🎞 Instagram Highlights Scraper

🚀 Export Instagram story highlights in seconds. One row per highlight with 25 fields, and every photo and video inside it with 16 fields each: direct image and MP4 links, the original post date, video length, mentions, link stickers, hashtags and locations. No Instagram account needed.

Instagram Highlights Scraper reads the story highlights that public Instagram accounts keep pinned on their profile. Give it usernames or profile links and it returns each highlight's title, cover, frame count and creation date, plus the complete list of frames inside it. Give it highlight links or IDs and it reads exactly those highlights.

In our test run, 10 highlights from @nasa and @instagram came back with 286 frames (199 videos, 87 photos), 25 link stickers pointing at the real destination URL, and 201 frames with account mentions. Every frame keeps the moment it was first posted as a story, so a highlight created today can still show frames from two years ago.

🎯 Target Audience	💡 Primary Use Cases
Social media managers, influencer marketing agencies, brand and competitor analysts, e-commerce teams, researchers, content archivists	Competitor highlight audits, influencer vetting, link-in-story tracking, campaign archiving, content research, media downloads

📋 What the Instagram Highlights Scraper does

• 👤 Profiles in, highlights out. Username, @handle or profile link. The Actor reads the profile's highlights tray in the order Instagram shows it (pinned and newest first).
• 🎞 Every frame. Each highlight row nests all of its photos and videos: full-size image URL, MP4 URL, width and height, duration in seconds, audio flag and the original post time.
• 🔗 Link stickers, unwrapped. Instagram wraps story links in its own redirect. The Actor returns the real destination (https://go.nasa.gov/adoptapixel, not l.instagram.com/?u=...) plus the text shown on the sticker.
• 🏷 Mentions, hashtags and locations. Tagged accounts, hashtag stickers and location stickers with name, address and coordinates.
• 🔢 Summary columns. Photo count, video count, total video seconds, link count, distinct mentioned accounts, oldest and newest frame date, so you can compare highlights without opening the nested list.
• 🎯 Direct highlight links. instagram.com/stories/highlights/<id>/ links or bare IDs are read without the profile.

💡 Why it matters: highlights are the one part of a profile that brands curate on purpose. Menus, launches, FAQs, reviews, promo codes and partner links live there for months, long after the 24-hour story has expired.

🎬 Full Demo (🚧 Coming soon)

📊 Output

Each row is one highlight. Its frames are nested in items. Open the Frames view (or add unwind=items to the dataset API link) to get one row per photo or video instead.

Field	Description
🖼 imageUrl	Highlight cover image
🆔 highlightId	Instagram highlight ID
📌 title	Highlight title
🔗 highlightUrl	Public link to the highlight
👤 username / 🔗 profileUrl	Owner account, same fields as the ParseForge Instagram profile actors
🆔 ownerId / 🪪 ownerFullName / ✔️ ownerIsVerified	Owner ID, display name and verified badge
🔢 itemCount / 📥 itemsReturned	Frames in the highlight, and frames included in the row
📷 imageCount / 🎬 videoCount / ⏱ totalVideoSeconds	Photo and video split, and total video length
🔗 linkCount / 🏷 mentionCount	Link stickers and distinct mentioned accounts
📅 firstItemAt / lastItemAt / createdAt	Oldest frame, newest frame, and when the highlight was created
📌 isPinned / 🔢 trayPosition / 🧭 source	Pinned flag, position in the profile tray (0 when requested by link), and how the highlight was found
🎞 items	Every frame: imageUrl, id, mediaType, videoUrl, takenAt, takenAtTimestamp, durationSeconds, hasAudio, width, height, mentions, hashtags, links, locations, isPaidPartnership, productType
🕒 scrapedAt	When the row was collected
❌ error	Error message on error rows, null on data rows

Three real rows from a run on @nasa and @instagram. Each items list is cut to one frame here to keep the page short; the real rows carry every frame.

