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📸 Instagram Profile & Leads Scraper – Followers, Bio, Emails, Business Info

Extract detailed public Instagram profile data — name, bio, followers, verified badge, business account info, bio links, emails, phone numbers, and recent posts — directly from Instagram's public profile pages. Includes an optional Google SERP discovery mode to find Instagram profiles by keyword. No login required. Residential proxy ready. Pay per successful result — just $2 per 1,000 successful profiles.

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💡 What is the Instagram Profile & Leads Scraper?

This actor extracts public profile information from Instagram by fetching and parsing the public profile page (https://www.instagram.com/{username}/) using a Chrome-impersonating HTTP client (curl_cffi). It uses a multi-strategy parser so it keeps working even when Instagram changes its page structure:

1. SSR JSON extraction — pulls the xig_user_by_username object embedded in the page's server-rendered scripts (most complete data: ID, verified status, bio_links, follower/following counts).
2. HTML meta-tag fallback — falls back to Open Graph / meta description tags (title, follower/following/post counts, bio) when the SSR JSON block isn't found.
3. Google SERP snippet fallback — if the profile page itself can't be fetched or parsed, the actor can fall back to a Google search snippet for that username to recover partial data.

On top of core profile stats, the actor also mines the bio and page content for emails, phone numbers, external websites, and bio links, making it useful for lead generation, not just analytics.

No Instagram login, no password, no cookies required. You are charged only for successful profile retrievals — failed, private, or not-found accounts incur no cost.

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🚀 Key Features

Feature	Description
Direct profile scraping	Fetches and parses Instagram's public profile page for any username or profile URL.
Google SERP discovery mode	Give a keyword instead of usernames — the actor searches site:instagram.com on Google and scrapes every profile it finds.
Multi-strategy parsing	Falls back automatically from SSR JSON → HTML meta tags → Google SERP snippet, maximizing successful extractions.
Lead-gen data extraction	Pulls emails, phone numbers, business contact info, external websites, and bio links from the profile.
No login required	Works without any Instagram account.
Private/blocked accounts	Returned as failed with no charge.
Residential proxy ready	Uses Apify's RESIDENTIAL proxy group to avoid IP blocks; falls back to GOOGLE_SERP proxy group for search mode.
Pay per success	Charged only when a profile is successfully scraped with substantive data. Failed attempts are free.
Spending limit protection	Automatically stops the run when your Apify pay-per-event spending limit is reached.
Recent posts	Returns shortcodes/URLs for up to 6 recent posts found on the profile page.
Clean, structured JSON	Ready for CRM, spreadsheets, or dashboards.

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📥 Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
mode	string	No	"direct_urls"	"direct_urls" to scrape specific usernames/URLs, or "google_serp" to discover profiles by keyword.
profileUrls	array or string	Yes (if mode = direct_urls)	–	Instagram usernames or profile URLs. Accepts a JSON array or a newline/comma-separated string. @ handles and full URLs are both accepted.
keyword	string	Yes (if mode = google_serp)	–	Search keyword used to discover Instagram profiles via Google (auto-prefixed with site:instagram.com if not already an Instagram URL/query).
maxResults	integer	No	10	Maximum number of profiles to scrape (direct mode) or discover (SERP mode).
requestTimeoutSecs	integer	No	15	Timeout (seconds) for each profile page request.
retriesPerStrategy	integer	No	2	Number of retry attempts per profile before falling back to the SERP snippet strategy.
delaySeconds	number	No	0.5	Delay between processing each profile, to reduce rate-limiting risk.

Example Input (Direct usernames)

{
  "mode": "direct_urls",
  "profileUrls": "cristiano\nleomessi\ninstagram",
  "maxResults": 10
}

Example Input (Google SERP discovery)

{
  "mode": "google_serp",
  "keyword": "fitness coach dubai",
  "maxResults": 20
}

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📤 Output Fields

Each successful profile is pushed to the dataset as an object with the following fields:

Field	Type	Description
source	string	Always "instagram".
status	string	"success" (full profile page parsed) or "partial" (recovered via Google SERP snippet fallback).
username	string	Instagram username.
fullName	string	Display name (falls back to username if unavailable).
instagramId	string or null	Instagram's internal numeric user ID, when available.
profileUrl	string	Canonical profile URL.
isVerified	boolean	Verified badge.
isPrivate	boolean	Private account flag.
isBusinessAccount	boolean	Business/professional account flag.
category	string or null	Business category name, if set.
followersCount	integer or null	Follower count.
followsCount	integer or null	Following count.
postsCount	integer or null	Number of posts (media count).
biography	string or null	Cleaned bio text (boilerplate/username-only bios are filtered out to null).
emails	array of strings	Emails found in the bio or page content (deduplicated, obvious platform/CDN domains excluded).
phones	array of strings	Phone numbers found in the bio or business contact fields (international format).
websites	array of strings	External links found in bio links, external_url, or the bio text itself.
bioLinks	array of objects	{ "title": ..., "url": ... } — Instagram's structured bio-link entries.
businessEmail	string or null	Business contact email, if the account exposes one.
businessPhoneNumber	string or null	Business contact phone number, if the account exposes one.
avatarUrl	string or null	Profile picture URL.
avatarUrlHd	string or null	High-resolution profile picture URL, when available.
latestPosts	array of objects	Up to 6 recent posts as { "shortcode": ..., "url": ... }.
scrapedAt	string	ISO 8601 UTC timestamp.

Profiles that fail to scrape (not found, blocked, or no usable data recovered even after fallbacks) are not charged and are logged as warnings rather than pushed to the dataset.

