Instagram Posts & Reels Scraper

Extract every post and Reel from any public Instagram profile — captions, engagement metrics, and media URLs. No login or cookies required.

What you get

For every post on a profile, 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
• Paid partnership flag

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

• Competitor analysis — track a brand's full posting history, formats, and engagement over time
• Influencer vetting — measure real engagement rates and posting cadence before a partnership
• Content strategy — analyse a creator's top-performing posts to learn what hooks, formats, and audio drive engagement
• Reels research — pull a profile's Reels feed to study viral short-form trends
• Brand monitoring — archive a profile's posts and media for compliance or reporting
• Dataset building — feed structured post data into dashboards, spreadsheets, or your own models

How to use

1. Enter the Instagram username — with or without @ (e.g. natgeo or @nasa)
2. Choose All Posts (the full profile grid) 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": "3911553209440553542",
  "shortcode": "DZIoOtwvkpG",
  "postUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZIoOtwvkpG/",
  "mediaType": "video",
  "productType": "clips",
  "takenAt": "2026-06-03T19:05:54.000Z",
  "takenAtTimestamp": 1780513554,
  "caption": "Behind the scenes of our latest shoot. #photography",
  "hashtags": ["photography"],
  "mentions": [],
  "likeCount": 18432,
  "commentCount": 204,
  "viewCount": 512033,
  "playCount": 512033,
  "videoDuration": 31.5,
  "isPaidPartnership": false,
  "thumbnailUrl": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/...",
  "videoUrl": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/...",
  "authorId": "25025320",
  "authorUsername": "instagram",
  "authorFullName": "Instagram",
  "authorProfilePicUrl": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/...",
  "authorIsVerified": true,
  "authorIsPrivate": false,
  "locationName": null,
  "locationCity": null
}

Pagination

Each run returns up to Max Posts records. For profiles with large back catalogues, 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 username and paste it into the Page ID field
4. Repeat until NEXT_PAGE_ID is null (profile fully exhausted)

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.

Related Instagram actors

Part of a complete Instagram scraping toolkit — explore the rest of the suite:

• Instagram Profile Scraper — Profile metadata for any public account
• Instagram Post Details Scraper — Full details for any post or Reel by URL
• Instagram Comments Scraper — All comments on a post or Reel
• Instagram Post Likers Scraper — Users who liked a post or Reel
• Instagram Followers Scraper — Followers and following lists
• Instagram Hashtag Scraper — Top posts and Reels for any hashtag
• Instagram Location Posts Scraper — Posts tagged at any location
• Instagram Tagged Posts Scraper — Posts a profile is tagged in
• Instagram Reels Search Scraper — Find Reels by keyword
• Instagram User Search Scraper — Discover accounts by keyword
• Instagram Related Profiles Scraper — Find similar/suggested profiles
• Instagram Story Scraper — Active stories for any profile
• Instagram Highlights Scraper — Highlights and their stories
• Instagram Email & Phone Scraper — Emails and phone numbers from profiles
• Instagram Influencer Analytics Scraper — Engagement rate and creator analytics
• Instagram MCP Server — All Instagram tools for AI agents via MCP