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Instagram Post Scraper V2

Instagram Post Scraper V2

Scrape public Instagram posts with guaranteed delivery — a whole profile feed (deep pagination) or specific post URLs. Returns media URLs, caption, likes, comments, views, hashtags, mentions, carousel slides and timestamps.

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Instagram Post Scraper — scrape IG posts, likes, comments & media (No API Key, No Login)

Apify Actor No API Key required No Login needed No cookies needed Export formats MCP AI agents Pay per result

Scrape posts from any public Instagram profile or post URL — no login, no cookies, no Graph API app, no access token. The Instagram Post Scraper returns every post as a structured record: caption, hashtags, mentions, likes, comment count, views and plays for video, full-resolution image and MP4 URLs, carousel type, pinned flag, tagged location, publish timestamp, and the owner's username with verification status. Filter by date, skip pinned posts, or restrict the run to reels. Export to JSON, CSV, Excel, or XML.

Get your first posts free in under 2 minutes — type a username, click Start. No configuration, no credit card to try.


Table of contents


What can the Instagram Post Scraper do? {#what-can-it-do}

  • 🖼️ Scrape posts from a profile by username, or a single post by URL.
  • 📊 Get engagement metrics — likes, comments, views, and plays for video posts.
  • 📝 Read the full caption with hashtags and mentions extracted as plain arrays.
  • 🎞️ Get media URLs — full-resolution images plus direct MP4 video links and duration.
  • 🗓️ Filter by date with Only posts newer than to scrape just the recent window.
  • 📌 Skip pinned posts so your chronological analysis is not skewed by the three pinned slots.
  • 🎬 Reels-only mode to restrict the run to clips content.
  • 📍 Get the tagged location when the post has one.
  • 🎠 Detect carousels via the Sidecar type.
  • 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Queue many accounts or post URLs in a single run.
  • 📤 Export to JSON, CSV, Excel, or XML, or pull live via API.

Go beyond the limits of the official Instagram API: no OAuth app, no app review, no quota juggling — paste your input and collect publicly available data.


Who uses the Instagram Post Scraper? {#who-uses-it}

  • 📈 Social media & competitor analysts — benchmark posting cadence, formats, and engagement.
  • 🤝 Influencer marketers — verify real engagement on a creator's recent posts before paying.
  • 🧑‍💻 AI & data teams — build caption datasets for classification, sentiment, or trend models.
  • 🛒 E-commerce & brand teams — track how products are shown and which formats perform.
  • 🗄️ Archivists — snapshot a brand's grid with metrics before content is edited or deleted.

What data can I scrape? {#what-data}

FieldTypeDescription
idstringInstagram media ID.
shortcodestringShort code used in the post URL.
urlstringDirect link to the post.
typestringImage, Video, or Sidecar (carousel).
productTypestringfeed, clips (reel), igtv, or story.
captionstringFull caption text.
hashtagsarrayHashtags found in the caption, as plain strings.
mentionsarrayAccounts mentioned in the caption.
likesnumberLike count (null when the owner hides it).
commentsnumberComment count.
viewsnumberVideo views, when the post is a video.
playsnumberPlay count for reels and video posts.
isVideobooleanWhether the media is a video.
videoUrlstringDirect MP4 URL for video posts.
videoDurationnumberVideo length in seconds.
displayUrlstringFull-resolution image or video thumbnail URL.
takenAtstringPublish timestamp (ISO).
takenAtEpochnumberPublish timestamp as a Unix epoch.
isPinnedbooleanWhether the owner pinned the post to the top of the grid.
locationobjectTagged location, when the post has one.
ownerstringOwner username.
ownerIdstringOwner numeric ID.
ownerVerifiedbooleanWhether the owner has a verified badge.

Fields reflect what Instagram exposes publicly for that item. Values that do not exist for a given item are returned as null rather than dropped, so your schema stays stable.


How to scrape Instagram posts {#how-to}

  1. Open the Instagram Post Scraper on Apify.
  2. Add usernames to Instagram usernames, or paste specific post URLs into Post / reel URLs.
  3. (Optional) Set Max posts per profile, a date cut-off, skip pinned posts, or only reels.
  4. Click ▶ Start, then export to JSON, CSV, Excel, or XML.

No login, no cookies, no proxy configuration. Start with one input to see the output shape, then scale the same run — the fields stay identical, so code written against a test run keeps working.


