Instagram Reel Scraper

Extract structured data from public Instagram Reels quickly and efficiently. Get Reel details, engagement metrics, captions, authors, media information, hashtags, mentions, and more in an easy-to-use dataset.

What can Instagram Reel Scraper do?

Instagram Reel Scraper allows you to collect detailed information from Instagram Reels using Reel URLs, usernames, profile URLs, or profile IDs.

With this Actor, you can:

🎥 Extract Reel details and engagement metrics, including likes, comments, views, and timestamps

👤 Get creator information, including username, full name, profile URL, and profile ID

📝 Extract captions, hashtags, mentions, and tagged users

🎵 Collect music and audio information associated with each Reel

📊 Get media details, including video duration, dimensions, thumbnails, and media URLs

💬 Extract comments and comment metadata when available

🔗 Collect the original Reel URL, shortcode, and Reel ID

📦 Export results in JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or other Apify-supported formats

⚡ Process multiple Reels or profiles in a single run

What data can I get?

Each scraped Reel can contain information such as:

Field	Description
Reel ID	Unique identifier of the Reel
Reel URL	URL of the Instagram Reel
Username	Reel owner's username
Full Name	Creator's display name
Caption	Reel caption
Likes	Number of likes
Comments	Number of comments
Views	Video view count when available
Shares	Share count when available
Posted At	Reel publication date and time
Hashtags	Hashtags used in the caption
Mentions	Mentioned Instagram accounts
Tagged Users	Accounts tagged in the Reel
Music	Music/audio information
Duration	Video duration
Dimensions	Video width and height
Thumbnail	Reel thumbnail URL
Video URL	Reel media URL when available
Comments	Available comments and metadata

How to use Instagram Reel Scraper

1. Open Instagram Reel Scraper in Apify.
2. Enter one or more Instagram Reel URLs, usernames, profile URLs, or profile IDs.
3. Configure the available scraping options.
4. Click Start.
5. Open the resulting dataset and export your data as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or another supported format.

Use cases

Instagram Reel Scraper can be useful for:

• 📊 Social media research
• 👤 Creator and influencer research
• 📈 Content performance analysis
• 🔎 Competitor research
• 🏷️ Hashtag and content analysis
• 📋 Building structured datasets
• 🤖 Automated data pipelines
• 📅 Monitoring public Reel content

API & Automation

Apify makes it easy to integrate the Actor into your own applications and workflows.

You can run it programmatically using the Apify API, Python, Node.js, SDKs, webhooks, and scheduled runs.

The resulting dataset can also be connected to other tools and automated workflows.

Important

This Actor is designed to process publicly available Instagram content. Availability of individual fields may vary depending on the Reel and the information Instagram makes publicly accessible.

Start a run and get your Instagram Reel data in a structured format.

How much will scraping Instagram Reels cost?

Instagram Reel Scraper uses a pay-per-event (PPE) pricing model.

The standard price is $1.50 per 1,000 results ($0.0015 per Reel). With the $5 free credit, you can scrape around 3,333 Reels for free.

If you enable Include comments, an additional $0.30 per 1,000 Reels ($0.0003 per Reel) is charged for comment scraping.

For example:

• 1,000 Reels: $1.50
• 1,000 Reels + comments: $1.80
• 10,000 Reels: $15.00
• 10,000 Reels + comments: $18.00

Paid plans offer discounted rates and more monthly credit. Check the Pricing tab for the current plan-specific rates and discounts.

⬇️ Input

Enter an Instagram profile URL, username, Reel URL, or Reel shortcode. You can enter inputs individually or in bulk using the Bulk edit function.

⬆️ Output

The results appear in a dataset in the Storage tab. You can view them as a table, download in JSON, CSV, Excel, or XML, or use API endpoints.

Besides the table view, you can also view your data as JSON, as well as download it as CSV, XML, Excel file, or through an API