📧 Instagram B2B Email Scraper

Automatically discover verified business emails from Instagram profiles using intelligent Google SERP search patterns — no Instagram login required, no API keys needed.

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🚀 Why Choose This Actor?

• ⚡ Fast & Efficient — Uses browser impersonation (not a full headless browser) for maximum speed with minimal resource usage
• 🎯 B2B Focused — 29 pre-built search patterns specifically engineered to find corporate emails (not Gmail/Yahoo noise)
• 🔒 Smart Proxy Fallback — Auto-escalates from direct → datacenter → residential proxy if blocked
• 📊 Live Results — Each email is saved to your dataset in real time as it's discovered
• 🌍 Location Targeting — Filter results by city, region, or country for hyper-local prospecting
• 🔑 Multi-Keyword — Process dozens of industries/niches in a single run

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✨ Key Features

• 🏢 B2B Mode — Corporate email discovery (contact@, info@, team@, domain-specific)
• 👤 Personal Mode — Broader discovery including all email types
• 🎨 29 Pattern Templates — From booking emails to sponsorship inquiries
• 🔄 Smart Deduplication — Each email address appears only once in your results
• 📍 Geographic Filtering — Target specific cities or regions
• 🌐 Multi-Platform Support — Works on Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, TikTok
• ⚡ Jitter Delays — Human-like request timing to avoid detection
• 📈 Real-Time Progress — Live status updates and per-result logging

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📥 Input Configuration

{
  "keywords": ["marketing", "restaurants", "fitness"],
  "platform": "Instagram.com",
  "location": "London",
  "mode": "b2b",
  "maxEmails": 50,
  "maxEmailsPerPattern": 15,
  "patterns": ["email_for_bookings", "bio_email_basic", "contact_at_domain"],
  "customDomains": ["@gmail.com", "@outlook.com"],
  "useProxy": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true, "apifyProxyGroups": ["GOOGLE_SERP"] }
}

Field	Type	Description
keywords	array	🔑 Industries/niches to search (required)
platform	string	🌐 Platform domain (default: Instagram.com)
location	string	📍 City/region filter (optional, leave empty for global)
mode	string	🎯 b2b (corporate emails) or personal (all types)
maxEmails	integer	📊 Total email cap (default: 10)
maxEmailsPerPattern	integer	🔢 Per-pattern cap in B2B mode (default: 15)
patterns	array	🎨 Specific B2B patterns (empty = all 29 patterns)
customDomains	array	📬 Personal mode: keep only these domains (ignored in B2B)
useProxy	boolean	🛡️ Master proxy switch (default: true, recommended on)
proxyConfiguration	object	🔒 Advanced override for the Google-search proxy group

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📤 Output Format

Each discovered email is saved as a row in the Apify dataset:

{
  "email": "info@example-agency.com",
  "leadType": "b2b",
  "pattern": "contact_at_domain",
  "keyword": "marketing",
  "location": "London",
  "network": "Instagram.com",
  "username": "example.agency",
  "full_name": "Example Marketing Agency",
  "title": "Example Marketing Agency",
  "description": "London marketing agency 📧 info@example-agency.com",
  "category": "Marketing Agency",
  "phone": "+44 20 7946 0000",
  "external_url": "https://example-agency.com",
  "followers": 18432,
  "is_business_account": true,
  "url": "https://www.instagram.com/example.agency/",
  "source": "instagram_profile",
  "scraped_at": "2026-07-20T15:00:00Z"
}

source is instagram_profile when the email came from the structured Instagram profile (business_email/public_email/bio) or google_snippet when it was found directly in the Google result.

