Instagram Reels Scraper: Views, Likes & Audio

Here is one real result, with every field the actor returns (long media URLs are trimmed with ... for readability and one hyphen in the caption replaces a source em dash; all values are real):

{
  "imageUrl": "https://scontent-atl3-2.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-15/764637906_18633750226049152_4753965783588088014_n.jpg?...",
  "displayUrl": "https://scontent-atl3-2.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-15/764637906_18633750226049152_4753965783588088014_n.jpg?...",
  "thumbnailUrl": "https://scontent-atl3-2.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-15/764637906_18633750226049152_4753965783588088014_n.jpg?stp=c0.420.1080.1080a_...",
  "type": "reel",
  "productType": "clips",
  "shortcode": "Dbn-XJhk0_-",
  "url": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dbn-XJhk0_-/",
  "id": "3956405067326902270",
  "ownerUsername": "nasa",
  "ownerId": "528817151",
  "ownerFullName": "NASA",
  "ownerIsVerified": true,
  "ownerFollowerCount": 104387691,
  "ownerProfilePicUrl": "https://scontent-atl3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/29090066_159271188110124_1152068159029641216_n.jpg?...",
  "caption": "Lunar landers, assemble. In clean rooms across the country, the next generation of commercial lunar landers is coming together. From @BlueOrigin and @FireflyAerospace to @IntuitiveMachines and @VoyagerTech_, we're taking you behind the scenes to see the spacecraft that will deliver NASA science and technology to the Moon - helping pave the way for humanity's first Moon Base. Visit the link in our bio to watch the full video and explore the latest progress. Credit: NASA #NASA #Moon #Exploration #Science",
  "hashtags": ["NASA", "Moon", "Exploration", "Science"],
  "mentions": ["BlueOrigin", "FireflyAerospace", "IntuitiveMachines", "VoyagerTech_"],
  "accessibilityCaption": null,
  "videoUrl": "https://scontent-atl3-3.cdninstagram.com/o1/v/t2/f2/m86/AQP0XWA-IZtYgM60sxQGnTcDFXB9Qr-EQhcVIY3ka_HcKhek4fKaQD2iWGdl7pTcpiDXif3z1Qlej6QLPtOZ2QpOcr5NNocP8vK3n3Y.mp4?...",
  "viewCount": 8373356,
  "playCount": 8373356,
  "likeCount": 246074,
  "commentCount": 2539,
  "topComments": [],
  "reshareCount": null,
  "commentsDisabled": false,
  "likeAndViewCountsDisabled": false,
  "viewerCanReshare": true,
  "isSponsored": false,
  "sponsorUsername": null,
  "isPinned": false,
  "isVideo": true,
  "hasAudio": true,
  "duration": 32.448001861572266,
  "takenAt": "2026-08-04T16:18:15.000Z",
  "takenAtTimestamp": 1785860295,
  "locationName": null,
  "locationId": null,
  "musicTitle": "Original audio",
  "musicArtist": "nasa",
  "musicAudioId": "27499185986420436",
  "shouldMuteAudio": null,
  "usesOriginalAudio": true,
  "musicInfo": {"songName": "Original audio", "artistName": "nasa", "audioId": "27499185986420436", "usesOriginalAudio": true, "shouldMuteAudio": null},
  "width": 1080,
  "height": 1920,
  "taggedUsers": [{"username": "nasamoonbase", "id": "44057602488", "fullName": "NASA Moon Base", "isVerified": true, "profilePicUrl": "https://scontent-atl3-3.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.82787-19/769182890_..._n.jpg?..."}],
  "coauthors": ["nasamoonbase"],
  "ownerIsPrivate": false,
  "ownerFollowsCount": 92,
  "ownerPostsCount": 4879,
  "ownerBiography": "Making the seemingly impossible, possible. ✨",
  "ownerCategory": null,
  "ownerExternalUrl": "https://www.nasa.gov",
  "ownerBusinessEmail": null,
  "ownerBusinessPhone": null,
  "engagementRate": 0.2382,
  "observedAt": "2026-08-14T08:28:30.413Z",
  "error": null,
  "aiSentiment": "positive",
  "aiSentimentScore": 0.8,
  "aiTopics": ["lunar landers", "space exploration", "NASA", "commercial spaceflight", "moon base"],
  "aiCategory": "science"
}

The most complete Instagram Reels scraper available. It returns every public field a reel exposes (views, plays, likes, comments, caption, hashtags, mentions, audio track, tagged users, coauthors and the direct video URL), plus derived fields like engagementRate and optional AI caption sentiment and topics, and gives you nine inputs and filters to target exactly the reels you need. No login required.

