + usage

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Instagram Profile Scraper

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Scrape Instagram profile data effortlessly! This scraper extracts usernames, bios, followers, following counts, posts, profile pictures, and more — perfect for influencer research, social media analytics, and marketing insights.

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Pricing

$15.00/month + usage

Last modified

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Lead generation

Social media

Videos

This Apify Actor scrapes Instagram profile information using the Instagram web API. It extracts key profile data including biography, follower counts, following counts, post counts, and more.

Features

🔍 Extract profile information from any public Instagram account
📊 Get follower and following counts
📝 Retrieve biography and bio links
📷 Get post counts and highlight reel counts
🏷️ Extract category information
🔒 Proxy support for reliable scraping

Input

The Actor accepts the following input parameters:

{
  "username": "instagram",
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}

Input Parameters

username (required): Instagram username to scrape (without @ symbol)
proxyConfiguration (optional): Proxy configuration for the scraper. Using proxies is highly recommended for Instagram scraping to avoid rate limiting.

Output

The Actor outputs the following data for each profile:

{
  "username": "instagram",
  "biography": "Profile bio text...",
  "bio_links": ["https://example.com"],
  "full_name": "Full Name",
  "followers_count": 12345678,
  "following_count": 123,
  "category_name": "Category",
  "highlight_reel_count": 5,
  "post": 1234
}

Output Fields

username: Instagram username
biography: Profile biography text
bio_links: List of links in the bio
full_name: Full name displayed on the profile
followers_count: Number of followers
following_count: Number of accounts being followed
category_name: Profile category (if available)
highlight_reel_count: Number of story highlights
post: Total number of posts

Usage

On Apify Platform

Go to the Actor's page
Enter the Instagram username you want to scrape
Click "Start"
Download the results from the dataset

Locally with Apify CLI

$apify run -p

Important Notes

⚠️ This Actor uses the Instagram web API which may be subject to rate limiting
🔒 Using proxies (Apify Proxy) is highly recommended to avoid being blocked
📋 Only public profiles can be scraped
⏱️ The Actor includes retry logic and download delays to handle rate limiting

Requirements

Python 3.13+
Scrapy
Apify SDK for Python

Deployment

Deploy to Apify Platform

Option 1: Link Git Repository

Go to Actor creation page
Click on Link Git Repository button
Connect your repository

Option 2: Push from Local Machine

Log in to Apify CLI:
```
$apify login
```
Push the Actor:
```
$apify push
```

Support

For issues or questions, please open an issue in the repository.

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