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    "highlightId": "18195781759377100",
    "title": "Roman",
    "highlightUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/18195781759377100/",
    "username": "nasa",
    "profileUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/nasa/",
    "ownerId": "528817151",
    "ownerFullName": "NASA",
    "ownerIsVerified": "Yes",
    "itemCount": 9,
    "itemsReturned": 9,
    "imageCount": 0,
    "videoCount": 9,
    "totalVideoSeconds": 279.687,
    "linkCount": 1,
    "mentionCount": 1,
    "firstItemAt": "2026-08-30T11:00:53.000Z",
    "lastItemAt": "2026-08-30T13:08:03.000Z",
    "createdAt": "2026-08-30T14:33:04.000Z",
    "isPinned": "No",
    "trayPosition": 1,
    "source": "profile",
    "items": [
      {
        "imageUrl": "https://scontent-lim1-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.71878-15/789979040_5075074616052230_9021066390302051949_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e15_tt6&_nc_cat=106&ig_cache_key=Mzk3NTE1Mzg1OTIyMzk5OTU4Nw%3D%3D.3-ccb7-5&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=58cdad&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6IlNUT1JZLnhwaWRzLjY0MC5zZHIudmlkZW9fZGVmYXVsdF9jb3Zlcl9mcmFtZS5DMyJ9&_nc_ohc=rU1wVx7RFm4Q7kNvwGgRNRG&_nc_oc=Adok8zve9CcWHYvCndKATyrYDgf7BWVa_eWV8nFEbr-X9P2qxOdPQnXhbz9utFuzrP43KXXqdvxlUMDU0UvHlwLY&_nc_ad=z-m&_nc_cid=0&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-lim1-1.cdninstagram.com&_nc_gid=uqQwEYPLuDth6iW4QLILVg&_nc_ss=7a22e&oh=00_AQO_ugp7klz1Vs6iBe7Le6DK2VwMkn1y9ItfwiPOsNcsCA&oe=6AC0EF10",
        "id": "3975153859223999587",
        "mediaType": "video",
        "videoUrl": "https://scontent-lim1-1.cdninstagram.com/o1/v/t2/f2/m78/AQMKSA74hL9lQMtgb1F-wlDzHwm07tACjzyrfO-7CllYwOGbFhbhHWdrcz3kwwGs2EfKBHd62y4BdHkgUPzjTT49sbL8QFE-1PBtMIE.mp4?_nc_cat=103&_nc_sid=5e9851&_nc_ht=scontent-lim1-1.cdninstagram.com&_nc_ohc=JMqX0-JPnCUQ7kNvwEsJgGg&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6Inhwdl9wcm9ncmVzc2l2ZS5JTlNUQUdSQU0uU1RPUlkuQzMuNzIwLmRhc2hfYmFzZWxpbmVfMV92MSIsInhwdl9hc3NldF9pZCI6MTg2NDI3MjQ0NDQwNDkxNTIsImFzc2V0X2FnZV9kYXlzIjoyOSwidmlfdXNlY2FzZV9pZCI6MTA4MjYsImR1cmF0aW9uX3MiOjIwLCJ1cmxnZW5fc291cmNlIjoid3d3In0%3D&ccb=17-1&vs=6f0f05d6bddba8af&_nc_vs=HBksFQIYUWlnX3hwdl9wbGFjZW1lbnRfcGVybWFuZW50X3YyLzBFNDI4Nzc3MkM5MEYwODVBOTcwQjUzNkM3MTE0MDg0X3ZpZGVvX2Rhc2hpbml0Lm1wNBUAAsgBEgAVAhhRaWdfeHB2X3BsYWNlbWVudF9wZXJtYW5lbnRfdjIvREM0QTk2NTI1QkNGOEE3MzA2NEM4MkU4MUE2M0UwOEZfYXVkaW9fZGFzaGluaXQubXA0FQICyAESACgAGAAbAogHdXNlX29pbAExEnByb2dyZXNzaXZlX3JlY2lwZQExFQAAJoC8kIKx3Z1CFQIoAkMzLBdANKp--dsi0RgSZGFzaF9iYXNlbGluZV8xX3YxEQB16AdllKkBAA&_nc_gid=uqQwEYPLuDth6iW4QLILVg&_nc_ss=7a22e&_nc_zt=28&oh=00_AQO2I2CS-ZI0Y-DbWoIxN1YThS__S8iss98oJA8-CL4w5w&oe=6ABD0090",
        "takenAt": "2026-08-30T13:08:03.000Z",
        "takenAtTimestamp": 1788095283,
        "durationSeconds": 20.641,
        "hasAudio": "Yes",
        "width": 1080,
        "height": 1920,
        "mentions": [],
        "hashtags": [],
        "links": [
          {
            "url": "https://go.nasa.gov/adoptapixel",
            "displayUrl": "go.nasa.gov/adoptapixel",
            "linkTitle": "Visit Link"
