Instagram Profile Scraper

Scrape public Instagram profile data from usernames, @usernames, profile URLs, or numeric IDs. Extract names, follower and following counts, post counts, biographies, links, business categories, public contact details, verification and privacy status, and profile images.

Use the data for creator research, public business enrichment, CRM preparation, account verification, and automated Instagram research. Batch up to 50 unique profiles on paying plans, then export the results as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or through the API. No Instagram login, cookies, browser, or proxy setup.

What this Actor does

• Resolves usernames, @usernames, profile URLs, and numeric profile IDs
• Verifies that every response matches the requested identity
• Returns normalized public profile and business/contact fields when found
• Preserves input order and returns a succeeded or not_found row for every completed valid lookup
• Deduplicates equivalent inputs before making requests
• Exports one stable row schema across all supported identifier forms

Use it for creator research, public business enrichment, CRM preparation, account verification, and resolving profiles discovered by other Public Signal Labs Instagram Actors.

Quick start

{
  "profiles": ["instagram", "@natgeo", "https://www.instagram.com/nasa/"]
}

Input

Field	Rules
profiles	Required array of 1–50 Instagram usernames, @usernames, canonical profile URLs, or numeric IDs. Equivalent values are deduplicated while first occurrence order is retained. Plan-specific effective limits are detailed in Pricing.

Unknown properties, unsupported URLs, malformed usernames/IDs, empty values, and invalid types are rejected before credentials, network work, or charging.

Dataset rows

Each completed valid lookup creates one row with the following fields:

Field	Description
source_input	Original submitted username, URL, or numeric ID.
input_index	Zero-based position of the normalized input.
status	succeeded when profile facts were found; otherwise not_found.
id	Stable Instagram profile ID.
username	Current Instagram username.
full_name	Display name.
profile_url	Canonical Instagram profile URL.
is_private	Whether the account is private.
is_verified	Whether Instagram marks the account as verified.
profile_pic_url	Current standard-resolution profile image URL.
profile_pic_url_hd	Higher-resolution profile image URL when exposed.
follower_count	Current follower count.
following_count	Current followed-account count.
media_count	Current published-media count.
biography	Public profile biography.
external_url	Primary external profile link.
bio_links	Structured links exposed in the biography.
account_type	Instagram account-type value.
category	Public professional or business category.
is_business	Whether Instagram marks the account as a business.
is_professional_account	Whether Instagram marks the account as professional.
public_email	Public business email when exposed.
public_phone_number	Public business phone number when exposed.
business_contact_method	Preferred public business contact method.
address_street	Public business street address.
city_name	Public business city.
zip_code	Public business postal code.
latitude, longitude	Public business coordinates when exposed.

Profile fields are null and bio_links is empty when status is not_found. Optional values can also be null or empty when Instagram does not expose them. Missing contact values are not lookup failures. Profile images and external URLs can change or expire.

Pricing

$2.0 per 1,000 completed valid profile lookups. One lookup result row costs exactly $0.0020.

Outcome	Dataset row	Exact event charge
Profile found	status: succeeded with available profile facts	$0.0020
Valid lookup with no profile information found	status: not_found with profile fields empty	$0.0020
Malformed customer input rejected before lookup	None	$0.0000
Provider, identity-check, or malformed-response failure	None	$0.0000

A completed valid profile lookup is charged even when no profile information can be found. Syntactically malformed handles, unsupported URLs, and other inputs rejected before upstream work are never charged. The single profile-result event both saves the status-bearing row and charges it. The Actor verifies that the requested maximum workload fits the run spending limit before starting upstream work.

FREE demo limits

FREE Apify accounts can run this Actor up to 5 times per UTC calendar month. Each admitted FREE run accepts exactly one unique profile and returns the same row fields and billing semantics as paid runs. Console, CLI, API, schedules, webhooks, MCP, and other launch methods share the same account allowance. A run counts once admitted even when it is later aborted or unsuccessful, and resurrecting it does not start another extraction. Creating another task or API token does not reset the allowance. Paid Apify users are not subject to these demo limits.

Run summary and audit

The default key-value store contains:

• OUTPUT — overall status, exact prices, maximum and actual event charge, delivered/charged totals, and sanitized per-input outcomes
• AUDIT — aggregate request attempts, request units, response bytes, retries, status counts, operation counts, storage reconciliation, and non-sensitive FREE admission metadata

Source summaries contain only input indexes, status, row count, and a stable sanitized error code. They never contain usernames, IDs, profile data, credentials, provider paths, or raw responses.

Status behavior

Per-input status is one of:

• succeeded — one identity-matching profile row was saved with available facts;
• not_found — the valid lookup completed and a charged status row was saved with empty profile fields;
• failed — the request, response validation, or identity check failed safely; no row is saved or charged.

The run is SUCCEEDED, PARTIAL, FAILED, or CHARGE_LIMIT_REACHED. One failed source does not discard successful rows from other sources.

Limitations and data quality

This Actor returns current public profile facts. It does not retrieve private content, posts, Reels, Stories, followers/following lists, historical profile changes, engagement rates, email verification, or linked-website data. Public contact fields are sparse, can be outdated, are not independently verified, and are never guaranteed.

API and CLI use

apify actors call publicsignallabs/instagram-profile-scraper \
  --input '{"profiles":["instagram"]}' \
  --output-dataset

The Actor also works with Apify clients, the Runs API, schedules, webhooks, and platform integrations.

Responsible use

Collect and use public data only where you have a lawful purpose. Respect privacy, intellectual-property rights, platform rules, anti-spam requirements, and applicable data-protection law. Minimize retained data, secure exports, and honor deletion obligations.

This Actor is unofficial and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Instagram or Meta.

Support

Use the Issues tab on this Actor's Apify page. Include the run ID and a sanitized input shape. Never include API tokens, cookies, credentials, personal contact values, or other private data.