Instagram Keyword Posts Scraper - Search Posts by Keyword

Search Instagram posts by any keyword or phrase, the same way the Instagram search bar does, and export every matching post with its caption, hashtags, likes, comments, views, posting date, location and author profile. No Instagram login or cookies needed.

You don't have to guess hashtags. Type plain words or whole phrases such as coffee shop, home workout or sourdough starter tips and get the posts Instagram ranks as top results for that search.

What you get

One row per post, for every keyword you search:

• Post: postId, shortcode, url, type (reel, photo, carousel or video), caption, hashtags, mentions, takenAt
• Engagement: likeCount, commentCount, playCount (Reels and videos), videoDuration, isPaidPartnership
• Media: displayUrl (thumbnail or cover image), videoUrl, carouselImageUrls, carouselMediaCount
• Location: locationName, locationCity, locationAddress, locationId, locationLat, locationLng (when the post is tagged with a place)
• Owner: ownerUsername, ownerFullName, ownerId, ownerIsVerified, ownerIsPrivate, ownerFollowerCount, ownerProfilePicUrl
• Context: keyword (which search found the post) and position (its rank in that keyword's results)

Export to JSON, CSV, Excel or Google Sheets straight from the Apify Console, or pull the data through the Apify API.

Use cases

• Content research and trend spotting: see which Reels and posts rank for a topic and what captions, hooks and hashtags they use
• Influencer discovery: find creators posting about your niche, with follower counts and verified status
• Brand and competitor monitoring: track who posts about a brand, product or campaign phrase
• Local business lead generation: search phrases like coffee shop, nail salon or dentist and collect the tagged locations and accounts
• Market and audience research: pull hundreds of posts on a subject for sentiment or topic analysis

How to use

1. Add one or more Keywords. Plain words and multi-word phrases both work, and # is not needed.
2. Set Max posts per keyword (default 100; set 0 to fetch everything Instagram returns).
3. Optionally narrow the results:
   • Post type: Reels, photos, carousels or non-Reel videos only
   • Minimum likes: skip low-engagement posts
   • Posted after / Posted before: keep posts from a date range (for example 2026-01-01, or a relative value like 30 days)
4. Run the Actor. Posts appear in the Dataset tab as they're found.

Getting more results with Page ID

Each run saves a resume cursor for every keyword. To keep going where a run stopped:

After the run finishes, open the Key-value store tab → copy the NEXT_PAGE_ID value → paste it into Page ID on your next run with the same keywords. If NEXT_PAGE_ID is null, you've fetched everything for those keywords.

Keywords that were fully fetched are skipped on the next run, and any new keywords you add start from the beginning.

How many posts can I get per keyword?

Instagram decides how deep keyword results go. In our tests a keyword typically returned 100 to 500+ posts before Instagram stopped offering more. Broad, popular terms such as brand names go deepest, and narrow phrases end sooner. Results are ranked by relevance, not by date, and Instagram shuffles them slightly between sessions, so two runs of the same keyword won't return exactly the same posts.

Most keyword results are Reels. Photo and carousel posts make up roughly 5 to 25 percent depending on the topic, so a "Photos only" filter scans more results to find each match.

Output example

{
  "recordType": "post",
  "keyword": "coffee shop",
  "position": 1,
  "postId": "3930364806137705633",
  "shortcode": "DaLdfebiPSh",
  "url": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DaLdfebiPSh/",
  "type": "reel",
  "caption": "POV : Tu passes chez Fripsquare café et t'arrives pas à te décider 😭🥤 #fripsquarecafe #coffeeshop #icedlatte",
  "hashtags": ["fripsquarecafe", "coffeeshop", "icedlatte"],
  "mentions": [],
  "takenAt": "2026-06-29T18:00:59.000Z",
  "likeCount": 177743,
  "commentCount": 385,
  "playCount": 2544932,
  "videoDuration": 10.216,
  "displayUrl": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/...jpg",
  "videoUrl": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/...mp4",
  "locationName": null,
  "ownerUsername": "fripsquarecafe",
  "ownerFullName": "Fripsquare Café",
  "ownerId": "26576568007",
  "ownerIsVerified": true,
  "ownerFollowerCount": 24749,
  "ownerProfilePicUrl": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/...jpg",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-06T08:00:00.000Z"
}

If a keyword returns no posts, or none of its posts match your filters, the dataset gets one "recordType": "notice" row explaining why. Notice rows are never charged.

Pricing

You pay per post saved to the dataset. When you use a filter (post type, minimum likes or a date range), each page of search results scanned is also billed as a small separate event, because filtering means scanning results that don't end up in your dataset. To protect your budget, a keyword stops after 10 pages in a row with no matches.

Free Apify plans can save up to 50 posts per run, with up to 3 runs per day. Upgrade to a paid Apify plan to remove these limits.

FAQ

Do I need an Instagram account? No. The Actor needs no login, cookies or session.

Can I search hashtags? Yes, but you don't have to. A plain keyword returns the posts Instagram's own search shows for it, and those come from captions, hashtags, locations and account names.

Why are some like counts empty? Some creators hide like counts. Those posts show likeCount: null and are skipped when Minimum likes is set.

Are media URLs permanent? Instagram's image and video links expire after a few days. Download the files soon after the run if you need to keep them.