Instagram Post Scraper

What does Instagram Post Scraper do?

Instagram Post Scraper extracts public post data from Instagram profiles without login. You can provide Instagram profile URLs or Usernames through the Actor's input schema.

How to Use Instagram Post Scraper

1. Click on Try for free or go to Input tab of the Actor.

2. Provide one or more Instagram profile URLs or Usernames through the Actor's input schema.

3. Set the maximum scraped post number for each profile or leave it blank to scrape all posts.

4. Click Save & Start and wait for the scraping process. If you get any error, please create an issue under the Actor’s Issues tab.

5. When Instagram Post Scraper has finished, preview or download your data from the Output tab.

Free Tier User Limitations

The following limitations will be applied if you have not subscribed to an Apify paid plan.

• Maximum 2 profiles and latest 12 posts for each profile will be scraped.

Data Fields

Output Data Formats

There are 2 different output formats, Basic Fields and All Fields. You can check them below.

1. Basic Fields

You will see the basic data fields of posts.

This format is suitable for someone who wants to get the data in EXCEL format. Make sure to select the Basic Fields view when exporting the output data to use this format.

2. All Fields

You will see the basic data fields of posts, along with their extra data fields.

This format is suitable for someone who wants to get the data in JSON format. Make sure to select the All Fields view when exporting the output data to use this format.

