Instagram Comments Scraper

Extract every comment from any public Instagram post or Reel — comment text, author profile, like counts, and timestamps. No login or cookies required.

What you get

For every comment on a post, the scraper returns a structured record with:

Comment data

• Comment ID and full text
• Created timestamp (ISO 8601 and Unix)
• Like count and reply count

Author profile

• Author ID, username, full name
• Profile picture URL
• Verified and private flags

Post reference

• Post ID, shortcode, and post URL on every record

Pagination

• NEXT_PAGE_ID cursor so you can resume from where a previous run left off

Use cases

• Sentiment analysis — pull every comment on a post to measure audience reaction
• Customer feedback — capture questions and complaints under product or campaign posts
• Lead generation — collect engaged commenters and their profiles for outreach
• Community research — find your most active fans and biggest critics
• Influencer vetting — check comment quality and authenticity before a partnership
• Giveaway & contest management — export all entrants who commented on a post

How to use

1. Paste the Instagram post or Reel — the full URL (e.g. https://www.instagram.com/p/DZIoOtwvkpG/) or just the shortcode (DZIoOtwvkpG)
2. Set Max Comments — default 100 per run, or 0 for unlimited (will stop ~60s before the actor timeout)
3. Run the actor — results appear in the Dataset tab
4. To fetch the next page, copy NEXT_PAGE_ID from the Key-value store tab and paste it into Page ID on the next run

Output format

Each dataset record:

{
  "commentId": "18082281662325661",
  "text": "So Beautiful 😍",
  "createdAt": "2026-06-03T19:10:42.000Z",
  "createdAtTimestamp": 1780513842,
  "likeCount": 12,
  "replyCount": 0,
  "postId": "3911553209440553542",
  "postShortcode": "DZIoOtwvkpG",
  "postUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DZIoOtwvkpG/",
  "authorId": "3268463675",
  "authorUsername": "easyenglishwithkekemu",
  "authorFullName": "Easy English With Kekemu",
  "authorProfilePicUrl": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/...",
  "authorIsVerified": false,
  "authorIsPrivate": false
}

Pagination

Each run returns up to Max Comments records. For posts with thousands of comments, use the pagination cursor to collect more across multiple runs:

1. Run the actor — when it finishes, NEXT_PAGE_ID is saved in the Key-value store tab
2. Copy the NEXT_PAGE_ID value
3. Start a new run with the same post and paste it into the Page ID field
4. Repeat until NEXT_PAGE_ID is null (all comments fetched)

If a single run reaches the actor timeout, the cursor still gets written before the run ends so you can resume on the next run.