Field	Description
email	✅ The discovered business email address
leadType	🏷️ b2b or personal
pattern	🎨 B2B search pattern that found this email
keyword	🔑 Keyword used in the search
location	📍 Location filter applied
network	🌐 Platform (e.g., Instagram.com)
title	📋 Google result title containing the email
description	📝 Snippet text from Google result
url	🔗 Source Instagram post/profile URL
scraped_at	⏰ UTC timestamp when the email was found

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🎨 Available B2B Patterns

Pattern	What It Finds
email_for_bookings	📅 Booking & reservation emails
bio_email_basic	📧 Bio email mentions with emoji
job_applications	💼 Hiring & careers emails
email_direct_mention	📬 Direct "email us at" posts
contact_at_domain	🏢 info@, contact@, hello@, etc.
business_development	🤝 B2B & partnership emails
careers_hiring	👥 Recruitment contacts
hr_recruitment	🏭 HR department emails
customer_service	🎧 Support & help desk emails
sponsor_me	💰 Sponsorship opportunity emails
professional_services	🔧 Agency & consulting contacts
bio_email_emoji_extended	💌 📩 📮 Emoji email mentions
dm_or_email	💬 DM or email CTA posts
+ 16 more	...

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🚀 How to Use (Apify Console)

1. 🔐 Log in at console.apify.com → Actors
2. 🔍 Find Instagram B2B Email Scraper and click it
3. ⚙️ Configure your inputs:
   • Add your target keywords (e.g., marketing, restaurants)
   • Set your location (e.g., London, New York)
   • Choose mode: B2B for corporate emails
   • Set max emails (e.g., 100)
4. ▶️ Click Start
5. 📊 Watch real-time logs as emails are discovered
6. 📋 Open the Output tab to see your results table
7. 📁 Export to JSON / CSV / Excel

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⚙️ How It Works (Discover → Enrich)

Google snippets almost never contain a full, untruncated email, so this actor does not rely on them. Instead it uses a two-stage pipeline:

1️⃣ DISCOVER  Google `site:Instagram.com "keyword"` search
             → extract Instagram usernames (robust, selector-independent)
2️⃣ ENRICH    For each username → Instagram web_profile_info endpoint
             → read the STRUCTURED business_email / public_email / phone /
               category / bio fields that professional accounts publish
3️⃣ FALLBACK  Any full email that did appear in the Google snippet

The real business email lives in Instagram's profile JSON (the "Contact" button data on professional/business accounts) — that is what the enrichment step reads via business_email, public_email, and bio parsing.

🔒 Proxy Behavior

• Google search runs through the GOOGLE_SERP datacenter proxy, auto-escalating to residential if blocked.
• Instagram enrichment runs through residential proxies (highest success rate; datacenter IPs are blocked on first request). On a 401/429 throttle it backs off and rotates the session, up to 3 attempts per profile.
• The 🛡️ Use Apify Proxy toggle is the master switch; leave it on — enrichment is unreliable without it.

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🎯 Best Use Cases

• 🏢 B2B Sales Outreach — Find corporate emails of Instagram businesses in your niche
• 📍 Local Business Prospecting — Target businesses in specific cities
• 🤝 Partnership Discovery — Find influencer/brand partnership contact emails
• 📧 Email List Building — Build verified, corporate email lists for campaigns
• 🔍 Market Research — Understand which businesses are active in your niche

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⚠️ Legal & Ethical Notice

• This actor only collects data from publicly available Google search results
• Only emails that appear in public Instagram posts or bios are collected
• Users are responsible for compliance with GDPR, CAN-SPAM, CCPA, and applicable laws
• Do not use collected emails for spam or unsolicited bulk messaging
• Review Instagram's and Google's Terms of Service before use

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Does this need an Instagram account? A: No — it searches Google for public Instagram content.

Q: Will it find private account emails? A: No — only publicly indexed Instagram posts and profiles.

Q: How many emails can I collect per run? A: Up to 500 per run. Run multiple times for larger lists.

Q: What makes B2B mode different? A: B2B mode filters out Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook, and other personal email domains, returning only corporate/domain-specific emails.

Q: Do I need Apify proxies? A: The default is no proxy (direct connection with browser impersonation). Proxies are only used if Google blocks the direct requests.

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📞 Support & Feedback

• 🐛 Report issues in the Issues tab
• 💡 Feature requests welcome
• ⭐ If this actor saves you time, please leave a review!