Input example {#input-example}

{
"usernames": [
"natgeo",
"nasa"
],
"resultsLimit": 100,
"onlyPostsNewerThan": "2026-01-01",
"skipPinnedPosts": true,
"onlyReels": false
}
  • usernames — profiles whose grid you want to scrape.
  • startUrls — specific post or reel URLs, if you prefer targeting individual posts.
  • resultsLimit — cap on posts per profile.
  • onlyPostsNewerThan — ISO date cut-off; older posts are skipped.
  • skipPinnedPosts — ignore the pinned slots at the top of the grid.
  • onlyReels — return only reel (clips) content.

Output example {#output-example}

{
"id": "3950509751737914870",
"url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DbTB7BCDhX2/",
"type": "image",
"likes": 14677,
"owner": "natgeotv",
"plays": null,
"views": null,
"caption": "From a complete stranger to the person they needed most. Discover the stories of those who came together to survive the events of September 11, 2001.\n\n#911Reunited premieres Friday, August 21 at 9/8c on National Geographic. Streaming on @DisneyPlus and @hulu.",
"isVideo": false,
"ownerId": "18091046",
"takenAt": "2026-07-27T15:00:01Z",
"comments": 1158,
"hashtags": [
"#911Reunited"
],
"isPinned": false,
"location": null,
"mentions": [
"@DisneyPlus",
"@hulu."
],
"videoUrl": null,
"shortcode": "DbTB7BCDhX2",
"displayUrl": "https://scontent-vie1-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-15/755878701_18615548992043047_2588650301633620433_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=1&ig_cache_key=Mzk1MDUwOTc1MTczNzkxNDg3MA%3D%3D.3-ccb7-5&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=58cdad&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6IkZFRUQueHBpZHMuNDgwLnNkci5yZWd1bGFyX3Bob3RvLkMzIn0%3D&_nc_ohc=J5ZL_8SyEwkQ7kNvwHwVvwz&_nc_oc=Adr1w9AblgYYbR27zDPSqTwvV1KBqXhI-L1KsVK3LaaABUGME9bgydnitLvbvwC_1LU&_nc_ad=z-m&_nc_cid=0&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-vie1-1.cdninstagram.com&_nc_gid=u3pfMVqmBkMmo2Uvk0VtXg&_nc_ss=7a3ba&oh=00_AQChLZ5DNIR1I50zrqO8YhOz-aKGIf0hkqJuaQWj9xT-jw&oe=6A6E1568",
"sourceType": "instagram",
"productType": "feed",
"takenAtEpoch": 1785164401,
"ownerVerified": true,
"videoDuration": 0
}

Every run produces a clean dataset you can page through in the Apify Console or pull via API. Export to JSON, CSV, Excel, or XML in one click.


How much will it cost? {#pricing}

Simple, predictable pay-per-result pricing — you pay for the posts you actually receive, not for compute time.

  • 💸 Pay per post — budget is just posts × rate, so you can estimate spend up front.
  • 📉 Volume discounts — Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, and Diamond Apify plans get progressively lower rates.
  • 🆓 Free to try — new Apify accounts include monthly free usage, so your first run costs nothing.
  • 🚫 No hidden fees — no proxy add-on, no per-request API charge, no minimum spend.

See the live rate on the Apify store page.


Tips {#tips}

  • 📌 Turn on skipPinnedPosts for time-series analysis — pinned posts are old but appear first.
  • 🗓️ Use the date cut-off for monitoring runs instead of a big limit; it is cheaper and faster.
  • 🎬 Download videoUrl immediately — Instagram CDN links are signed and expire.
  • 🧮 Compute engagement rate by pairing this with the Profile Scraper for follower counts.
  • #️⃣ Mine hashtags across posts to reverse-engineer a competitor's hashtag strategy.
  • ❤️ Expect likes to be null on accounts that hide like counts — that is Instagram's setting, not a gap.

Want other Instagram data? {#want-other-data}

Building a multi-platform dataset? The same no-login, pay-per-result approach covers the other networks:

Browse everything on the myagizm store profile.


Use the data with AI agents (MCP) {#mcp}

The Instagram Post Scraper is available through the Apify MCP server, so AI assistants can call it as a tool and pull Instagram posts on demand.

  • 🧩 Claude — add the Apify MCP server and let Claude fetch and analyse the data.
  • 🤖 ChatGPT — use the actor as a tool inside research and reporting workflows.
  • 🖊️ Cursor — pull structured results straight into your coding sessions.

