Instagram Profile Scraper - Email, Phone, Socials

Instagram Profile Scraper - Email, Phone, Socials

Instagram Profile Scraper extracts public Instagram profile data and contact details: name, bio, followers, following, post count, verified badge, bio links, plus the emails, phone numbers and social media links found in the bio and, optionally, on the profile's Linktree or lnk.bio page.

Paste usernames or profile URLs and get one clean row per account with emails, phones, social links and websites already separated, ready for influencer outreach, lead lists or CRM import. No Instagram login or account needed.

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Use the Apify actor "parsebird/instagram-profile-scraper" (actor ID: parsebird~instagram-profile-scraper) to scrape Instagram profiles and contact details, via the ApifyClient: client.actor("parsebird/instagram-profile-scraper").call(run_input={"usernames": ["bigfootvlog", "@instagram", "https://www.instagram.com/cristiano/"], "expandBioLinks": true}). Inputs: usernames (array of strings, required: usernames, @handles or profile URLs; one result per account); expandBioLinks (boolean, default false: also open Linktree and lnk.bio pages from the bio and add their links and emails); proxyConfiguration (object, default Apify residential proxy). Output: one dataset row per username with name, username, id, profileUrl, bio, bioLinks [{title, url, linkType}], homepage, followers, follows, imageCount (post count; exact below 10,000, rounded above, e.g. 11K -> 11000), imageCountText, facebookId, linkedFacebookPage {name, id, url}, threadsUsername, isPrivate, isVerified, isMemorialized, hasClips, highlightReelCount, pronouns, profileImage, profileImageStandard, allEmails, allPhoneNumbers, socialLinks, websiteLinks, expandedLinks [{source, platform, title, url}] (null when expandBioLinks is off), hasContacts, input, success, error (null, "profile_not_found" or "blocked_or_unavailable"). Fields Instagram shows only to logged-in viewers (category, businessCategory, overallCategory, categoryEnum, businessContactMethod, businessEmail, businessPhone, isBusinessAccount, isProfessionalAccount, hasGuides, hasChannel, pinnedChannelsListCount, videoCount, videos, images, savedCount, collectionsCount, relatedProfiles, biographyWithEntities) are kept for a stable shape and are always empty. Pricing: pay per profile scraped, plus a small charge per profile whose link-in-bio page was expanded; failed items are not charged. Full API spec: https://apify.com/parsebird/instagram-profile-scraper/api. Get your token: https://console.apify.com/account/integrations.

What is Instagram Profile Scraper?

Instagram Profile Scraper is an Instagram profile scraper and Instagram email finder that works without logging in. Give it a list of Instagram usernames or profile URLs and it returns each account's public profile details together with every contact detail it can find: email addresses and phone numbers written in the bio, the links in the bio, the linked Facebook page and, if you turn it on, the links and emails on the account's Linktree or lnk.bio page.

Use it to:

• Build influencer outreach lists with emails, follower counts and verified badges.
• Enrich a list of Instagram handles in your CRM with phones, websites and other social profiles.
• Find a creator's YouTube, TikTok, Spotify, Facebook and website links in one place.

The easiest way to try it: click Start with the example input. It scrapes three profiles in a few seconds.

What can Instagram Profile Scraper do?

• 👤 Profile data: name, bio, followers, following, post count, verified and private flags, profile picture, pronouns, highlight count, Reels flag, Threads username and linked Facebook page.
• 📧 Contact extraction: emails and phone numbers from the bio go to allEmails and allPhoneNumbers.
• 🔗 Links sorted for you: every link from the bio text and the bio-link buttons is split into socialLinks (Facebook, TikTok, YouTube, X, LinkedIn, Spotify, WhatsApp, Telegram and more) and websiteLinks. Instagram's l.instagram.com redirects are unwrapped to the real URL.
• 🌳 Link-in-bio expansion: with Expand Linktree and lnk.bio pages on, the actor opens those pages and adds every link and email listed there, with the source page and link title in expandedLinks.
• 🧾 Stable output: every row, including a failed one, has the same columns, so exports and integrations never break. success and error tell you what happened.
• 🔁 Flexible input: usernames, @handles and full profile URLs, mixed in one list. Duplicates are removed.
• ⏱️ Runs on Apify: schedule runs to keep follower counts fresh, call it from the Apify API or Apify MCP, and send results to Google Sheets, HubSpot, Make, Zapier or webhooks with integrations. Export as JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML or XML.

