Instagram Profile Scraper

Instagram Profile Scraper gives you followers, bio, avatar, verification, and post counts for any public creator — fast, accurate, and affordable.

🔥 $1.98 per 1,000 rows on Apify · up to 1,000 handles per run · integration guide

Overview

Scrape public Instagram profiles by @handle or profile URL

Each dataset row matches the Social Fetch API envelope (data, meta, and lookupStatus where applicable). Platform API usage is included in the per-row Apify price.

New to Social Fetch on Apify? The integration guide has screenshots, the actor catalog, and troubleshooting.

🚀 Quick start

1. Fill in the Input below — sample values are pre-filled.
2. Click Start and wait for the run to finish.
3. Open the Dataset tab and export as JSON, CSV, or Excel.

📦 Fields in each row

Profile

• Handle, display name, and profile URL
• Bio, avatar, verification, and privacy status
• Followers, following, and post count

⚙️ Input options

• handles — Instagram @usernames or profile URLs (with or without @)

💡 Try it

Input

{
  "handles": [
    "nike"
  ]
}

Output

{
  "data": {
    "lookupStatus": "found",
    "profile": {
      "platform": "instagram",
      "handle": "kyle",
      "displayName": "",
      "bio": "",
      "avatarUrl": "https://scontent-atl3-2.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/573323465_1219825463302212_7278921664109726296_n.png?stp=dst-jpg_s150x150_tt6&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6InByb2ZpbGVfcGljLmRqYW5nby4xNTAuYzIifQ&_nc_ht=scontent-atl3-2.cdninstagram.com&_nc_cat=1&_nc_oc=Q6cZ2gE_GDNnfoYH_5ncZoZb8pQQwSsrVFpROZWp-mZs4nCLSNS0sohryE4HAA2fLsKcXgeDQcRDedE_s6zsnoOYGS0b&_nc_ohc=MmLLN7F27PUQ7kNvwFxgFPh&_nc_gid=R40qagkkWIg56ko9fwd0zw&edm=ACOvpJgBAAAA&ccb=7-5&ig_cache_key=YW5vbnltb3VzX3Byb2ZpbGVfcGlj.3-ccb7-5&oh=00_Af5btbwMbqqiTaJjzGAiUlH9xof-k2etf1qGF29z4MwT3Q&oe=6A0F306A&_nc_sid=81985d",
      "verified": false,
      "profileUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/kyle/",
      "privateAccount": false
    },
    "metrics": {
      "followers": 20,
      "following": 0,
      "posts": 0
    },
    "recentPosts": []
  },
  "meta": {
    "requestId": "req_e4e04bf3-39c3-444f-af4d-2ebc408804d9",
    "version": "v1"
  }
}

Rows may include data.lookupStatus (found, not_found, or private). Completed lookups are billed, including not_found.

🎯 Good for

• 📌 Track competitor and influencer profiles on a schedule
• 🗓️ Batch-lookup handles for outreach and research

💵 How we compare

	Cost per 1,000 profiles
Instagram Profile Scraper	$1.98
Typical Instagram scrapers on Apify	$10.00

Roughly 80% less than many Instagram profile scrapers on the Store — structured API data behind every row.

🧩 Related actors

• Instagram Post Scraper — post and reel metadata by URL

🔗 Wire it up

Works with Make, Zapier, n8n, Apify webhooks, and scheduled runs.

❓ Common questions

• Do I need a Social Fetch API key? No — your Apify token is enough. Never paste an sfk_ key into Actor input.
• Why was I charged for not_found? The lookup completed, but Instagram did not return that profile, video, or post. That still counts as a billable dataset row.
• What can I put in handles? @usernames or full profile URLs — e.g. nike or https://www.instagram.com/nike/.

📚 More on Social Fetch

• Apify integration guide — quick start and actor catalog
• API reference — same endpoints with your sfk_ key
• support@socialfetch.dev