Common AI-agent recipes:

  • 📊 Content audit — "review this profile's last 100 posts and tell me which formats perform best."
  • 🏷️ Hashtag strategy — "list the hashtags this brand uses most and their average engagement."
  • 😀 Sentiment & topics — "classify these captions by theme."
  • 🖼️ Creative inventory — "list every video post with duration and plays."

Integrations & API {#integrations}

Connect the actor to the tools you already use: Make, Zapier, n8n, Slack, Airbyte, Gumloop, CrewAI, IFTTT, Lindy, GitHub, Google Sheets, and Google Drive — plus webhooks, Apify Schedules, and the MCP server.

Run synchronously and get the dataset (Apify API)

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/myagizm~instagram-post-scraper-v2/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"usernames": ["natgeo", "nasa"], "resultsLimit": 100, "onlyPostsNewerThan": "2026-01-01", "skipPinnedPosts": true, "onlyReels": false}'

Start a run asynchronously

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/myagizm~instagram-post-scraper-v2/runs?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"usernames": ["natgeo", "nasa"], "resultsLimit": 100, "onlyPostsNewerThan": "2026-01-01", "skipPinnedPosts": true, "onlyReels": false}'

Fetch dataset items later

$curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/myagizm~instagram-post-scraper-v2/runs/last/dataset/items?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN&format=csv"

Change format to json, csv, xlsx, or xml to export in your preferred format. The Apify Console also auto-generates ready-to-paste JavaScript, Python, and CLI snippets plus an OpenAPI spec for this actor.


Support {#support}

Questions, feature requests, or something not looking right? Open an issue on the actor's Issues tab. Please include the input you used so we can reproduce and fix it quickly.


FAQ {#faq}

Can I scrape a single post by URL?

Yes. Paste post or reel URLs into Post / reel URLs instead of (or alongside) usernames.

Why is likes sometimes null?

Instagram lets accounts hide like counts. When hidden, the field is null rather than a wrong number.

Can I get the comments too?

Use the Instagram Comment Scraper. This actor returns the comment count so you are not billed for comment rows you did not request.

How far back can I go?

The actor pages through the public grid; use Max posts and the date cut-off to control depth.

Do I need an Instagram account, login, cookies, or API key?

No. There is no login, no cookies, no Instagram Graph API app, no app review, and no access token. Paste your input and run.

The actor collects only publicly available data — the same content any visitor can see without logging in. It never logs in and never accesses private accounts. You are responsible for compliant use: if the data contains personal data, follow GDPR, CCPA, and other applicable regulations, and respect Instagram's terms.

Can I scrape private accounts?

No. Private accounts are reported in the run log and skipped. The actor never bypasses access controls.

Do I need proxies?

No. Proxy handling is built in and managed for you — nothing to configure or supply.

Can I export the results to CSV, Excel, or JSON?

Yes. Export to JSON, CSV, Excel, or XML from the Console, or use the API format parameter.

Can I use it with the Apify API?

Yes — the sync and async endpoints are shown above.

Is there an MCP server for AI agents?

Yes. The actor is exposed through the Apify MCP server, so Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor can call it as a tool.

Can I schedule runs?

Yes. Use Apify Schedules or trigger runs via API and webhooks to keep the data fresh.

How fresh is the data?

There is no caching. Every run reads the current public page, so numbers are live at run time.

Media URLs stopped working after a while — why?

Instagram signs its CDN links and they expire. Download or re-host media in the same session you scrape it.


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Disclaimer {#disclaimer}

This is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Instagram or Meta Platforms, Inc.. All product names, logos, and brands are property of their respective owners.

The actor collects only publicly available data — the same content any visitor can see without logging in. It never logs in, never bypasses access controls, and never touches private or protected content. You are responsible for how you use the data: if it contains personal data, follow GDPR, CCPA, and other applicable regulations, and respect the platform's terms.