          }
        ],
        "locations": [],
        "isPaidPartnership": "No",
        "productType": "story"
      }
    ],
    "scrapedAt": "2026-09-29T01:15:46.234Z",
    "error": null
  },
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    "highlightId": "18201653992314974",
    "title": "Artemis III",
    "highlightUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/18201653992314974/",
    "username": "nasa",
    "profileUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/nasa/",
    "ownerId": "528817151",
    "ownerFullName": "NASA",
    "ownerIsVerified": "Yes",
    "itemCount": 20,
    "itemsReturned": 20,
    "imageCount": 11,
    "videoCount": 9,
    "totalVideoSeconds": 312.162,
    "linkCount": 5,
    "mentionCount": 8,
    "firstItemAt": "2026-06-07T19:56:27.000Z",
    "lastItemAt": "2026-06-10T23:41:08.000Z",
    "createdAt": "2026-06-08T16:55:15.000Z",
    "isPinned": "No",
    "trayPosition": 3,
    "source": "profile",
    "items": [
      {
        "imageUrl": "https://scontent-lim1-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.71878-15/719223587_2357865821409127_2900524585503862567_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e15_tt6&_nc_cat=106&ig_cache_key=MzkxNTg4NDgwNjI1MjY0MzA5MA%3D%3D.3-ccb7-5&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=58cdad&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6IlNUT1JZLnhwaWRzLjY0MC5zZHIudmlkZW9fZGVmYXVsdF9jb3Zlcl9mcmFtZS5DMyJ9&_nc_ohc=EA1T02kWcKAQ7kNvwHTZcv6&_nc_oc=AdqHYdscvxOBKaXNZ6VcL8ABjObL28EwiD2iEGxQ7etffIur0DTIDwD4DjVkXRCAT2oJbgkEYqg20u5OEZduaXby&_nc_ad=z-m&_nc_cid=0&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-lim1-1.cdninstagram.com&_nc_gid=uqQwEYPLuDth6iW4QLILVg&_nc_ss=7a22e&oh=00_AQPAxo0bVcsK6-yTiIjCCcbnU_7YdJx-acHQB6mgK7RBxw&oe=6AC0C8FB",
        "id": "3915884806252643090",
        "mediaType": "video",
        "videoUrl": "https://scontent-lim1-1.cdninstagram.com/o1/v/t2/f2/m78/AQPiwabqGRGlCFpt7jzvy_uHj1o8oDrnQ8pGHWbx68MvlYhsUqA1dn39MdsHRB8-NES3a41-HzpiR2tqZzSRJgzqZ7kzQthO_iU0uPg.mp4?_nc_cat=107&_nc_sid=5e9851&_nc_ht=scontent-lim1-1.cdninstagram.com&_nc_ohc=n_S9RuaY_jQQ7kNvwHzHoD5&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6Inhwdl9wcm9ncmVzc2l2ZS5JTlNUQUdSQU0uU1RPUlkuQzMuNzIwLmRhc2hfYmFzZWxpbmVfMV92MSIsInhwdl9hc3NldF9pZCI6MTg2MTY1MDg4ODEwNDkxNTIsImFzc2V0X2FnZV9kYXlzIjoxMTEsInZpX3VzZWNhc2VfaWQiOjEwODI2LCJkdXJhdGlvbl9zIjoxNCwidXJsZ2VuX3NvdXJjZSI6Ind3dyJ9&ccb=17-1&vs=8ae5ec5cf869640b&_nc_vs=HBksFQIYUWlnX3hwdl9wbGFjZW1lbnRfcGVybWFuZW50X3YyL0EwNDk4NUIxNzY3OThBODI1OEZGOUFBN0Y1RDBEMEJEX3ZpZGVvX2Rhc2hpbml0Lm1wNBUAAsgBEgAVAhhRaWdfeHB2X3BsYWNlbWVudF9wZXJtYW5lbnRfdjIvMDY0Mjk3MDNENDExNjBFQURFMEQ0RTkyQjFFOEZCQkRfYXVkaW9fZGFzaGluaXQubXA0FQICyAESACgAGAAbAogHdXNlX29pbAExEnByb2dyZXNzaXZlX3JlY2lwZQExFQAAJoDZgO2355FCFQIoAkMzLBdALd2yLQ5WBBgSZGFzaF9iYXNlbGluZV8xX3YxEQB16AdllKkBAA&_nc_gid=uqQwEYPLuDth6iW4QLILVg&_nc_ss=7a22e&_nc_zt=28&oh=00_AQNfql-J207AbYNDj9KeiL_nNaoyX9dKSNp61RE6GY_ZgQ&oe=6ABCE020",
        "takenAt": "2026-06-09T18:31:03.000Z",
        "takenAtTimestamp": 1781029863,
        "durationSeconds": 14.933,
        "hasAudio": "Yes",
        "width": 1080,
        "height": 1920,
