Instagram Profile Posts Scraper – Feed Export

Collect public Instagram profile posts with pagination and save every post as a separate dataset row. Instagram Profile Posts Scraper accepts plain usernames and returns images, Reels, carousels, captions, engagement, media URLs, author data, tags, collaborations, audio, and location metadata.

Choose pages rather than an arbitrary post limit: each requested profile page asks Instagram for up to 12 posts. Results are saved page by page, require no Instagram login, and remain convenient for CSV, JSON, Excel, APIs, and automation.

At a glance	Details
📥 Input	Plain Instagram usernames and pages per profile
📤 Output	One row per image, Reel, video, or carousel post
📄 Pagination	Up to 12 posts per requested page when available
🔐 Login required	No
⚡ Processing	Up to 5 profile-page requests concurrently with automatic retries
💾 Delivery	Apify dataset with flattened Store columns and complete nested JSON

What the Instagram profile posts scraper collects 📸

The Actor reads the public profile feed and normalizes different media types into one consistent schema. You can filter rows by type while retaining type-specific fields such as video variants, audio, or carousel children.

Data can include:

• Post ID, PK, shortcode, canonical URL, post type, product type, and media type
• Caption text, caption ID, publication time, translation state, and edit state
• Like, comment, view, play, Instagram play, Facebook, and repost counts
• Image, thumbnail, video, duration, dimensions, and accessibility text
• All image and video variants supplied by Instagram
• Full ordered carousel children with their own media and tagged users
• Author, location, tagged users, coauthors, sponsors, and audio
• Comment, hidden-count, partnership, resharing, pinned, and Facebook-sharing flags

How to scrape posts from Instagram profiles 🚀

1. Enter one or more usernames without @.
2. Set pagesPerProfile to the number of feed pages to attempt.
3. Start the Actor.
4. Review each post as a separate success row.
5. Export the dataset or connect it to your application.

{
  "inputList": [
    "nike",
    "nasa"
  ],
  "pagesPerProfile": 2
}

Two full pages can yield up to roughly 24 unique posts per username. The real total can be lower because feeds end, items overlap, posts disappear, or duplicates are removed.

Profile post data and complete output 📦

Field group	Included data
Identity	IDs, shortcode, canonical URL, normalized type, product and media type
Caption	Text, ID, timestamps, translation and edit flags
Engagement	Likes, comments, views, plays, Facebook counts, reposts
Media	Image, thumbnail, video, duration, dimensions, image and video variants
Carousel	Child count and ordered child objects with media variants
Relationships	Author, location, tagged users, coauthors, sponsors
Audio and state	Audio metadata, comment state, hidden counts, partnership, pinned, resharing

Complete representative Reel result. Image and carousel rows use the same top-level schema; irrelevant fields remain null or empty.

{
  "input": "nike",
  "status": "success",
  "image_url": "https://instagram.example/reel-cover.jpg",
  "url": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DctPchKOVcw/",
  "id": "1234567890123456789_13460080",
  "pk": "1234567890123456789",
  "code": "DctPchKOVcw",
  "type": "reel",
  "product_type": "clips",
  "media_type": 2,
  "caption": "An example profile post",
  "caption_id": "987654321",
  "caption_timestamp": 1754006400,
  "caption_published_at": "2025-08-01T00:00:00Z",
  "caption_has_translation": false,
  "caption_is_edited": false,
  "published_at": "2025-08-01T00:00:00Z",
  "timestamp": 1754006400,
  "like_count": 24500,
  "comment_count": 410,
  "view_count": 340000,
  "play_count": 352000,
  "instagram_play_count": 350000,
  "facebook_play_count": 0,
  "facebook_like_count": 0,
  "facebook_comment_count": 0,
  "repost_count": 97,
  "thumbnail_url": "https://instagram.example/reel-thumbnail.jpg",
  "video_url": "https://instagram.example/reel-video.mp4",
  "video_duration": 12.8,
  "width": 1080,
  "height": 1920,
  "accessibility_caption": null,
  "has_audio": true,
  "comments_disabled": false,
  "commenting_disabled_for_viewer": false,
  "counts_hidden": false,
  "is_paid_partnership": false,
  "can_reshare": true,
  "is_pinned": false,
  "is_shared_to_facebook": false,
  "author": {
    "profile_picture_url": "https://instagram.example/nike.jpg",
    "profile_picture_url_hd": "https://instagram.example/nike-hd.jpg",
    "username": "nike",
    "name": "Nike",
    "id": "13460080",
    "pk": "13460080",
    "profile_url": "https://www.instagram.com/nike/",
    "is_verified": true,
    "is_private": false
  },
  "location": {
    "id": "1001",
    "pk": "1001",
    "name": "New York",
    "short_name": "New York",
    "address": "New York, NY",
    "city": "New York",
    "latitude": 40.7128,
    "longitude": -74.006
  },
  "image_versions": [
    {
      "url": "https://instagram.example/reel-cover-1080.jpg",
      "width": 1080,
      "height": 1920
    }
  ],
  "video_versions": [
    {
      "url": "https://instagram.example/reel-video-1080.mp4",
      "width": 1080,
      "height": 1920,
      "type": 101
    }
  ],
  "carousel_media_count": 0,
  "carousel_media": [],
  "tagged_users": [
    {
      "id": "2002",
      "pk": "2002",
      "username": "examplecreator",
      "name": "Example Creator",
      "profile_url": "https://www.instagram.com/examplecreator/",
      "profile_picture_url": "https://instagram.example/tagged.jpg",
      "is_verified": false,
      "position": [0.5, 0.5]
    }
  ],
  "coauthors": [
    {
      "id": "3003",
      "pk": "3003",
      "username": "partnerbrand",
      "name": "Partner Brand",
      "profile_url": "https://www.instagram.com/partnerbrand/",
      "profile_picture_url": "https://instagram.example/coauthor.jpg",
      "is_verified": true
    }
  ],
  "audio": {
    "id": "5005",
    "type": "music",
    "title": "Example Track",
    "artist": "Example Artist",
    "url": "https://instagram.example/audio.m4a",
    "duration_ms": 12800,
    "is_original_audio": false
  },
  "sponsors": [
    {
      "id": "4004",
      "pk": "4004",
      "username": "sponsorbrand",
      "name": "Sponsor Brand",
      "profile_url": "https://www.instagram.com/sponsorbrand/",
      "is_verified": true
    }
  ]
}

