# Instagram Scraper: $0.30 per 1,000 Posts (`rowfinch/instagram-scraper`) Actor

Scrape Instagram posts, reels, comments, mentions and profile, hashtag or place details, from URLs or a search. Same input and output fields as the popular Instagram scrapers. $0.30 per 1,000 posts.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/rowfinch/instagram-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Rowfinch](https://apify.com/rowfinch) (community)
- **Stats:** 3 total users, 2 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.30 / 1,000 post or reels

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Instagram Scraper

One actor for public Instagram data: posts, reels, comments and mentions, or the details of profiles, hashtags and places. Paste URLs, or search for hashtags, profiles or places.

**$0.30 per 1,000 posts.** Comments $0.40 per 1,000.

### What it's for

- **Competitor and creator tracking**: every new post with its engagement, on a schedule with *Only posts newer than* set to `1 day`.
- **Brand monitoring**: posts that tag a brand (*Mentions*), posts under its hashtags, comments on its campaigns.
- **Local research**: what people post from a venue, a store or a neighborhood (place URLs).
- **Data for AI agents and dashboards**: clean JSON, CSV or Excel, or straight from the API.

### Input

| Field | What it does |
|---|---|
| `directUrls` | Profile, post, reel, hashtag or place URLs, one per line |
| `resultsType` | `posts`, `reels`, `comments`, `mentions` or `details` |
| `resultsLimit` | Results per URL (default 20) |
| `onlyPostsNewerThan` | A date like `2026-09-01`, or a period like `7 days` |
| `skipPinnedPosts` | Leave out pinned posts, which stay on top however old they are |
| `search` | Instead of URLs: words to search for, separated by commas |
| `searchType` | `hashtag`, `profile` or `place` |
| `searchLimit` | Hashtags, profiles or places taken from each search (default 10) |

What each URL gives:

| URL | posts | reels | comments | mentions | details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profile `instagram.com/natgeo/` (or its ID) | latest posts | Reels tab | – | posts it's tagged in | profile |
| Post or reel `instagram.com/p/…` | the post | the reel | its comments | – | the post |
| Hashtag `instagram.com/explore/tags/travel/` | latest posts | top reels | – | – | post count and related hashtags |
| Place `instagram.com/explore/locations/218622660/` | latest posts | latest reels | – | – | address, phone, website, coordinates |

A search finds hashtags, profiles or places, and each one found is read as if its URL had been pasted: its posts, or its details.

Coming from Apify's Instagram Scraper? These are its input field names, and the output keeps its fields too (`shortCode`, `likesCount`, `videoPlayCount`, `followersCount`…). Saved inputs, API calls and integrations keep working.

### Output

Posts, reels and mentions, one row each:

```json
{
  "inputUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/humansofny/",
  "id": "3741054891297971261",
  "type": "Video",
  "shortCode": "DPq5ZpJDZw9",
  "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DPq5ZpJDZw9/",
  "caption": "Dear New York closes on October 19th. It’s been the honor and joy of my life...",
  "hashtags": [],
  "mentions": [],
  "timestamp": "2025-10-11T13:27:07.000Z",
  "likesCount": 107909,
  "commentsCount": 977,
  "videoPlayCount": 2313520,
  "videoDuration": 45.416,
  "sharesCount": 22078,
  "savesCount": 5923,
  "displayUrl": "https://instagram.fsjc1-4.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t51.71878-15/...",
  "videoUrl": "https://instagram.fsjc1-4.fna.fbcdn.net/o1/v/t2/f2/m86/...",
  "productType": "clips",
  "isPinned": true,
  "paidPartnership": false,
  "musicInfo": { "artist_name": "humansofny", "song_name": "Original audio", "uses_original_audio": true, "audio_id": "803657055406477" },
  "locationName": null,
  "ownerUsername": "humansofny",
  "ownerFullName": "Humans of New York"
}
```

Carousels (`"type": "Sidecar"`) list each slide in `childPosts`. Tagged users, collaborators and sponsors come with each post. `likesCount` is `null` when the author hides likes.

Comments:

```json
{
  "postUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DPq5ZpJDZw9/",
  "commentUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DPq5ZpJDZw9/c/18078654422718250/",
  "id": "18078654422718250",
  "text": "Really cool!",
  "ownerUsername": "xaubetter",
  "timestamp": "2026-10-15T18:22:15.000Z",
  "likesCount": 0,
  "repliesCount": 0
}
```

Profile details:

```json
{
  "inputUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/humansofny/",
  "id": "242598499",
  "username": "humansofny",
  "url": "https://www.instagram.com/humansofny/",
  "fullName": "Humans of New York",
  "biography": "New York City, one story at a time.\nCreated by Brandon Stanton...",
  "externalUrls": [{ "title": "Little Humans Board Book", "url": "https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374395476/littlehumans/", "link_type": "external" }],
  "externalUrl": "https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374395476/littlehumans/",
  "followersCount": 12644755,
  "followsCount": 756,
  "postsCount": 5876,
  "reelsCount": 1,
  "isBusinessAccount": false,
  "businessCategoryName": null,
  "private": false,
  "verified": true,
  "profilePicUrl": "https://scontent-lga3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/...",
  "profilePicUrlHD": "https://scontent-lga3-3.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/...",
  "fbid": "17841401154973790"
}
```

