Instagram Reels Search Scraper

Search Instagram Reels by keyword and scrape captions, view, like and comment counts, author profiles, and video URLs. Find trending and viral Reels in any niche. No login or cookies required.

What you get

For every Reel matching your keyword, the scraper returns a structured record with:

Reel data

• Post ID, shortcode, and Reel URL
• Caption, plus extracted hashtags and mentions
• Created timestamp (ISO 8601 and Unix)
• Like, comment, and play counts
• Video duration, thumbnail and video URLs

Author profile

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

Pagination

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

Use cases

• Trend & viral discovery — find the Reels gaining traction around a topic
• Content research — study high-performing hooks, formats, and captions in your niche
• Competitor monitoring — track what's ranking for the keywords your brand cares about
• Creator sourcing — surface accounts making popular Reels on a subject
• Ad & campaign inspiration — collect reference Reels by theme before producing content

How to use

1. Enter a search keyword or phrase (e.g. morning routine, home workout)
2. Set Max Items — default 100 per run, or 0 for unlimited (stops ~60s before the actor timeout)
3. Run the actor — results appear in the Dataset tab
4. To fetch more, 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": "3834630395153755059",
  "shortcode": "DU3WAcUDiuz",
  "postUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DU3WAcUDiuz/",
  "mediaType": "video",
  "productType": "clips",
  "caption": "My realistic 5am morning routine ☀️",
  "hashtags": ["morningroutine", "5amclub"],
  "mentions": [],
  "likeCount": 2503,
  "commentCount": 88,
  "playCount": 74336,
  "videoDuration": 32.44,
  "authorUsername": "exampleuser",
  "thumbnailUrl": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/..."
}

Pagination

Each run returns up to Max Items records. To collect more across multiple runs, copy NEXT_PAGE_ID from the Key-value store tab and paste it into Page ID on the next run. Repeat until NEXT_PAGE_ID is null (all available Reels fetched).

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 Posts & Reels Scraper — All posts and Reels from a profile
• 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 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
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