Pricing

$9.99/month + usage

Instagram Comments Scraper

Instagram Comments Scraper extracts comments from any public Instagram post, including usernames, comment text, timestamps, likes, replies, and comment IDs. Perfect for sentiment analysis, audience research, trend monitoring, and automating large-scale Instagram comment data collection.

Pricing

$9.99/month + usage

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0.0

(0)

Developer

SimpleAPI

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Bookmarked

Total users

Monthly active users

8 days ago

Last modified

Categories

Automation

Lead generation

Social media

You can access the Instagram Comments Scraper programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

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Instagram Comments Scraper OpenAPI definition

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