📥 Input · 📤 Output · 💰 Pricing · ▶️ Examples

Table of contents

• What it does
• Quickstart
• Input reference
• Output reference
• Example output record
• Run via API and CLI
• Fetch results
• Billing and limits
• FAQ and troubleshooting

What it does

Give the actor one or more public Instagram usernames, specific reel URLs, or both. For a username, it opens the account's public reels listing (no login), pages through the reels newest first, and writes one normalized record per reel. For a reel URL or shortcode, it reads that single reel's public page. Each record carries the engagement counts (views, plays, likes, comments), the full caption with parsed hashtags and mentions, the audio track, tagged users, coauthors, thumbnail and the direct videoUrl, plus account-level context (follower count, bio, external link). A derived engagementRate is computed from likes, comments, and follower count. Optional paid AI add-ons tag each caption's sentiment and topics.

Only public accounts are supported. Private accounts, and reels that are unavailable, return a single item with a populated error field instead of a record.

Quickstart

Open the actor, paste this into the input, and press Run. It returns the 5 most recent public reels from NASA.

{
  "usernames": ["nasa"],
  "maxReels": 5,
  "sortBy": "recent"
}

Provide at least one of usernames, reelUrls, or shortcodes. Leave the filters empty to get each account's most recent reels.

Input reference

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
usernames	string[]	yes*	(empty)	Public Instagram usernames to scrape reels from, without the @, for example nasa. Private accounts return an error record.
reelUrls	string[]	yes*	(empty)	Specific reel links, for example https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxAbCdEfGhi/. Post and TV links (/p/, /tv/) are also accepted. Each returns one reel record.
shortcodes	string[]	no	(empty)	Reel shortcodes (the code in a reel URL, for example CxAbCdEfGhi) as an alternative to full URLs.
maxReels	integer	no	(unlimited)	Maximum number of reels to collect across all inputs.
withDetails	boolean	no	true	Enrich each profile reel from its public reel page to add duration and confirm view count and video URL. Turn off for a faster, lighter run.
onlyPostsNewerThan	string	no	(empty)	Keep only reels posted after this point. Absolute date (2026-01-31 or ISO) or relative window such as 7 days, 2 weeks, 3 months.
onlyPostsOlderThan	string	no	(empty)	Keep only reels posted before this point. Same formats as above. Combine both to target a date range.
minViews	integer	no	(none)	Keep only reels with at least this many views. Instagram hides the view count on many reels; those are excluded when this is set.
minLikes	integer	no	(none)	Keep only reels with at least this many likes.
skipPinnedPosts	boolean	no	false	Exclude reels the account has pinned to the top of its profile.
sortBy	enum	no	recent	Order before the results limit is applied. One of recent, oldest, views, plays, likes, comments.
withAiSentiment	boolean	no	false	Paid AI add-on. Classifies each caption's sentiment (positive/neutral/negative with a score). Requires a paid Apify plan. Billed per enriched record.
withAiTopics	boolean	no	false	Paid AI add-on. Tags each caption with a broad category and specific topic tags. Requires a paid Apify plan. Billed per enriched record.

*Provide at least one of usernames, reelUrls, or shortcodes.

Output reference

One dataset item per reel. Types: string, integer, number, boolean, string[], object[], object, or null when the source value is absent.

