Instagram Post Likers Scraper

Scrape the likers of any public Instagram post or reel — no login, no cookies, zero risk to your account. Paste post or reel URLs and get back every account that liked them, with username, full name, verification status, privacy flag, profile picture, and profile URL. Export as JSON, CSV, or Excel.

Input	What you get
A post/reel URL (e.g. .../p/CODE/)	Every account that liked it, one row each
Multiple URLs	Likers for all of them in one run, tagged by sourcePostUrl

Pure HTTP. No browser, no CAPTCHA solver, no cookies.

Why Use This Scraper?

• Zero account risk — no login, no cookies, no session handover.
• Engagement audits & lead gen — see exactly who engages with a post, then filter by verified, private, or name.
• Clean, flat output — one row per liker, ready for CRM import, lookalike building, or influencer analysis.
• Break the per-call liker cap (opt-in) — Instagram exposes only a ranked slice (typically a few hundred) per call. Every run adds the likers it sees to a permanent archive, so turning on includeHistorical returns likers accumulated across earlier runs too — more likers than any single call can return. Re-run a post over time and its coverage keeps growing.
• Multiple posts per run — pass a list of URLs; every row is tagged with its source post.
• Fast — pure HTTP.

How It Works

1. Resolve — each post/reel URL is looked up to its Instagram media.
2. Fetch — the post's likers are pulled (Instagram returns a ranked list, typically a few hundred).
3. Emit — every liker is pushed to the dataset as its own row, tagged with sourcePostUrl.

Input

Field	Type	Required	Notes
postUrls	array of strings	Yes	Public post/reel URLs (.../p/CODE/, .../reel/CODE/) or bare shortcodes.
maxLikersPerPost	integer	No	Cap likers per post. Omit for all available.
includeHistorical	boolean	No	Also return likers of this post captured on earlier runs that aren't in the current call — exceeding Instagram's per-call cap. Tagged source:"archive". Charged at the premium historical rate. Default: false.

Example input

{
    "postUrls": ["https://www.instagram.com/p/CxxznqSufDh/"],
    "maxLikersPerPost": 100
}

Output Schema

One dataset row per liker.

{
    "sourcePostUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxxznqSufDh/",
    "sourceShortCode": "CxxznqSufDh",
    "sourceMediaPk": "3202567835880124641",
    "userId": "2000252276",
    "username": "daniela.hadbavna",
    "fullName": "Daniela Hadbavná",
    "isVerified": false,
    "isPrivate": true,
    "profilePicUrl": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/…",
    "profileUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/daniela.hadbavna/"
}

When includeHistorical is on, archived likers carry three extra fields: source: "archive", firstSeenAt, and lastSeenAt (ISO timestamps for when that liker was first and last seen on this post). Live likers have no source field.

Pricing

Pay-per-event — you're charged only for the likers you collect. Rates decrease with your Apify plan tier.

Event	When it's charged	Rate (Free → Gold+)
Liker scraped	Once per liker row returned from the live call	$0.0010 → $0.0007
Historical liker	Once per archived liker returned, only with includeHistorical	$0.0020 → $0.0014

Historical likers are priced higher because they're data a single live call cannot return — accumulated past Instagram's per-call cap. No subscription, no per-run start fee. Posts that are private, deleted, or have hidden likes return an error item and are not charged.

Use Cases

Audience	How they use it
Sales / lead gen	Build lead lists from accounts engaging with a competitor's post
Growth teams	Create lookalike audiences from a viral post's likers
Influencer analysts	Audit real engagement on sponsored posts
Researchers	Map interest networks from public engagement

FAQ

Do I need to log in or provide cookies? No. It never asks for a login, password, or session.

Which posts work? Public posts and reels. Private accounts, deleted posts, and posts with hidden like counts return an error item and continue with your other URLs.

How many likers do I get per post? Instagram returns a ranked likers list — typically up to a few hundred per post, not necessarily every like.

Can I get more likers than that cap? Yes, over time. Every run stores the likers it sees in a permanent archive, so enabling includeHistorical also returns likers captured on earlier runs that today's call didn't include. Re-running a post periodically accumulates a larger set than any single call can return. Archived likers are tagged source:"archive" and billed at the premium historical rate.

Notes & Limitations

• Instagram caps the likers list it exposes; very high-like posts return the ranked top, not the full count.
• Posts with "hide like counts" enabled may not expose likers.
• includeHistorical returns only likers already in the archive (captured on earlier runs). A post never scraped before has no history yet and returns nothing extra.

🤖 For AI Agents & LLM Apps

Purpose: Return the likers of public Instagram posts/reels with profile info.

Minimal tested input:

{ "postUrls": ["https://www.instagram.com/p/CxxznqSufDh/"], "maxLikersPerPost": 50 }

Optional flags: includeHistorical: true also returns likers of the post captured on earlier runs (exceeding Instagram's per-call cap), tagged source:"archive" with firstSeenAt/lastSeenAt.

Output: array of flat objects, one per liker. Fields: sourcePostUrl, sourceShortCode, sourceMediaPk, userId, username, fullName, isVerified, isPrivate, profilePicUrl, profileUrl. Archived rows (with includeHistorical) add source: "archive", firstSeenAt, lastSeenAt. Private/deleted/hidden-like posts yield one error item ({sourcePostUrl, error, message}).

Behavior & billing: Pay-per-event, tiered — liker-scraped ($0.0010→$0.0007 per live liker) and historical-liker ($0.0020→$0.0014 per archived liker, only with includeHistorical). No login or cookies required.

Support

Found a bug or need a field added? Open an issue on the Actor's Issues tab in Apify Console, or email muhamed.didovic@gmail.com.

⚠️ Disclaimer

This Actor scrapes only publicly available data and does not log into any Instagram account. Use it in compliance with Instagram's Terms of Use, applicable laws, and data-protection regulations (such as GDPR and CCPA). You are responsible for how you collect and use the data, including obtaining any consent required for personal data.

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