What data can you extract from Instagram profiles?

Field	Description
username, name, id, profileUrl	Account handle, display name, Instagram user ID and profile link
bio, pronouns	Biography text and pronouns shown on the profile
followers, follows, imageCount	Followers, following and number of posts
isVerified, isPrivate, hasClips, highlightReelCount	Verified badge, private account, has Reels, number of story highlights
bioLinks, homepage	Links from the bio (title, url, link type) and the first one
allEmails, allPhoneNumbers	Emails and phone numbers found in the bio and on expanded link-in-bio pages
socialLinks, websiteLinks	Social media links and other websites from the bio, bio links and expanded pages
expandedLinks	Every link on the profile's Linktree or lnk.bio page (source, platform, title, url)
linkedFacebookPage, facebookId, threadsUsername	Linked Facebook page, the account's Meta-scoped ID and Threads handle
profileImage, profileImageStandard	Profile picture links
hasContacts, success, error	Whether any email, phone or link was found, and the result status

How to scrape Instagram profiles and emails

1. Open Instagram Profile Scraper in Apify Console.
2. Add usernames or profile URLs to Usernames or profile URLs, one per line.
3. Turn on Expand Linktree and lnk.bio pages if you also want the links and emails on those pages.
4. Click Start. A few profiles take seconds; 30 profiles with link expansion took about 30 seconds in our test.
5. Open the Output tab and download the profiles as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read them through the API.

Input example

{
    "usernames": ["bigfootvlog", "@instagram", "https://www.instagram.com/cristiano/"],
    "expandBioLinks": false,
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true,
        "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"]
    }
}

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
usernames	array	Yes	—	Usernames, @handles or profile URLs. One result per account
expandBioLinks	boolean	No	false	Open Linktree and lnk.bio pages from the bio and add their links and emails
proxyConfiguration	object	No	Apify residential	Proxy used when Instagram limits the direct connection

Output example

{
    "name": "Gary Vay-Ner-Chuk",
    "username": "garyvee",
    "id": "1697296",
    "profileUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/garyvee/",
    "bio": "✈️CEO/Chairman @vaynermedia\n🐈‍⬛CEO/Founder   @veefriends\n🔮Investor FB,Venmo,Twitter,Liquid Death\n📲Text me 1-212-931-5731\n🍱@vcrgroup partner",
    "bioLinks": [
        { "title": "Garyvee Attention", "url": "http://garyvee.com/attention", "linkType": "external" },
        { "title": "Build for The Love of Building", "url": "https://garyvee.com/buildfortheloveofbuilding", "linkType": "external" },
        { "title": "RSVP to Tea With GaryVee- this Friday 7am ET", "url": "https://garyvee.com/tea", "linkType": "external" }
    ],
    "homepage": "http://garyvee.com/attention",
    "followers": 12029694,
    "follows": 7640,
    "imageCount": 11000,
    "imageCountText": "11K posts",
    "facebookId": "17841400998880026",
    "linkedFacebookPage": { "name": "Gary Vaynerchuk", "id": "51535068349", "url": "https://www.facebook.com/51535068349" },
    "threadsUsername": "garyvee",
    "isPrivate": false,
    "isVerified": true,
    "isMemorialized": false,
    "hasClips": true,
    "highlightReelCount": 4,
    "pronouns": [],
    "profileImage": "https://scontent-iad6-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/447913595_12414...",
    "profileImageStandard": "https://scontent-iad6-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/447913595_12414...",
    "allEmails": [],
    "allPhoneNumbers": ["1-212-931-5731"],
    "socialLinks": ["https://www.facebook.com/51535068349"],
    "websiteLinks": ["http://garyvee.com/attention", "https://garyvee.com/buildfortheloveofbuilding", "https://garyvee.com/tea"],
    "expandedLinks": null,
    "hasContacts": true,
    "category": null,
    "businessEmail": "",
    "businessPhone": "",
    "isBusinessAccount": null,
    "input": "garyvee",
    "success": true,
    "error": null
}

With Expand Linktree and lnk.bio pages on, a profile whose bio links to a Linktree gets entries like these (from chloe_t, whose Linktree also gave the email hello@chloeting.com):

"expandedLinks": [
    { "source": "https://linktr.ee/chloe_t", "platform": "linktree", "title": "Download my new FREE app!", "url": "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/core-by-chloe-ting/id6446920639" },
    { "source": "https://linktr.ee/chloe_t", "platform": "linktree", "title": "Free Workout Programs", "url": "https://www.chloeting.com/program/" }
]

A username that does not exist returns the same columns with "success": false, "error": "profile_not_found" and empty values.

