Instagram Profile Scraper

Extract Instagram profile metadata from any public account in seconds. Get follower counts, bio, external links, business category, contact info, and more — all in a clean, structured format. No Instagram account or login required.

What it does

Provide up to 20 Instagram usernames and the actor returns the full public profile for each one. Includes follower/following counts, post count, biography, external URL, verification status, business details, and location info when available.

Use cases

• Lead generation — collect public contact info (email, phone) from business profiles
• Influencer research — quickly pull follower counts and bios across a list of accounts
• Competitor analysis — monitor profile stats and bios for competing brands
• Brand monitoring — track profile changes over time (follower growth, bio updates, link changes)
• Market research — categorize accounts by business type or location

Input

Field	Type	Required	Description
usernames	string[]	✅	Up to 20 Instagram usernames (with or without @)

Example input

{
  "usernames": ["natgeo", "nasa"]
}

Output

One dataset record per username:

{
  "userId": "787132",
  "username": "natgeo",
  "displayName": "National Geographic",
  "biography": "Experience the world through the eyes of National Geographic photographers.",
  "externalUrl": "https://www.nationalgeographic.com/",
  "profilePicUrl": "https://cdninstagram.com/...",
  "followerCount": 283000000,
  "followingCount": 170,
  "mediaCount": 15200,
  "isPrivate": false,
  "isVerified": true,
  "isBusiness": true,
  "category": "Publishing"
}

{
  "userId": "528817151",
  "username": "nasa",
  "displayName": "NASA",
  "biography": "Explore the universe and discover our home planet with NASA.",
  "externalUrl": "https://www.nasa.gov/",
  "profilePicUrl": "https://cdninstagram.com/...",
  "followerCount": 97000000,
  "followingCount": 53,
  "mediaCount": 4100,
  "isPrivate": false,
  "isVerified": true,
  "isBusiness": true,
  "category": "Government Organization"
}

Output fields

Field	Type	Description
userId	string	Instagram user ID
username	string	Instagram username
displayName	string	Full display name
biography	string	Profile bio text
externalUrl	string	Link in bio (omitted if none)
profilePicUrl	string	Direct URL to the profile picture (HD when available)
followerCount	number	Number of followers
followingCount	number	Number of accounts followed
mediaCount	number	Total number of posts
isPrivate	boolean	Whether the account is private
isVerified	boolean	Whether the account has a verified badge
isBusiness	boolean	Whether the account is a business profile
category	string	Business or creator category (omitted if none)
publicEmail	string	Public contact email (omitted if none)
publicPhone	string	Public contact phone number (omitted if none)
location	object	Business location info (omitted if none)
location.city	string	City name
location.street	string	Street address
location.zip	string	ZIP / postal code
location.latitude	number	Latitude coordinate
location.longitude	number	Longitude coordinate

Notes

• Only public profiles are supported — private profiles will return an error
• Maximum 20 usernames per run