Resources {#resources}


中文说明 —— Instagram 帖子抓取工具

抓取任意公开 Instagram 账号或帖子链接的内容 —— 不需要登录、Cookie、Graph API 应用或 access token。每条帖子返回结构化数据:正文、话题标签、@提及、点赞数、评论数、视频播放量、全分辨率图片与 MP4 直链、多图类型、是否置顶、地点标记、发布时间,以及作者用户名与认证状态。支持按日期过滤、跳过置顶、只抓 Reels。

两分钟内免费拿到第一批数据 —— 填入内容、点击 Start 即可。无需配置,试用不需要信用卡。

能做什么

  • 🖼️ 按账号抓取帖子,或按链接抓取单条帖子。
  • 📊 互动指标 —— 点赞、评论数、视频播放量。
  • 📝 完整正文hashtagsmentions 已提取为纯数组。
  • 🎞️ 媒体地址 —— 全分辨率图片 + MP4 视频直链与时长。
  • 🗓️ 按日期过滤,只抓最近时间窗口。
  • 📌 跳过置顶帖,避免时间序列分析被打乱。
  • 🎬 只抓 Reels 模式
  • 📍 地点标记(帖子带地点时返回)。
  • 🎠 识别多图帖Sidecar)。
  • 📤 导出 JSON / CSV / Excel / XML。

无需 OAuth 应用、无需应用审核、无需配额管理 —— 填入内容即可采集公开数据。

谁在用

  • 📈 社媒与竞品分析 —— 对比发布节奏、内容形式与互动表现。
  • 🤝 红人营销 —— 投放前核实近期帖子的真实互动。
  • 🧑‍💻 AI 与数据团队 —— 构建正文数据集用于分类、情感、趋势建模。
  • 🛒 电商与品牌团队 —— 跟踪产品呈现方式与高效格式。
  • 🗄️ 归档 —— 在内容被改动或删除前保存带指标的快照。

可以抓取哪些数据

字段类型说明
idstringInstagram 媒体 ID
shortcodestring帖子链接中的短码
urlstring帖子直达链接
typestringImageVideoSidecar(多图)
productTypestringfeedclips(Reels)、igtvstory
captionstring完整正文
hashtagsarray正文中的话题标签(纯字符串)
mentionsarray正文中 @ 到的账号
likesnumber点赞数(作者隐藏时为 null
commentsnumber评论数
viewsnumber视频播放次数
playsnumberReels / 视频播放量
isVideoboolean是否为视频
videoUrlstring视频 MP4 直链
videoDurationnumber视频时长(秒)
displayUrlstring全分辨率图片或封面地址
takenAtstring发布时间(ISO)
takenAtEpochnumber发布时间(Unix 时间戳)
isPinnedboolean是否被作者置顶
locationobject带地点标记时返回
ownerstring作者用户名
ownerIdstring作者数字 ID
ownerVerifiedboolean作者是否认证

字段取决于平台对外公开了什么。某个条目没有的值会返回 null 而不是直接省略,因此你的数据结构始终稳定。

使用步骤

  1. 打开 Instagram 帖子抓取工具
  2. Instagram usernames 填入账号,或在 Post / reel URLs 粘贴具体帖子链接。
  3. (可选)设置 Max posts日期截止跳过置顶只抓 Reels
  4. 点击 ▶ Start,然后导出为 JSON / CSV / Excel / XML。

输入示例

{
"usernames": [
"natgeo",
"nasa"
],
"resultsLimit": 100,
"onlyPostsNewerThan": "2026-01-01",
"skipPinnedPosts": true,
"onlyReels": false
}

输出示例

{
"id": "3950509751737914870",
"url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DbTB7BCDhX2/",
"type": "image",
"likes": 14677,
"owner": "natgeotv",
"plays": null,
"views": null,
"caption": "From a complete stranger to the person they needed most. Discover the stories of those who came together to survive the events of September 11, 2001.\n\n#911Reunited premieres Friday, August 21 at 9/8c on National Geographic. Streaming on @DisneyPlus and @hulu.",
"isVideo": false,
"ownerId": "18091046",
"takenAt": "2026-07-27T15:00:01Z",
"comments": 1158,
"hashtags": [
"#911Reunited"
],
"isPinned": false,
"location": null,
"mentions": [
"@DisneyPlus",
"@hulu."
],
"videoUrl": null,
"shortcode": "DbTB7BCDhX2",
"displayUrl": "https://scontent-vie1-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-15/755878701_18615548992043047_2588650301633620433_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=1&ig_cache_key=Mzk1MDUwOTc1MTczNzkxNDg3MA%3D%3D.3-ccb7-5&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=58cdad&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6IkZFRUQueHBpZHMuNDgwLnNkci5yZWd1bGFyX3Bob3RvLkMzIn0%3D&_nc_ohc=J5ZL_8SyEwkQ7kNvwHwVvwz&_nc_oc=Adr1w9AblgYYbR27zDPSqTwvV1KBqXhI-L1KsVK3LaaABUGME9bgydnitLvbvwC_1LU&_nc_ad=z-m&_nc_cid=0&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-vie1-1.cdninstagram.com&_nc_gid=u3pfMVqmBkMmo2Uvk0VtXg&_nc_ss=7a3ba&oh=00_AQChLZ5DNIR1I50zrqO8YhOz-aKGIf0hkqJuaQWj9xT-jw&oe=6A6E1568",
"sourceType": "instagram",
"productType": "feed",
"takenAtEpoch": 1785164401,
"ownerVerified": true,
"videoDuration": 0
}

