📱 Instagram Posts Scraper

Collect Instagram posts, captions, engagement metrics, and media data from public accounts without any login. Supports usernames, profile URLs, and individual post links with flexible filtering by media type and date range. Perfect for social media analysts, brand managers, and researchers who need structured Instagram data at scale. Search for terms like "Instagram post scraper no login," "download Instagram posts to CSV," "scrape Instagram captions and likes," and "Instagram data export tool" — this actor handles it all automatically.

The Instagram Posts Scraper collects complete post data from public Instagram profiles, with up to 25 data fields per post, plus support for media type filtering, date filtering, and individual post URLs.

✨ What Does It Do

• 🖼️ Post Thumbnails and Media URLs - captures preview images, full video URLs, and all carousel image URLs so you can analyze or download visual content at scale
• 📝 Captions, Hashtags, and Mentions - extracts the full caption text along with parsed hashtag and mention arrays for content and trend analysis
• 📊 Engagement Metrics - collects like counts, comment counts, view counts, and play counts to measure post performance and benchmark accounts
• 🎬 Media Type and Product Type - identifies whether each post is an image, video, reel, or carousel so you can segment your dataset by content format
• 📍 Location and Tagged Users - pulls location data, tagged users, and collaborators when available for influencer and geo-targeted research
• 📅 Date Filtering - limits results to a custom time window using absolute dates, ISO timestamps, or natural language periods like "30 days"

🎬 Demo Video

Demo video coming soon.

🔧 Input

• startUrls - Instagram usernames (nike), profile URLs (https://instagram.com/nike), or individual post URLs (https://instagram.com/p/ABC123). All three formats are accepted
• maxItems - Maximum posts to collect per profile. Free users: up to 10. Paid users: up to 1,000,000
• maxItemsTotal - Optional total cap across all profiles combined
• mediaTypeFilter - Filter posts by type: all (default), image, video, reel, or carousel
• dateFilter - Restrict posts to a time range using absolute dates (2025-01-01), ISO timestamps, or relative periods (30 days, 3 months, 1 year)
• proxyConfiguration - Optional. Residential proxies recommended for large runs

Example input:

{
  "startUrls": ["cristiano", "https://www.instagram.com/nike/"],
  "maxItems": 50,
  "mediaTypeFilter": "reel",
  "dateFilter": "30 days"
}

📊 Output

Each post returns up to 25 data fields. Download as JSON, CSV, or Excel.

🖼️ Thumbnail URL	📝 Caption	👤 Username
📊 Like count	💬 Comment count	📈 View count
🎬 Media type	🎬 Product type	🎥 Video URL
🖼️ Image URLs	▶️ Play count	🖼️ Carousel count
🏷️ Hashtags	👤 Mentions	📍 Location
👥 Tagged users	🤝 Collaborators	🔇 Comments disabled
🙈 Likes hidden	🌿 Alt text	⏱️ Video duration
🔗 Post URL	🆔 Post ID	📅 Posted at
🕒 Scraped at	🆔 Shortcode	👤 Profile URL

💎 Why Choose the Instagram Posts Scraper?

Feature	Our Actor
No login or account required	✔️
Collect individual posts by URL	✔️
Accepts usernames, profile URLs, and post URLs	✔️
Media type filter (image, video, reel, carousel)	✔️
Date filtering with absolute and relative ranges	✔️
Per-profile and total item limits	✔️
25 structured output fields per post	✔️
Residential proxy support	✔️
Free tier: up to 10 posts per run	✔️
Paid tier: up to 1,000,000 posts per run	✔️
Export to JSON, CSV, or Excel format	✔️

📋 How to Use

No technical skills required. Follow these simple steps:

1. Sign Up: Create a free account with $5 credit
2. Find the Tool: Search for "Instagram Posts Scraper" in the Apify Store and configure your input
3. Run It: Click "Start" and watch your results appear

That's it. No coding, no setup, no complicated configuration. Now you can export your data in CSV, Excel, or JSON format.

🎯 Business Use Cases

• 📊 Social Media Analyst - pull post and engagement data from 20 competitor accounts every Monday morning to track which content formats are driving the most likes and shares across your industry
• 💼 Influencer Manager - collect reels and carousels from shortlisted creators filtered by date range to evaluate posting frequency and engagement quality before signing a partnership
• 🔬 Market Researcher - scrape posts from brand accounts in a specific niche over a 90-day window to build a labeled dataset for content classification or sentiment analysis

❓ FAQ

🔍 How does it work? You add Instagram usernames, profile URLs, or individual post URLs and the tool collects all matching public posts. You can filter by media type and date range and set per-profile or total limits. No account or login is required.

📊 How accurate is the data? Data is collected directly from Instagram's public pages. Engagement counts reflect the state at the time of collection and may change as users interact with posts.

🔒 Can I collect posts from private accounts? No. The tool only collects data from public profiles. Private account posts require authentication, which is not supported.

📅 Can I schedule it to run automatically? Yes. Use Apify's built-in scheduler to run the tool daily, weekly, or at any custom interval to maintain an up-to-date dataset without manual effort.

⚠️ Are there any limits on how much I can collect? Free users can collect up to 10 posts per run. Paid users can collect up to 1,000,000 posts per run.

📁 What format can I download the data in? Results are available as JSON, CSV, or Excel directly from the Apify platform with a single click.

🎬 How does the media type filter work? Set mediaTypeFilter to image, video, reel, or carousel to return only posts of that type. Leave it as all (default) to collect everything.

🔗 Integrate Instagram Posts Scraper with any app

• Make - Automate workflows without code
• Zapier - Connect to 5,000+ apps
• GitHub - Version control and CI/CD
• Slack - Get run notifications in your workspace
• Airbyte - Push data into your data warehouse
• Google Drive - Export directly to spreadsheets

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🚀 Ready to Start?

Create a free account with $5 credit and collect your first Instagram posts for free. No coding, no setup.

🆘 Need Help?

• Check the FAQ section above for common questions
• Visit the Apify support page for documentation and tutorials
• Contact us to request a new scraper, propose a custom project, or report an issue at Tally contact form

⚠️ Disclaimer

This Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Instagram, Meta Platforms, Inc., or any of their subsidiaries. All trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.