📸 Instagram Posts, Comments & Profiles Scraper

🕒 Last updated: 2026-05-05

Collect Instagram posts, comments, hashtag content, and profile data without logging in. Pull captions, likes, follower counts, comment text, media info, and more across any public account, post, or hashtag. Useful for social media managers monitoring competitors, researchers studying engagement trends, and growth teams building outreach lists.

Choose from four modes: profile posts, post comments, hashtag posts, or profile-only. Export everything to JSON, CSV, or Excel.

✨ What Does It Do

• 📝 Posts - Captions, likes, comments, views, media type, timestamp, and post URL from any public profile
• 💬 Comments - Comment text, username, reply count, comment position, and timestamp from any post URL
• #️⃣ Hashtags - Posts matching any hashtag with full engagement data and media info
• 👤 Profiles - Bio, follower count, following, post count, verification status, and business signals
• 📅 Date Filtering - Narrow post results to a specific date range or relative window like 30 days
• 🎬 Media Filtering - Filter by image, video, reel, or all media types
• 📦 Bulk Collection - Process multiple profiles, posts, or hashtags in a single run

🗃️ What Instagram Data Can You Extract?

📝 Caption	👤 Username	🔗 Post URL
❤️ Like count	💬 Comment count	👁️ View count
🎬 Media type	📐 Dimensions	🕐 Timestamp
🔑 Shortcode	🆔 Post ID	🖼️ Thumbnail URL
🏷️ Hashtags	📍 Location	👥 Tagged users
🎵 Music info	🤝 Collaborators	📢 Branded content flag
💬 Comment text	🔢 Comment position	🔁 Reply count
🆔 Comment ID	✅ Verified flag	📅 Comment timestamp
🖼️ Profile picture	📖 Biography	👥 Follower count
🔁 Following count	📊 Post count	🏢 Business account
🌐 External URL	🏷️ Business category	🔒 Private flag
📅 Scraped date

🎬 Demo Video

Demo video coming soon.

🔧 Input

Field	Description
Mode	Choose posts, comments, hashtags, or profile
Start URLs or Usernames	Instagram usernames, profile URLs, or post URLs depending on mode
Max Items	How many items to collect per source. Free users limited to 100
Hashtags	Hashtag values without # (hashtags mode only)
Media Type Filter	All, image, video, or reel (posts and hashtags modes)
Date Filter	Absolute date or relative window like 30 days or 3 months
Max Items Total	Global cap across all profiles, posts, or hashtags combined
Proxy Configuration	Residential proxies recommended for stable collection

Example input for posts mode:

{
  "mode": "posts",
  "startUrls": ["https://www.instagram.com/natgeo/"],
  "maxItems": 20,
  "mediaTypeFilter": "all"
}

Example input for comments mode:

{
  "mode": "comments",
  "startUrls": [
    "https://www.instagram.com/p/DPwJzEVDbwC/"
  ],
  "maxItems": 10
}

📊 Output

Output structure varies by mode. Download as JSON, CSV, or Excel.

Posts mode output example:

{
  "shortcode": "DPwJzEVDbwC",
  "postUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DPwJzEVDbwC/",
  "caption": "Golden hour over the canyon. Nature never disappoints.",
  "username": "natgeo",
  "likeCount": 42891,
  "commentCount": 1204,
  "viewCount": 980000,
  "mediaType": "video",
  "timestamp": "2025-10-13T14:40:07.000Z",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-03-16T23:32:52.246Z"
}

Comments mode output example:

{
  "text": "That's my mayor ❤️",
  "username": "wonderpulp",
  "ownerId": "48291034",
  "isVerified": false,
  "likeCount": 0,
  "replyCount": 0,
  "postUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DPwJzEVDbwC/",
  "commentId": "18118166290715839",
  "position": 4,
  "timestamp": "2025-10-15T23:47:46.000Z",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-03-16T23:32:52.246Z"
}

💎 Why Choose the Instagram Scraper

Feature	Our Tool
No login or Instagram account required	✔️
Four modes in one actor: posts, comments, hashtags, profiles	✔️
Date filtering and media type filtering	✔️
Multiple profiles or posts processed in one run	✔️
Comment extraction from public posts	✔️
Hashtag post collection	✔️
Business profile signals included	✔️
Export to JSON, CSV, or Excel	✔️

📋 How to Use

No technical skills required:

1. Sign Up: Create a free account with $5 credit
2. Open the Actor: Search for "Instagram Scraper" in the Apify Store
3. Choose a Mode: Pick posts, comments, hashtags, or profile
4. Add Your Input: Enter usernames, profile URLs, or post URLs
5. Run: Click Start and let it collect
6. Export: Download as CSV, Excel, or JSON

🎯 Business Use Cases

Social Media Teams

• Track competitor publishing frequency and engagement across accounts
• Export post datasets for monthly reporting and creative benchmarking
• Monitor branded content and reel usage across competitor profiles

Research and Analytics

• Collect hashtag datasets for trend analysis and audience discovery
• Extract comment datasets for sentiment analysis and qualitative research
• Build profile lists with follower counts and bio data for outreach

Growth Teams

• Identify top-performing content formats by comparing likes and views
• Monitor influencer profiles and post activity at scale
• Schedule recurring runs to track follower and engagement changes over time

❓ FAQ

Do I need an Instagram account? No. All modes work on public content without any login or credentials.