Example Output

[
  {
    "source": "instagram",
    "status": "success",
    "username": "cristiano",
    "fullName": "Cristiano Ronaldo",
    "instagramId": "173560420",
    "profileUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/cristiano/",
    "isVerified": true,
    "isPrivate": false,
    "isBusinessAccount": false,
    "category": null,
    "followersCount": 679716462,
    "followsCount": 634,
    "postsCount": 4130,
    "biography": null,
    "emails": [],
    "phones": [],
    "websites": [
      "https://hrbl.me/CR7Pro2col",
      "http://perplexity.ai/ronaldo",
      "http://join.whoop.com/cr7",
      "https://youtube.com/@cristiano"
    ],
    "bioLinks": [
      { "title": "Herbalife Pro2Col", "url": "https://hrbl.me/CR7Pro2col" },
      { "title": "Perplexity", "url": "http://perplexity.ai/ronaldo" },
      { "title": "WHOOP", "url": "http://join.whoop.com/cr7" },
      { "title": "UR Cristiano", "url": "https://youtube.com/@cristiano" }
    ],
    "businessEmail": null,
    "businessPhoneNumber": null,
    "avatarUrl": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/....jpg",
    "avatarUrlHd": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/....jpg",
    "latestPosts": [
      { "shortcode": "DdOSHfkg0ZR", "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DdOSHfkg0ZR/" },
      { "shortcode": "DdJirxwRLFR", "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DdJirxwRLFR/" }
    ],
    "scrapedAt": "2026-09-13T16:19:55.971032+00:00"
  }
]

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💰 Pricing

Metric	Price
Per successful profile	$0.002
Per 1,000 successful profiles	$2.00

• Pay-per-event: you are charged one profile event ($0.002) per successfully scraped profile (a profile with substantive data — name, followers, ID, bio, or avatar).
• Failed, private, not-found, or empty-result profiles are free — no charge.
• Example: 1,000 successful profiles = $2.00. 10,000 successful profiles = $20.00.
• Spending limit protection: the run automatically and gracefully stops as soon as your configured Apify spending limit for the profile event is reached — no further profiles are processed or charged.

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🛠 How to Use on Apify

1. Create a task with this actor.
2. Choose a mode:
   • direct_urls — paste usernames or profile URLs (one per line) into profileUrls.
   • google_serp — enter a search keyword to discover matching Instagram profiles automatically.
3. Proxies are configured automatically — the actor requests Apify's RESIDENTIAL proxy group for profile fetching, and the GOOGLE_SERP proxy group (falling back to residential) for keyword discovery.
4. Run — the actor scrapes each profile using its multi-strategy parser and pushes successful results to the Dataset.
5. Export — download as JSON, CSV, or Excel from the Dataset tab.

Running via API

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/your-username~instagram-profile-scraper/runs" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
  -d '{
    "mode": "direct_urls",
    "profileUrls": ["cristiano", "leomessi"],
    "maxResults": 10
  }'

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🎯 Use Cases

Industry / Use Case	How It Helps
Influencer Marketing	Evaluate potential partners by follower count, verification, and category.
Lead Generation	Discover creators/businesses by keyword via Google SERP mode and extract their emails, phone numbers, and websites straight from their bios.
Competitor Analysis	Track competitors' follower growth, posting activity, and bio links.
Social Listening	Monitor brand ambassadors and industry accounts.
Academic Research	Study public social media presence and network patterns.
Investment Due Diligence	Assess the reach and authenticity signals of a brand's social presence.

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions

1. Do I need an Instagram account? No. The actor fetches Instagram's public profile pages directly. No login required.

2. Can I scrape private profiles? No. Private accounts are detected and marked, and typically yield little to no data — they are not charged.

3. Why do I need residential proxies? Instagram blocks most datacenter IPs after moderate usage. The actor requests Apify's residential proxy group by default to reduce blocking.

4. What does Google SERP mode do? Instead of giving specific usernames, you give a keyword. The actor searches Google for Instagram profiles matching that keyword, then scrapes each discovered profile the same way as direct mode.

5. Am I charged for failed attempts? No. You're only charged one profile event per profile that returns substantive data (name, followers, ID, bio, or avatar).

6. Where do the emails/phone numbers come from? They're extracted from the profile's bio text and any exposed business contact fields — the actor does not access private messaging or contact data.

7. What happens when my spending limit is reached? The actor detects the pay-per-event spending limit and stops processing further profiles, preventing overspending.

8. Does the actor return follower/following lists? No, only counts, not the individual accounts. A separate actor would be needed for that.

9. How does it avoid basic blocking? It uses curl_cffi with Chrome impersonation and realistic headers, combined with Apify's residential proxy network.

10. What if Instagram changes its page structure? The parser has multiple fallback strategies (SSR JSON → HTML meta tags → Google SERP snippet), so it degrades gracefully rather than failing outright.

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📝 Technical Notes

• Target: https://www.instagram.com/{username}/ (public profile page).
• HTTP client: curl_cffi impersonating Chrome (chrome120) to mimic a real browser's TLS fingerprint.
• Parsing strategies: (1) xig_user_by_username SSR JSON block, (2) Open Graph / meta description tags, (3) Google SERP snippet fallback.
• Discovery: Google SERP mode paginates search results (up to 5 pages) using Apify's GOOGLE_SERP proxy group, with a residential-proxy or direct-request fallback.
• Data enrichment: emails and phone numbers are parsed from bio text and business contact fields using phonenumbers and regex-based email extraction, filtering out known platform/CDN domains.
• Charging: uses Apify's pay-per-event Actor.charge(event_name="profile"), with spending-limit detection (event_charge_limit_reached) to stop the run gracefully.
• Output: pushed to the Apify Dataset per successful profile as camelCase JSON records.

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Start scraping Instagram profiles today — only $2 per 1,000 successful profiles, with built-in lead-gen data extraction.