Field	Type	Description
imageUrl	string	Cover image URL (largest available).
displayUrl	string	Same as imageUrl, the reel display image.
thumbnailUrl	string	Smaller thumbnail image URL.
type	string	Always reel.
productType	string	Instagram media product type, for example clips.
shortcode	string	The reel shortcode.
url	string	Canonical reel URL built from the shortcode.
id	string	Instagram media ID.
ownerUsername	string	Account that posted the reel.
ownerId	string	Numeric account ID.
ownerFullName	string	Account display name.
ownerIsVerified	boolean	Whether the account is verified.
ownerFollowerCount	integer	Account follower count.
ownerProfilePicUrl	string	Account profile picture URL.
caption	string	Full reel caption text, or null.
hashtags	string[]	Hashtags parsed from the caption (without #).
mentions	string[]	Usernames mentioned in the caption.
accessibilityCaption	string	Instagram accessibility caption, or null.
videoUrl	string	Direct video file URL.
viewCount	integer	View count, or null when Instagram hides it.
playCount	integer	Play count, or null.
likeCount	integer	Like count.
commentCount	integer	Comment count.
topComments	object[]	Preview comments carried by the listing (id, text, username, likeCount, createdAt). Empty when none.
reshareCount	integer	Reshare/share count, or null.
commentsDisabled	boolean	Whether comments are disabled.
likeAndViewCountsDisabled	boolean	Whether like and view counts are hidden.
viewerCanReshare	boolean	Whether the reel can be reshared.
isSponsored	boolean	Whether it is a paid partnership.
sponsorUsername	string	Sponsor username when sponsored, else null.
isPinned	boolean	Whether the reel is pinned on the profile.
isVideo	boolean	Whether the media is a video.
hasAudio	boolean	Whether the reel has audio.
duration	number	Video duration in seconds.
takenAt	string	Post timestamp as ISO 8601.
takenAtTimestamp	integer	Post timestamp as Unix seconds.
locationName	string	Tagged location name, or null.
locationId	string	Tagged location ID, or null.
musicTitle	string	Audio track title (or Original audio).
musicArtist	string	Audio track artist.
musicAudioId	string	Instagram audio cluster/asset ID.
shouldMuteAudio	boolean	Whether the audio should be muted, or null.
usesOriginalAudio	boolean	Whether the reel uses original audio.
musicInfo	object	Compact audio object (songName, artistName, audioId, usesOriginalAudio, shouldMuteAudio), or null.
width	integer	Original media width in pixels.
height	integer	Original media height in pixels.
taggedUsers	object[]	Users tagged in the reel (username, id, fullName, isVerified, profilePicUrl).
coauthors	string[]	Coauthor usernames.
ownerIsPrivate	boolean	Whether the owner account is private.
ownerFollowsCount	integer	How many accounts the owner follows.
ownerPostsCount	integer	Total posts on the owner account.
ownerBiography	string	Owner account bio text.
ownerCategory	string	Owner account category, or null.
ownerExternalUrl	string	External link in the owner bio, or null.
ownerBusinessEmail	string	Business email parsed from the bio, or null.
ownerBusinessPhone	string	Business phone, or null.
engagementRate	number	Derived: (likes + comments) / followers as a percentage, or null when followers are unknown.
observedAt	string	ISO 8601 timestamp of when the record was collected.
aiSentiment	string	Paid add-on. Caption sentiment: positive, neutral, or negative. null when not enabled.
aiSentimentScore	number	Paid add-on. Sentiment score from -1 to 1, or null.
aiTopics	string[]	Paid add-on. Specific topic tags for the caption, or null.
aiCategory	string	Paid add-on. Broad content category, or null.
error	string	null on success. Error records (private/not found/rate-limited) carry a populated error and no reel fields.

Example output record

The real NASA reel record is shown in full at the top of this page. Every field above appears there with real values (aiSentiment, aiTopics and aiCategory populated because the AI add-ons were enabled on that run).

Run via API and CLI

Start a run and wait for it to finish, then read the dataset. Replace <TOKEN> with your Apify API token.

Run synchronously and get dataset items in one call:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/scrapers_lat~instagram-reels-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"usernames":["nasa"],"maxReels":10,"sortBy":"views"}'

Start a run asynchronously:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/scrapers_lat~instagram-reels-scraper/runs?token=<TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"reelUrls":["https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dbn-XJhk0_-/"]}'

Apify CLI:

apify call scrapers_lat/instagram-reels-scraper \
  --input '{"usernames":["nasa"],"maxReels":5}'

Fetch results

Every run writes to a dataset. Fetch items as JSON, CSV, or Excel by changing format:

# JSON
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&clean=true&format=json"

# CSV
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&clean=true&format=csv"

# Paginate large datasets
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&offset=1000&limit=1000"

<DATASET_ID> is returned as defaultDatasetId in the run object. clean=true drops empty and internal fields.

Billing and limits

• Pay per result. You are charged per reel record returned (result event). See the pricing tab for the current per-result price.
• AI add-ons billed separately. withAiSentiment and withAiTopics are optional paid events (ai_sentiment, ai_topics) charged only when they produce usable output, and only for paid Apify accounts.
• withDetails enrichment charges a details event only when the extra per-reel detail fetch succeeds.
• No charge on failure. Error records (private account, not found, rate-limited) are written without a result charge.
• Free Apify plans are capped at 10 reels per run. Upgrade for higher maxReels.
• Spend cap respected. Set maxTotalChargeUsd on the run; once reached, the actor stops emitting and charging further billable results.

FAQ and troubleshooting

A username returned an error instead of reels. Why? The account is private, does not exist, has no public reels, or Instagram rate-limited the request. The record's error field explains which. Error records are not charged as results.

Why is viewCount null on some reels? Instagram hides the view count on many reels. When minViews is set, reels with a hidden view count are excluded.

How do I get the most viewed reels? Set sortBy to views and a maxReels limit. Sorting by views depends on Instagram exposing the count, which is not available for every reel.

Can I scrape a single reel by URL? Yes. Put the reel URL in reelUrls (or its shortcode in shortcodes). Each returns one record.

Do the AI add-ons work on a free plan? No. withAiSentiment and withAiTopics require a paid Apify plan and are disabled for free accounts.

Is this an official Instagram tool? No. This actor is independent and has no affiliation with Instagram or Meta. It reads only publicly available reel data without logging in.

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