How much does it cost to scrape Instagram profiles?

Instagram Profile Scraper uses pay-per-event pricing with two events. Failed items (not found or blocked) are saved so your export is complete, but they are not charged.

Event	Free	Bronze	Silver	Gold
Profile scraped (per 1,000)	$7.99	$6.99	$6.49	$5.99
Link-in-bio page expanded (per 1,000 profiles)	$1.49	$1.29	$1.09	$0.89

The link-in-bio event is charged only when Expand Linktree and lnk.bio pages is on and the profile actually had such a page that returned links. For example, 1,000 profiles of which 300 have a Linktree cost about $7.99 + $0.45 = $8.44 on the Free plan. You can set a maximum cost per run in the run options, and the actor stops when it is reached.

Python and JavaScript API examples

Python:

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>")
run = client.actor("parsebird/instagram-profile-scraper").call(run_input={
    "usernames": ["selenagomez", "chloe_t", "zachking"],
    "expandBioLinks": True,
})
for p in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    if p["success"]:
        print(p["username"], p["followers"], p["allEmails"], p["socialLinks"][:3])

JavaScript:

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '<YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN>' });
const run = await client.actor('parsebird/instagram-profile-scraper').call({
    usernames: ['https://www.instagram.com/khaby00/', '@lelepons'],
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.filter((p) => p.allEmails?.length).forEach((p) => console.log(p.username, p.allEmails.join(', ')));

See the API tab for more clients and endpoints.

FAQ

Where do the emails and phone numbers come from? From what the account shows publicly: the bio text, the bio-link buttons and, with expansion on, the account's Linktree or lnk.bio page. In a test of 95 usernames with expansion on, 89 profiles were found; 10 had at least one email and 80 had at least one contact detail (email, phone or link).

Why are businessEmail, businessPhone and category empty? Instagram only shows the contact buttons and business category to logged-in viewers. This actor does not log in, so those fields are always empty; they are kept so the output has the same columns as other Instagram profile tools. Emails and phones written in the bio are still extracted into allEmails and allPhoneNumbers.

Is the post count exact? imageCount comes from the public profile summary, which Instagram rounds above 10,000 posts (for example 11K). Below that it is exact. imageCountText keeps the original text. Followers and following are exact.

Why did a real account come back as profile_not_found? Instagram hides some accounts from logged-out visitors: deactivated, renamed, age-restricted or region-restricted accounts. Instagram returns no data for these, so the actor reports them as not found. In our tests, a handful of well-known accounts behaved this way even though they show up for logged-in users.

Does it work for private accounts? It returns what Instagram shows publicly for a private account: name, bio, bio links and follower counts, with isPrivate: true. Posts are not part of this actor's output.

Can it get posts, Reels or followers lists? No. This actor is focused on profile and contact data. For Reels, see Instagram Reels Search & Trend Discovery and Instagram Reels Audio Scraper.

Which link-in-bio services are supported? Linktree (linktr.ee) and lnk.bio. For Beacons, Komi, link.me and others, use Bio-Link Scraper on the websiteLinks from this actor.

Do I need a proxy or an Instagram account? No account. Keep the default residential proxy: Instagram sends data-center IP addresses to its login page for profile pages, and the actor uses the proxy only for the requests that need it.

Can I schedule runs and connect other tools? Yes. Use Apify Schedules for recurring runs and integrations for Google Sheets, HubSpot, Zapier, Make, n8n or webhooks.

Something is missing or broken? Open an issue in the Issues tab. We read every report and fix problems quickly.

Is it legal to scrape Instagram profiles?

Instagram Profile Scraper only collects information that Instagram shows to anyone without logging in. It does not log in, and it does not access private posts or messages. Names, emails and phone numbers are still personal data under laws such as the EU GDPR and the California CCPA, so make sure you have a lawful basis to store them and follow anti-spam rules (such as CAN-SPAM and GDPR consent rules) when you contact people. You should also check Instagram's terms of use. If you are unsure, ask a lawyer. Read more in Apify's blog post Is web scraping legal?.

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