Instagram Hashtag Scraper

Get the posts and reels of any Instagram hashtag, the most recent or the top ones: caption, likes, comments, plays, author, hashtags, music, location and media links.

$0.30 per 1,000 posts.

What it's for

• Trend and content research: what performs in a niche right now, with Order set to Top.
• Brand and campaign monitoring: every new post with your hashtag, on a schedule.
• Creator discovery: who posts in a niche, with engagement for each post.
• Data for AI agents and dashboards: clean JSON, CSV or Excel, or straight from the API.

Input

Field	What it does
hashtags	Hashtags, with or without #, one per line
resultsType	posts (posts and reels) or reels
order	recent (default) or top: what Instagram ranks first under the hashtag
resultsLimit	Posts per hashtag (default 20)

Coming from Apify's Instagram Hashtag Scraper? These are its input field names, and the output keeps its fields too (shortCode, likesCount, videoPlayCount, ownerUsername…). order is extra: Apify's returns only recent posts.

Output

One row per post:

{
  "inputUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/skincare",
  "id": "4009214320268995039",
  "type": "Image",
  "shortCode": "Dejly68Cunf",
  "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/Dejly68Cunf/",
  "caption": "✨WIN WIN WIN – IT’S GLOW TIME!✨ ... #Giveaway #GlowRoutine #Skincare #SkincareRoutine",
  "hashtags": ["baslerbeauty", "nøcosmetics", "Gewinnspiel", "Giveaway", "GlowRoutine", "Skincare", "BeautyGewinnspiel", "SkincareRoutine"],
  "mentions": ["baslerbeauty_official"],
  "timestamp": "2026-10-16T13:00:18.000Z",
  "likesCount": 1540,
  "commentsCount": 1900,
  "displayUrl": "https://scontent-yyz1-1.cdninstagram.com/v/...",
  "productType": "feed",
  "paidPartnership": false,
  "taggedUsers": [{ "id": "7190457000", "username": "nocosmetics.de", "full_name": "skincare for everyøne ✨", "is_verified": false }],
  "musicInfo": null,
  "locationName": null,
  "ownerUsername": "baslerbeauty_official",
  "ownerFullName": "baslerbeauty"
}

Reels add videoPlayCount, videoDuration, videoUrl and the audio in musicInfo. Carousels ("type": "Sidecar") list each slide in childPosts. likesCount is null when the author hides likes.

Hashtags with no posts get a row with the reason, free of charge:

{ "input": "#somemadeuptag", "error": "No posts with this hashtag" }

Price

• $0.30 per 1,000 posts
• $0.002 per hashtag that returns posts
• Hashtags with no posts: free

Run	Cost
10 hashtags, 100 posts each	$0.32
1 hashtag, 5,000 posts	$1.50

A run stops at the maximum cost you set for it. On Apify's free plan, a run returns up to 100 posts.

FAQ

Does it show what's trending? Top is Instagram's own ranking of the hashtag: mostly reels from the last few days with the most traction. Sort them by plays, likes or date to see what's taking off.

How far back do recent posts go? Big hashtags get new posts every few seconds, so 1,000 recent posts may cover only the last hour. Smaller ones go back weeks.

Why are reels in the posts? Instagram mixes them into hashtag pages. Pick Reels only to get nothing else.

Is it legal? It reads only public posts. Captions and usernames can be personal data under GDPR and similar laws: use them for a legitimate purpose and honor deletion requests.