        "mentions": [
          "astro_andred"
        ],
        "hashtags": [],
        "links": [
          {
            "url": "https://www.nasa.gov/people/nasa-astronaut-andre-douglas/",
            "displayUrl": "nasa.gov/people/nasa-astronaut-andre-douglas/",
            "linkTitle": "Visit Link"
          }
        ],
        "locations": [],
        "isPaidPartnership": "No",
        "productType": "story"
      }
    ],
    "scrapedAt": "2026-09-29T01:15:46.271Z",
    "error": null
  },
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    "imageUrl": "https://scontent-lim1-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.71878-15/755331856_1609699020573638_4426177467586352650_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s150x150_tt6&_nc_ht=scontent-lim1-1.cdninstagram.com&_nc_cat=1&_nc_oc=Q6cZ2gFHbNlRyJzi5ac_weWxJRtg_nlzESGu8KM72bqCHmkIq2eZrVVP1mYxxFPNoIbjWfkakD3fMLNlV39TFMlF8obJ&_nc_ohc=tAcGB6_IgWIQ7kNvwEQvMem&_nc_gid=XM6JRb2PrQfJQzPkWiatIw&edm=ANmP7GQBAAAA&ccb=7-5&oh=00_AQMu3bYmZgFOu_OToBbcBowp8D5AUXKNwWmH00uQ1cFlkg&oe=6AC0DEB3&_nc_sid=982cc7",
    "highlightId": "18029499352961095",
    "title": "what’s new",
    "highlightUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/18029499352961095/",
    "username": "instagram",
    "profileUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/instagram/",
    "ownerId": "25025320",
    "ownerFullName": "Instagram",
    "ownerIsVerified": "Yes",
    "itemCount": 44,
    "itemsReturned": 44,
    "imageCount": 18,
    "videoCount": 26,
    "totalVideoSeconds": 301.663,
    "linkCount": 0,
    "mentionCount": 11,
    "firstItemAt": "2026-01-26T18:57:40.000Z",
    "lastItemAt": "2026-09-10T19:59:46.000Z",
    "createdAt": "2024-04-18T16:14:01.000Z",
    "isPinned": "No",
    "trayPosition": 3,
    "source": "profile",
    "items": [
      {
        "imageUrl": "https://scontent-lim1-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-15/621936830_18696393061001321_4751158615057691379_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=104&ig_cache_key=MzgxODc3ODI0MDg1MzY0MTAxNQ%3D%3D.3-ccb7-5&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=58cdad&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6IlNUT1JZLnhwaWRzLjExNzAuc2RyLnJlZ3VsYXJfcGhvdG8uQzMifQ%3D%3D&_nc_ohc=SV9Bwc5EwxoQ7kNvwE1Rk3v&_nc_oc=AdrHInkkWB5D4pFAhhT9driN46NMZsCLp2A-eyMUiFSagd3rKcLpfP1cBw99pk_54c-L3w7IFncgHOq84u6C_Fkn&_nc_ad=z-m&_nc_cid=0&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-lim1-1.cdninstagram.com&_nc_gid=XM6JRb2PrQfJQzPkWiatIw&_nc_ss=7a22e&oh=00_AQM3c-PKg0sTrPBIU2ZQs8b5N3bFPivheeyq4ivo5x0GWQ&oe=6AC0FECA",
        "id": "3818778240853641015",
        "mediaType": "image",
        "videoUrl": "N/A",
        "takenAt": "2026-01-26T18:57:40.000Z",
        "takenAtTimestamp": 1769453860,
        "durationSeconds": "N/A",
        "hasAudio": "N/A",
        "width": 1170,
        "height": 2080,
        "mentions": [
          "meta.ai"
        ],
        "hashtags": [],
        "links": [],
        "locations": [],
        "isPaidPartnership": "No",
        "productType": "story"
      }
    ],
    "scrapedAt": "2026-09-29T01:15:57.442Z",
    "error": null
  }
]

