📸 Instagram Posts Scraper

A creator's feed is a strategy document. This turns it into rows.

Scrape Instagram posts from any public creator. Just add Instagram usernames to get captions, hashtags, mentions, likes, comments, image URLs, location and timestamps. Export Instagram post data to JSON, CSV or Excel, or run it on a schedule.

✨ 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 Posts Scraper?

Audit a content strategy

Pull a year of posts, sort by likes, and the winning formats separate themselves.

{
  "targets": ["creator_username"],
  "limit": 200,
  "sortBy": "like_count",
  "sortOrder": "desc"
}

Get the hashtags without writing a regex

Hashtags and mentions arrive already parsed out of every caption.

{
  "targets": ["brand_account"],
  "filters": { "posted_after": "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z" }
}

Monitor a brand account

Run it on a schedule and diff the output to catch new posts, campaigns and partnerships.

{
  "targets": ["brand_account"],
  "filters": { "paid_partnership_only": true }
}

🧾 What can Instagram Posts Scraper do?

• Scrape all Instagram posts from any public account
• Get likes, comments and view counts per post
• Extract captions with hashtags and mentions already parsed out
• Get image URLs, dimensions and carousel counts
• Filter Instagram posts by engagement, date or hashtag
• Sort posts by newest or most liked

📋 What data can I scrape from Instagram posts?

Field	Description
id	Instagram media ID
shortcode	Post shortcode
url	Post permalink
kind	post or reel
caption	Post caption
like_count	Likes
comment_count	Comments
view_count	Views
taken_at	Publish time, UTC
owner_username	Creator username
owner_id	Creator Instagram ID
hashtags	Hashtags parsed from the caption
mentions	Mentions parsed from the caption
image_urls	Image URLs, including carousels
thumbnail_url	Cover image
width / height	Media dimensions
location	Tagged location
is_paid_partnership	Sponsored content flag

▶️ How to scrape Instagram posts

1. Add your Instagram creator usernames 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 creator usernames.
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": [
    "natgeo"
  ],
  "limit": 50,
  "sortBy": "like_count",
  "sortOrder": "desc",
  "filters": {
    "posted_after": "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z"
  }
}

🎛️ How to filter and sort Instagram posts

Filter	Effect
kind	post or reel
min_like_count / min_comment_count	Engagement floors
posted_after / posted_before	Date window
caption_contains	Substring match on the caption
hashtags_any	Keep posts using any of these hashtags
paid_partnership_only	Only sponsored content

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 posts data sample

{
  "id": "3957463127796339198",
  "shortcode": "Dbru79IAdH-",
  "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/Dbru79IAdH-/",
  "kind": "post",
  "caption": "A new era begins... #wildlife",
  "like_count": 189113,
  "comment_count": 1241,
  "taken_at": "2026-08-06T14:04:20Z",
  "owner_username": "natgeo",
  "hashtags": [
    "wildlife"
  ],
  "mentions": [
    "natgeowild"
  ],
  "image_urls": [
    "https://..."
  ],
  "is_paid_partnership": false
}

🛡️ 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 posts can I scrape?

Up to 5000 per username per run via limit, applied after filtering.

Can I scrape Instagram posts by date?

Yes. filters.posted_after and filters.posted_before set a date window, and naive values are read as UTC.

Can I get hashtags from Instagram posts?

Hashtags and mentions are parsed out of every caption into arrays, so you never write the regex yourself.

Can I scrape both Instagram posts and reels?

Yes, both come back by default. Set filters.kind to post or reel to narrow it.

How do I get the most liked Instagram posts?

Set Sort by to Likes.

Can I scrape Instagram carousel posts?

Yes. image_urls returns every image in a carousel, not only the cover.

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