价格

采用按结果计费:只为真正拿到的数据付费,不按运行时间计费。

  • 💸 成本 = 结果数量 × 单价,预算可提前算清。
  • 📉 Apify 的 Bronze / Silver / Gold / Platinum / Diamond 套餐享阶梯折扣。
  • 🆓 新账号自带每月免费额度,第一次运行不花钱。
  • 🚫 无代理附加费、无单次请求费、无最低消费。

实时价格见 Apify 商店页面

使用建议

  • 📌 做时间序列分析请开启 skipPinnedPosts
  • 🗓️ 监控场景用日期截止而不是大 limit,更便宜更快。
  • 🎬 拿到 videoUrl立刻下载,链接会过期。
  • 🧮 配合资料抓取工具取粉丝数即可算互动率。
  • ❤️ 隐藏点赞数的账号 likesnull,这是平台设置而非缺失。

其他 Instagram 数据

需要多平台数据?以下工具采用同样的免登录、按结果计费方式:

全部工具见 myagizm 商店主页

配合 AI 智能体使用(MCP)

本 Actor 已接入 Apify MCP 服务器,Claude、ChatGPT、Cursor 等助手可以把它当作工具直接调用,用自然语言提问即可拿到结构化结果,无需写胶水代码。

集成与 API

支持 Make、Zapier、n8n、Slack、Airbyte、Gumloop、CrewAI、IFTTT、Lindy、GitHub、Google Sheets、Google Drive,以及 Webhook、定时任务与 MCP 服务器。

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/myagizm~instagram-post-scraper-v2/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"usernames": ["natgeo", "nasa"], "resultsLimit": 100, "onlyPostsNewerThan": "2026-01-01", "skipPinnedPosts": true, "onlyReels": false}'

format 改成 jsoncsvxlsxxml 即可导出不同格式。

常见问题

能按链接抓单条帖子吗? 可以,在 Post / reel URLs 中粘贴链接即可。

为什么 likes 有时是 null? Instagram 允许账号隐藏点赞数,隐藏时返回 null 而不是错误数字。

能同时拿到评论吗? 请用评论抓取工具。本工具只返回评论数量,避免你为未请求的评论付费。

需要 Instagram 账号、登录、Cookie 或 API Key 吗? 不需要。不登录、不用 Cookie、不需要 Graph API 应用、不需要审核、不需要 access token。

抓取 Instagram 合法吗? 只采集公开可见的数据,即任何未登录访客都能看到的内容,不登录、不访问私密账号。合规责任由使用者承担:如涉及个人数据请遵守 GDPR / CCPA 与平台条款。

能抓私密账号吗? 不能。私密账号会被跳过并记录在运行日志中。

需要配置代理吗? 不需要,已内置托管。

支持导出 CSV / Excel / JSON 吗? 支持 JSON、CSV、Excel、XML 四种格式。

可以通过 Apify API 调用吗? 可以,同步与异步接口见上方示例。

支持 AI 智能体(MCP)吗? 支持。Claude、ChatGPT、Cursor 均可把它当作工具调用。

可以定时运行吗? 可以,支持 Apify Schedules、API 与 Webhook。

数据有多新? 不缓存,每次运行都读取当前公开页面。

媒体链接过一段时间失效了? Instagram 的 CDN 链接带签名且会过期,请在抓取的同一时段下载或转存。

免责声明

本工具为独立第三方工具,与 Instagram 及 Meta Platforms, Inc. 无任何隶属、认可或赞助关系,所有商标归各自所有者。

本 Actor 只采集公开可见的数据 —— 即任何未登录访客都能看到的内容。它不登录、不绕过访问控制、不获取私密内容。数据使用的合规责任由使用者承担:如涉及个人数据,请遵守 GDPR、CCPA 等法规与平台条款。

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