💬 Instagram Comments Scraper

Every Instagram post is a focus group nobody transcribed.

Scrape Instagram comments from posts and reels. Just add one or more Instagram post URLs to get comment text, comment IDs, reply counts, likes, timestamps, usernames and profile pictures. Export to JSON, CSV or Excel, or pull the data straight through the API.

✨ What makes this Instagram scraper different

	Most Instagram scrapers	This one
Filtering	Returns everything, you filter afterwards	Filters before counting, so you pay for matches
Sorting	Whatever order the platform gave	Enforced with a stable tiebreaker, identical every run
Missing data	A silent 0 you cannot distinguish from a real zero	Named in meta.fields_unavailable
Bad input	Burns a run, then fails	Rejected before the request is made

🎯 What can I do with Instagram Comments Scraper?

Measure how a launch actually landed

Point it at the launch post, sort by likes, and read the top 20 comments. That is your sentiment, in the audience's own words.

{
  "targets": ["https://www.instagram.com/p/YOUR_POST/"],
  "limit": 100,
  "sortBy": "like_count",
  "sortOrder": "desc"
}

Find the people worth replying to

Filter for comments with real engagement and skip the emoji-only noise.

{
  "targets": ["https://www.instagram.com/p/YOUR_POST/"],
  "filters": { "min_like_count": 5, "verified_authors_only": false }
}

Watch a competitor's audience

Run it on their posts on a schedule and diff the results to see what their customers keep asking for.

{
  "targets": ["https://www.instagram.com/p/THEIR_POST/"],
  "filters": { "posted_after": "2026-08-01T00:00:00Z" }
}

🧾 What can Instagram Comments Scraper do?

• Scrape all Instagram comments from any public post or reel
• Get comment likes, reply counts and exact timestamps
• Extract the commenter's username, full name, ID and profile picture
• Filter Instagram comments by likes, date, keyword or verified authors
• Sort comments by newest, oldest or most liked
• Export Instagram comment data to JSON, CSV, Excel or an API feed

📋 What data can I scrape from Instagram comments?

Field	Description
id	Comment ID
message	The comment text
like_count	Likes on the comment
reply_count	Number of replies
created_at	When it was posted, UTC
user.username	Commenter username
user.full_name	Commenter display name
user.id	Commenter Instagram ID
user.is_verified	Whether the commenter is verified
user.profilePicUrl	Commenter profile picture
post_url	The post the comment belongs to
post_id	Instagram media ID
url	Direct link to the comment

▶️ How to scrape Instagram comments

1. Add your Instagram post or reel URLs to targets
2. Set limit, and optionally Sort by and filters
3. Click Start
4. Download the dataset as JSON, CSV, Excel or XML, or pull it from the API

⬇️ Input

Field	Required	Description
targets	yes	Instagram post or reel URLs.
limit	no	Max items per target, applied after filtering. Default 15, max 5000.
sortBy	no	Pick a field to order by. Leave empty for the default order.
sortOrder	no	Highest first or lowest first. Defaults to highest first.
filters	no	Applied before sorting and before the limit.

{
  "targets": [
    "https://www.instagram.com/p/Dbru79IAdH-/"
  ],
  "limit": 50,
  "sortBy": "like_count",
  "sortOrder": "desc",
  "filters": {
    "min_like_count": 10
  }
}

🎛️ How to filter and sort Instagram comments

Filter	Effect
min_like_count	Only comments above an engagement floor
min_reply_count	Only comments that started a thread
posted_after / posted_before	Date window, naive values read as UTC
verified_authors_only	Only verified accounts
text_contains	Substring match on the comment body
exclude_authors	Drop bots or your own team

Filters run before the row count, so a narrow filter costs less than a broad one. Sorting is applied with a stable tiebreaker, so two identical runs return identical order, and the sort you pick is applied server-side, not left to the platform.

⬆️ Output

One row per item, exportable as JSON, CSV, Excel or XML, or straight from the API.

💬 Extracted Instagram comments data sample

{
  "id": "18220240222333164",
  "message": "This is the real life action we didn't know we needed, I'm in\ud83d\udd25\ud83e\udd81",
  "like_count": 12,
  "reply_count": 0,
  "created_at": "2026-08-08T12:38:52Z",
  "user": {
    "id": "216244291",
    "username": "jdrodgir",
    "full_name": "Jose David Rodgir",
    "is_verified": false,
    "profilePicUrl": "https://scontent-atl3-3.cdninstagram.com/..."
  },
  "post_url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/Dbru79IAdH-/",
  "post_id": "3957463127796339198",
  "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/Dbru79IAdH-/c/18220240222333164/"
}

🛡️ Why results stay reliable when Instagram changes

Instagram changes what it returns. When a field stops being available it does not vanish from the schema: it comes back empty and meta.fields_unavailable names it. You branch on that instead of guessing why a number is zero.

❓ FAQ

How many Instagram comments can I scrape?

Up to 5000 per post URL per run. Raise limit to widen the set, then let filters and sorting keep only what you need.

Can I scrape Instagram comment replies?

Reply counts come back on every comment. If the serving path cannot supply them, meta.fields_unavailable says so rather than quietly returning zero.

Can I scrape Instagram comments by keyword?

Yes. filters.text_contains keeps only comments containing a phrase, and filters.exclude_authors drops accounts you do not want.

Can I scrape comments from Instagram reels?

Yes. Reel URLs work exactly like post URLs.

How do I get the most liked Instagram comments?

Set Sort by to Likes. Sorting runs server-side, so repeat runs return identical order.

Can I scrape comments from multiple Instagram posts at once?

Add as many post URLs to targets as you need. Each is fetched and its comments returned with post_url and post_id attached.

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