How many comments can I get per post? Comments mode returns the initial publicly visible batch per post, typically between 10 and 20 comments. Results vary by post.

How accurate is the data? Data is collected live during each run. Rerun whenever you need fresh numbers.

Can I process multiple profiles at once? Yes. Add as many usernames or URLs as needed. They run in parallel.

Can I schedule regular runs? Yes. Use Apify's built-in scheduler to collect recurring Instagram data automatically.

Are there any limits? Free users can collect up to 100 items per run. Paid users can collect up to 1,000,000 per run.

🔗 Integrate Instagram Scraper with any app

• Make - Automate workflows without code
• Zapier - Connect 5000+ apps
• Slack - Get run notifications
• Airbyte - Data pipelines
• Google Drive - Export to spreadsheets
• GitHub - Version control integration

You can also use webhooks to trigger downstream actions the moment a run completes.

🆘 Need Help?

• Check the FAQ section above for common questions.
• Visit the Apify support page for platform help and tutorials.

📞 Contact

Contact us to request a new scraper, propose a custom data project, or report a technical issue at https://tally.so/r/BzdKgA

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

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✨ Why choose this Actor

	Capability
🎯	Built for the job. Scoped specifically to this data source so you skip the parser engineering entirely.
🔖	Structured output. Clean, typed fields ready for analysis, dashboards, or downstream pipelines.
⚡	Fast. Optimized request patterns return results in seconds, not minutes.
🔁	Always fresh. Every run pulls live data, so the dataset reflects the source as of run time.
🌐	No infra to manage. Apify handles proxies, retries, scaling, scheduling, and storage.
🛡️	Reliable. Battle-tested across many runs and edge cases, with graceful error handling.
🚫	No code required. Configure in the UI, run from CLI, schedule via cron, or call from any language with the Apify SDK.

📊 Production-grade structured data without the engineering overhead of building and maintaining your own scraper.

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📈 How it compares to alternatives

Approach	Cost	Coverage	Refresh	Filters	Setup
⭐ Instagram Posts, Comments & Profiles Scraper (this Actor)	$5 free credit, then pay-per-use	Full source coverage	Live per run	Source-native filters supported	⚡ 2 min
Build your own scraper	Engineering hours	Full once built	Whenever you maintain it	Custom code	🐢 Days to weeks
Paid managed APIs	$$$ monthly	Vendor-defined	Live	Vendor-defined	⏳ Hours
Third-party data dumps	Varies	Subset, often stale	Periodic	None	🕒 Variable

Pick this Actor when you want broad coverage, server-side filtering, and no pipeline maintenance.

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🚀 How to use

1. 📝 Sign up. Create a free account with $5 credit (takes 2 minutes).
2. 🌐 Open the Actor. Go to the Instagram Posts, Comments & Profiles Scraper page on the Apify Store.
3. 🎯 Set input. Configure the input fields in the form (or paste a JSON), then set maxItems.
4. 🚀 Run it. Click Start and let the Actor collect your data.
5. 📥 Download. Grab your results in the Dataset tab as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML.

⏱️ Total time from signup to downloaded dataset: 3-5 minutes. No coding required.

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💼 Business use cases

📊 Data & Analytics Build trend reports and dashboards from live source data Feed BI tools, warehouses, and ML pipelines with structured records Run periodic snapshots to track changes over time Compare segments, regions, or categories with consistent fields	🏢 Operations & Strategy Monitor competitor moves, pricing, and inventory shifts Build internal directories and lookup tools backed by current data Power workflows that depend on fresh source records Cut manual data-gathering time from hours to minutes
🎯 Marketing & Growth Identify market opportunities and trending topics Research target audiences and customer personas at scale Power lead-generation pipelines with verified records Track sentiment, reviews, or social signals over time	🛠️ Engineering & Product Prototype features that need real-world data without owning a crawler Replace fragile in-house scrapers with a managed Actor Wire datasets into your apps via the Apify API or webhooks Skip the proxy, retry, and parsing maintenance entirely

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🌟 Beyond business use cases

Data like this powers more than commercial workflows. The same structured records support research, education, civic projects, and personal initiatives.

🎓 Research and academia Empirical datasets for papers, thesis work, and coursework Longitudinal studies tracking changes across snapshots Reproducible research with cited, versioned data pulls Classroom exercises on data analysis and ethical scraping	🎨 Personal and creative Side projects, portfolio demos, and indie app launches Data visualizations, dashboards, and infographics Content research for bloggers, YouTubers, and podcasters Hobbyist collections and personal trackers
🤝 Non-profit and civic Transparency reporting and accountability projects Advocacy campaigns backed by public-interest data Community-run databases for local issues Investigative journalism on public records	🧪 Experimentation Prototype AI and machine-learning pipelines with real data Validate product-market hypotheses before engineering spend Train small domain-specific models on niche corpora Test dashboard concepts with live input

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🔌 Integrate with any app

Instagram Posts, Comments & Profiles Scraper connects to any cloud service via Apify integrations:

• Make - Automate multi-step workflows
• Zapier - Connect with 5,000+ apps
• Slack - Get run notifications in your channels
• Airbyte - Pipe results into your warehouse
• GitHub - Trigger runs from commits and releases
• Google Drive - Export datasets straight to Sheets

You can also use webhooks to trigger downstream actions when a run finishes. Push fresh data into your product backend, or alert your team in Slack.

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