For carousel rows, each carousel_media item includes position, id, pk, code, type, media_type, image_url, video_url, video_duration, width, height, accessibility_caption, image_versions, video_versions, product_type, timestamp, published_at, like_count, and tagged_users.

A failed row uses the identical top-level schema: it preserves input, sets status to failed, and sets every post-data field to null. This prevents dead usernames or failed pages from disappearing silently.

Input and pagination settings ⚙️

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Rules
inputList	array of strings	Yes	None	At least one plain Instagram username
pagesPerProfile	integer	No	1	Minimum 1

Use nike, not @nike and not a profile URL. Invalid username strings fail immediately. Duplicate usernames and duplicate post IDs are deduplicated.

The initial feed request counts as page 1. Each page asks for 12 posts. Earlier pages are saved before the next pagination request, so useful output remains available when a later page repeatedly fails.

Instagram profile feed use cases 🎯

Brand and competitor monitoring

Create repeatable public-feed datasets and compare captions, formats, visible engagement, partnerships, and collaborators.

Creator content analysis

Study posting mix across images, Reels, and carousels while keeping author and media details attached to every row.

Media discovery

Collect canonical post links, thumbnails, direct media variants, audio references, and carousel child data for authorized workflows.

Content databases and search

Index public captions, timestamps, identifiers, tags, locations, and media types in your own database.

Reporting and AI pipelines

Send structured post rows to dashboards, categorization, moderation, sentiment, vision, or language-processing systems.

Pricing and saved-result behavior 💰

See the Actor's Pricing tab for the active pricing model and current rate. Store settings may change, so this README does not claim a fixed cost.

Under dataset-item pricing:

• Each unique post saved as success is one billable result.
• An invalid or unavailable profile, or a page that cannot be retrieved after retries, can save a failed result.
• A carousel post is one row even if carousel_media contains many children.
• Automatic retry attempts do not create extra rows by themselves.
• More requested pages can produce more saved post rows.

Instagram profile posts API 🔌

Replace $ACTOR_ID with the ID shown in the Actor API tab and $APIFY_TOKEN with your token.

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/$ACTOR_ID/runs?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"inputList":["nike","nasa"],"pagesPerProfile":2}'

Use schedules for regular collection, webhooks for completion notifications, and Apify integrations for Google Sheets, Make, Zapier, cloud storage, data warehouses, or custom APIs.

Reliability, retries, and public-feed limits ⚠️

The Actor processes up to five requests concurrently. Temporary network errors, timeouts, throttling, selected HTTP errors, and blocked redirects are retried automatically. Invalid syntax and confirmed permanent input failures are not retried unnecessarily.

One bad profile or later page should not erase successful output from other inputs or earlier pages. The whole Actor run can still fail because of infrastructure-level problems such as startup failure, unavailable Apify dataset storage, or an unrecoverable result-save error.

Instagram controls public availability and pagination. Private, deleted, renamed, suspended, login-gated, age-restricted, or region-restricted profiles may not return posts. Counts and optional metadata can be null, zero, or empty even on a successful post row.

Frequently asked questions ❓

Does it return one row per profile or one row per post?

One row per unique post. The source username and full author fields are included in every result.

Can I choose an exact number of posts?

You choose pages. Each page requests up to 12 posts; the final unique result count may be lower.

Does it include videos and every carousel image?

Yes, when Instagram exposes them in the public feed response. Reels include video variants and carousels include ordered child media.

Can I submit profile links?

No. Enter plain usernames without @.

Does it require Instagram cookies?

No Instagram login, password, cookie, or session input is required.

Why are some media or count fields null?

The field may not apply to that post type, the account may hide the count, or Instagram may omit it from the public response.

Support, responsible use, and related actors 🛟

For a reproducible problem, share the run ID, approximate time, page count, and a safe public username through the support channel. Never disclose access tokens or proxy credentials.

Related actors:

• ../instagram-profile-reels-scraper for Reel-only profile pagination
• ../instagram-profile-details-scraper for bio, audience, business, and contact fields
• ../instagram-post-details-scraper for deeper extraction from selected post URLs

Use public content lawfully and responsibly. Follow privacy, copyright, data-protection, contractual, and platform requirements before storing, analyzing, downloading, or redistributing data.