✨ Why choose this Actor

• 🧾 Highlights and frames in one pass. No second tool to turn highlight IDs into media.
• 🔓 No login needed. Public profiles work without an Instagram account. A session cookie is optional and only matters for profiles with more than 10 highlights.
• 🔗 Real link targets. Link stickers come back as the destination URL, ready for UTM and affiliate analysis.
• 📅 Original post dates. takenAt is when each frame was first posted, not when it was added to the highlight.
• 🧮 Ready-made counts. Photo/video split, seconds of video, links and mentions per highlight.
• 🧱 Clear error rows. Private accounts, unknown usernames and deleted highlights each get a plain-English row and are never charged.

📈 How it compares to alternatives

	This Actor	Highlight-by-ID tools	Manual download
Input	Usernames, profile links, highlight links or IDs	One highlight ID per run	One highlight at a time
Highlight list per profile	✅ first 10 logged out, full tray with your session cookie	❌	✅
Frames with image and MP4 links	✅	✅	✅
Link sticker destination	✅ unwrapped URL	❌	Manual
Mentions, hashtags, locations	✅	Partial	Manual
Per-highlight summary counts	✅	❌	❌
Needs an Instagram account	No	No	Yes, for most viewers

Instagram shows logged-out visitors the first 10 highlights of a profile. The Actor tells you when a profile has more, and you can read the rest with your own session cookie or by passing their highlight links.

🚀 How to use

1. Create a free Apify account with $5 of credit: sign up here.
2. Open the Instagram Highlights Scraper and add usernames (nasa, @instagram) or profile links, and/or highlight links.
3. Set Max Items to the number of highlights you want in total, and optionally cap highlights per profile or frames per highlight.
4. Click Start. A profile with 5 highlights usually finishes in under 15 seconds.
5. Download the results as CSV, Excel, JSON or XML, or open the Frames view for one row per photo or video.

Example:

{ "usernames": ["nasa", "instagram"], "maxItems": 10, "maxHighlightsPerProfile": 5 }

💼 Business use cases

🕵️ Competitor highlight audits

See which products, FAQs, reviews and promotions competitors keep pinned, how often they refresh each highlight (lastItemAt) and where their link stickers send traffic.

