Instagram Hashtag Scraper

Extract posts, Reels, captions, and engagement metrics from any public Instagram hashtag — no login or cookies required.

What you get

For every post under a hashtag, the scraper returns a structured record with:

Post metadata

• Post ID, shortcode, and direct post URL
• Media type (photo, video, carousel) and product type (feed, clips/Reels)
• Post timestamp (ISO 8601 and Unix)
• Caption text with auto-extracted hashtags and @mentions

Engagement stats

• Like count, comment count, view count, play count
• Video duration (for Reels and video posts)

Media URLs

• Thumbnail / cover image URL
• Video URL (direct MP4, when available)

Author profile

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

Location (when set on the post)

• Location name and city

Pagination

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

Use cases

• Trend research — monitor which posts are gaining traction under a hashtag and spot viral content early
• Influencer discovery — find creators actively posting in a niche before they break out
• Content strategy — analyse top-performing posts in a hashtag to understand what hooks, formats, and audio drive engagement
• Competitor analysis — track how a brand or product hashtag is growing over time
• Audience research — measure hashtag volume, engagement rates, and creator participation across niches
• Social media monitoring — track branded or campaign hashtags and pull structured data into your own dashboard

How to use

1. Enter the hashtag — with or without # (e.g. coffee or #travel)
2. Choose Top Posts (mixed photos + Reels) or Reels Only
3. Set Max Posts — default 100 per run, or 0 for unlimited (will stop ~60s before the actor timeout)
4. Run the actor — results appear in the Dataset tab
5. 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:

{
  "postId": "3899803439831518781",
  "shortcode": "DYe4pEFAQ49",
  "postUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DYe4pEFAQ49/",
  "mediaType": "photo",
  "productType": "feed",
  "takenAt": "2026-05-18T14:00:19.000Z",
  "takenAtTimestamp": 1779112819,
  "caption": "Morning brew. #coffee #latteart",
  "hashtags": ["coffee", "latteart"],
  "mentions": [],
  "likeCount": 529,
  "commentCount": 2,
  "viewCount": null,
  "playCount": null,
  "videoDuration": null,
  "thumbnailUrl": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/...",
  "videoUrl": null,
  "authorId": "580240992",
  "authorUsername": "chrishallbeck",
  "authorFullName": "Chris Hallbeck",
  "authorProfilePicUrl": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/...",
  "authorIsVerified": false,
  "authorIsPrivate": false,
  "locationName": "Taroudant, Marocco",
  "locationCity": null
}

Pagination

Each run returns up to Max Posts records. For large hashtags, 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 hashtag and paste it into the Page ID field
4. Repeat until NEXT_PAGE_ID is null (hashtag fully exhausted)

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