{
  "type": "video",
  "username": "cristiano",
  "profile_url": "https://www.instagram.com/cristiano/",
  "instagram_id": "173560420",
  "post_shortcode": "DMPf5p2I_4w",
  "post_url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DMPf5p2I_4w/",
  "taken_at_datetime": "2025-07-18 08:28:30",
  "coauthor_producers": [
    {
      "id": "3761370789",
      "is_verified": true,
      "profile_pic_url": "https://instagram.ftas2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t51.2885-19/72684174_2681108675283252_3137863743082332160_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s150x150_tt6&_nc_ht=instagram.ftas2-1.fna.fbcdn.net&_nc_cat=1&_nc_oc=Q6cZ2QFPe62mSEPpB-7qawS0slKcQdhS0T1tCKEy6hibQ7vhv4Mcs2qNd_S5iTH7nGyc2g-JbzzF6Btx3qmBwbUbrLul&_nc_ohc=TddWvwlWJhUQ7kNvwFkpFCS&_nc_gid=un05fdn8nfV_LC6XYc2hgQ&edm=APU89FABAAAA&ccb=7-5&oh=00_AfQEh-j1KXDNgvQB-IVwmtbu8vQKrVNCX1EE8dqOI1Gj-g&oe=687FEACE&_nc_sid=bc0c2c",
      "username": "museucr7funchal"
    }
  ],
  "comments_disabled": false,
  "dimensions": {
    "height": 1136,
    "width": 640
  },
  "display_url": "https://instagram.ftas2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t51.2885-15/522307697_1112324084046518_827341105370483444_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e15_tt6&_nc_ht=instagram.ftas2-1.fna.fbcdn.net&_nc_cat=1&_nc_oc=Q6cZ2QFPe62mSEPpB-7qawS0slKcQdhS0T1tCKEy6hibQ7vhv4Mcs2qNd_S5iTH7nGyc2g-JbzzF6Btx3qmBwbUbrLul&_nc_ohc=Iy1oTG9BYkUQ7kNvwFazO0w&_nc_gid=un05fdn8nfV_LC6XYc2hgQ&edm=APU89FABAAAA&ccb=7-5&oh=00_AfSc_HBTMqFzAgsGmZ3AEWK_SwInhtarfx6ld6FENi8Q-w&oe=687FF3BE&_nc_sid=bc0c2c",
  "caption": "My journey. My legacy.\nProud to share a part of my life with you.\nMy CR7 Life Museum in Hong Kong is now open! See you there.\n🎟️ Tickets: www.cr7museum.hk",
  "like_count": 123189,
  "comment_count": 2301,
  "is_affiliate": false,
  "is_paid_partnership": false,
  "tagged_users_list": [
    {
      "username": "museucr7funchal",
      "full_name": "𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐄𝐔 𝐂𝐑𝟕",
      "profile_url": "https://www.instagram.com/museucr7funchal/",
      "instagram_id": "3761370789",
      "is_verified": true,
      "profile_pic_url": "https://instagram.ftas2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t51.2885-19/72684174_2681108675283252_3137863743082332160_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s150x150_tt6&_nc_ht=instagram.ftas2-1.fna.fbcdn.net&_nc_cat=1&_nc_oc=Q6cZ2QFPe62mSEPpB-7qawS0slKcQdhS0T1tCKEy6hibQ7vhv4Mcs2qNd_S5iTH7nGyc2g-JbzzF6Btx3qmBwbUbrLul&_nc_ohc=TddWvwlWJhUQ7kNvwFkpFCS&_nc_gid=un05fdn8nfV_LC6XYc2hgQ&edm=APU89FABAAAA&ccb=7-5&oh=00_AfQEh-j1KXDNgvQB-IVwmtbu8vQKrVNCX1EE8dqOI1Gj-g&oe=687FEACE&_nc_sid=bc0c2c"
    },
    {
      "username": "cr7lifemuseum",
      "full_name": "CR7 Life Museum",
      "profile_url": "https://www.instagram.com/cr7lifemuseum/",
      "instagram_id": "71902660659",
      "is_verified": false,
      "profile_pic_url": "https://instagram.ftas2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t51.2885-19/487368691_1162670588520839_658656445021012695_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s150x150_tt6&_nc_ht=instagram.ftas2-1.fna.fbcdn.net&_nc_cat=111&_nc_oc=Q6cZ2QFPe62mSEPpB-7qawS0slKcQdhS0T1tCKEy6hibQ7vhv4Mcs2qNd_S5iTH7nGyc2g-JbzzF6Btx3qmBwbUbrLul&_nc_ohc=6t1u7IcHsSgQ7kNvwGPHB4R&_nc_gid=un05fdn8nfV_LC6XYc2hgQ&edm=APU89FABAAAA&ccb=7-5&oh=00_AfS2O-0tC9SwJl0ysfwTNcbX_RtBSnukdp0w0EIwOx-NQw&oe=687FE767&_nc_sid=bc0c2c"
    }
  ],
  "like_and_view_counts_disabled": false,
  "location": null,
  "owner": {
    "id": "173560420",
    "username": "cristiano"
  },
  "pinned_for_users": [],
  "thumbnail_src": "https://instagram.ftas2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t51.2885-15/522307697_1112324084046518_827341105370483444_n.jpg?stp=c0.248.640.640a_dst-jpg_e15_tt6&_nc_ht=instagram.ftas2-1.fna.fbcdn.net&_nc_cat=1&_nc_oc=Q6cZ2QFPe62mSEPpB-7qawS0slKcQdhS0T1tCKEy6hibQ7vhv4Mcs2qNd_S5iTH7nGyc2g-JbzzF6Btx3qmBwbUbrLul&_nc_ohc=Iy1oTG9BYkUQ7kNvwFazO0w&_nc_gid=un05fdn8nfV_LC6XYc2hgQ&edm=APU89FABAAAA&ccb=7-5&oh=00_AfTJKbS5W6oTUhsg1tBFn1bHM09XlDTN3NsTTJor03NjYA&oe=687FF3BE&_nc_sid=bc0c2c",
  "has_audio": true,
  "product_type": "clips",
  "video_url": "https://instagram.ftas1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/o1/v/t2/f2/m86/AQO75yVQCiQuk0GvOO6v1hN6T0L_9hYudV3XY5aUoz0DEVKdg3svKXuxmV1Ltdhc-KiPSgs_UqNDKQI9SrwMtFzjDh_H0dCS9q449XI.mp4?_nc_cat=108&_nc_oc=Adk6s9oK8W-q0SY-QHxJoSY3MaSDPpbTBKas7i3THeBi6jaDZ6flSOxevc2icfcUiL3v6UEGeE5z_2X2Y55bESDn&_nc_sid=5e9851&_nc_ht=instagram.ftas1-1.fna.fbcdn.net&_nc_ohc=pBxZI-8ny3gQ7kNvwFlxrkl&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6Inhwdl9wcm9ncmVzc2l2ZS5JTlNUQUdSQU0uQ0xJUFMuQzMuNzIwLmRhc2hfYmFzZWxpbmVfMV92MSIsInhwdl9hc3NldF9pZCI6MTc5NTQ0NzIyMTQwNjk2MCwidmlfdXNlY2FzZV9pZCI6MTAwOTksImR1cmF0aW9uX3MiOjQwLCJ1cmxnZW5fc291cmNlIjoid3d3In0%3D&ccb=17-1&vs=d23be54633bbb9bf&_nc_vs=HBksFQIYUmlnX3hwdl9yZWVsc19wZXJtYW5lbnRfc3JfcHJvZC9EMjQyQjlDMDk3NTQyRkIwNTk4RjkzMkE0MkM0QjVBQl92aWRlb19kYXNoaW5pdC5tcDQVAALIARIAFQIYOnBhc3N0aHJvdWdoX2V2ZXJzdG9yZS9HT1lwSFI4bG1lN3B4MlVFQUFQNEo0WVZMS1pXYnFfRUFBQUYVAgLIARIAKAAYABsCiAd1c2Vfb2lsATEScHJvZ3Jlc3NpdmVfcmVjaXBlATEVAAAm4LPCneS8sAYVAigCQzMsF0BEbtkWhysCGBJkYXNoX2Jhc2VsaW5lXzFfdjERAHX-B2XmnQEA&_nc_zt=28&oh=00_AfSPpHyHJ2VfQJP_c7cRv0ydF5sNGLa_Yp38N6LfTCx0rQ&oe=687BFA25",
  "video_view_count": null
}

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