🤝 Influencer vetting

Check whether a creator's highlights carry paid partnership frames, which brands they mention and link, and how recent their highlight content is before you sign a deal.

🔗 Link and promo tracking

Collect every link sticker a brand has kept in its highlights, with the real destination URL, to monitor landing pages, UTM tags and discount campaigns.

🗂 Campaign archiving

Save the images and MP4 files of your own or your clients' highlights with their original post dates, before they are edited or removed.

🔌 Automating Instagram Highlights Scraper

• Make and Zapier: start a run on a schedule and push new highlight rows to Google Sheets, Airtable or a CRM.
• Slack: post a message when a competitor adds a highlight or a new link sticker appears.
• Airbyte: load the dataset into your warehouse for trend analysis.
• GitHub Actions: run weekly snapshots and diff the highlight list over time.
• Google Drive: store the exported CSV or JSON files next to your reports.

🌟 Beyond business use cases

• 🎓 Research: study how organisations use long-lived story content, or how often highlights are refreshed.
• 🧑‍💻 Personal: keep an offline copy of highlights from accounts you follow for travel tips, recipes or tutorials.
• 🌱 Non-profit: archive public awareness campaigns kept in highlights.
• 🧪 Experimentation: build datasets of vertical video and story design for computer vision or design research.

🤖 Ask an AI assistant about this scraper

Paste this README into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini and ask how to combine it with the ParseForge Instagram profile, posts and reels actors for a full account audit.

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

🔑 Do I need an Instagram account?

No. Public profiles and public highlights work logged out. The optional session cookie only unlocks highlights past the first 10 of a profile.

🔢 Why do I get at most 10 highlights from a profile?

That is what Instagram shows logged-out visitors. The run log says when a profile has more. Add your own session cookie, or paste the extra highlight links into Highlight links or IDs; those are read in full without a login.

🍪 How do I get my session cookie, and is it safe?

Log in to instagram.com in your browser, open the developer tools, and copy the value of the sessionid cookie. The field is stored encrypted and never written to the log. Use an account you own and keep volumes reasonable.

🎞 What is one row?

One highlight. Its frames are nested inside it, so a highlight with 40 frames is still one row. Use the Frames view or unwind=items for one row per frame.

📅 What is the difference between takenAt and createdAt?

takenAt is when a frame was posted as a story. createdAt is when the highlight itself was created. Frames added to a highlight later can be older than the highlight.

⏱ Why is durationSeconds "N/A" on some frames?

Those frames are photos. Videos carry their length in seconds, for example 26.816.

🔗 Why do link stickers show a different URL than on Instagram?

Instagram wraps story links in an l.instagram.com redirect. The Actor returns the real destination and keeps the text shown on the sticker in displayUrl.

🔒 What happens with private accounts?

You get an uncharged row saying the account is private. Their highlights are not public.

🚫 What if a username does not exist or a highlight was deleted?

You get an uncharged error row that names the input. If every input fails, the run is marked as failed so you notice.

⌛ Do the image and video links expire?

Instagram's media links are signed and stop working after a few days. Download the files you need soon after the run, or run the Actor again for fresh links.

🛡 Do I need a proxy?

The default Apify proxy works. Profile pages switch to residential addresses automatically when Instagram rate-limits datacenter addresses, so large runs keep going.

🧩 Can I combine it with other Instagram data?

Yes. The username and profileUrl fields match the ParseForge Instagram profile, posts and reels actors, so rows join directly.

🔌 Integrate with any app

Use the Apify API, the JavaScript and Python clients, webhooks or the Make, Zapier and n8n integrations to send highlight data wherever you work.

🔗 Recommended Actors

Next step: feed the same usernames into these ParseForge actors for the rest of the account.

• Instagram Profile Scraper
• Instagram Posts Scraper
• Instagram Reel Scraper
• Instagram Search Scraper
• Instagram Hashtag Scraper

💡 Pro Tip: browse the complete ParseForge collection.

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