Hashtag details:

```json
{
  "inputUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/fathersday/",
  "id": "17841563167118968",
  "name": "fathersday",
  "url": "https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/fathersday/",
  "postsCount": 22663666,
  "relatedHashtags": [
    { "name": "fathersdaygiftideas", "postsCount": 593260 },
    { "name": "fathersday2020", "postsCount": 357053 }
  ]
}
```

Place details:

```json
{
  "inputUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/218622660/lucerna-music-bar/",
  "location_id": "218622660",
  "name": "Lucerna Music Bar",
  "slug": "lucerna-music-bar",
  "category": "Live Music Venue",
  "description": "Lucerna Music Bar is a concert club in Prague, Czech Republic...",
  "phone": null,
  "website": "http://www.musicbar.cz/",
  "location_address": "Vodičkova 36",
  "location_zip": "110 00",
  "lat": 50.081113650673,
  "lng": 14.425622825572
}
```

Rows from a search add the `searchTerm` that found them. URLs that can't be read get a row with the reason, free of charge:

```json
{ "input": "https://www.instagram.com/somemadeupuser/", "error": "Not found" }
```

### Price

- **$0.30 per 1,000 posts, reels or mentions**
- **$0.40 per 1,000 comments**
- **$2 per 1,000 profile, hashtag or place details**
- **$0.002 per URL** (or profile, hashtag or place found by a search) that returns posts or comments
- URLs with nothing to return: free

| Run | Cost |
|---|---|
| 10 profiles, 100 posts each | $0.32 |
| 1 post, 1,000 comments | $0.40 |
| Details of 500 profiles | $1.00 |

A run stops at the maximum cost you set for it. On Apify's free plan, a run returns up to 100 posts or comments, or 10 details.

### FAQ

**Where are a profile's latest posts in its details?**
Details carry the profile alone. Pick *Posts* for its posts: 100 of them cost $0.032.

**Can I get emails, phone numbers and engagement rates?**
[Instagram Influencer Scraper](https://apify.com/rowfinch/instagram-influencer-scraper) adds public contacts, average likes, engagement rate and paid partnerships to each profile.

**How do I get comment replies, or a hashtag's top posts?**
[Instagram Comment Scraper](https://apify.com/rowfinch/instagram-comment-scraper) reads replies too, and [Instagram Hashtag Scraper](https://apify.com/rowfinch/instagram-hashtag-scraper) reads a hashtag's top posts besides the latest.

**How does place search work?**
Like Instagram's own: it matches place names anywhere in the world, so search for a venue or a store by name (`Lucerna Music Bar`). A business type plus a city (`vintage shop copenhagen`) brings places with that name everywhere.

**Can I scrape stories or private profiles?**
No. Only public posts, reels, comments and profiles.

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

# Actor input Schema

## `directUrls` (type: `array`):

Profiles, posts, reels, hashtags (explore/tags/…) or places (explore/locations/…), one per line. Leave empty to search instead.

## `resultsType` (type: `string`):

Comments need post or reel URLs; mentions need profiles.

## `resultsLimit` (type: `integer`):

Posts, reels or comments for each URL, or for each profile, hashtag or place a search finds.

## `onlyPostsNewerThan` (type: `string`):

A date, or a period like 7 days for scheduled runs. UTC.

## `skipPinnedPosts` (type: `boolean`):

Pinned posts stay on top of a profile however old they are.

## `search` (type: `string`):

Words to search for, separated by commas.

## `searchType` (type: `string`):

Content to scrape then decides what comes back for each one found: its posts, or its details.

## `searchLimit` (type: `integer`):

Hashtags stop at about 55 and places at about 30.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "directUrls": [
    "https://www.instagram.com/humansofny/"
  ],
  "resultsType": "posts",
  "resultsLimit": 20,
  "skipPinnedPosts": false,
  "searchType": "hashtag",
  "searchLimit": 10
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "directUrls": [
        "https://www.instagram.com/humansofny/"
    ],
    "resultsLimit": 20
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("rowfinch/instagram-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "directUrls": ["https://www.instagram.com/humansofny/"],
    "resultsLimit": 20,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("rowfinch/instagram-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "directUrls": [
    "https://www.instagram.com/humansofny/"
  ],
  "resultsLimit": 20
}' |
apify call rowfinch/instagram-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,rowfinch/instagram-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/a5nBXd5imQV2Knp3p/builds/6FTyu06QxhGOdnIHM/openapi.json