Instagram Profile Scraper 👤 — Scrape Instagram Profiles, Bio, Followers, Posts & Highlights

Extract full Instagram profile data — name, bio, followers, following, post count, profile picture, story highlights and recent posts — with no login, no password and no cookies required. This Instagram Profile Scraper turns any public username or profile URL into clean, structured JSON, CSV or Excel data in seconds. Perfect for marketers, influencer agencies, researchers, recruiters and developers who need reliable Instagram profile data without building and maintaining a scraper.

Scrape Instagram by username (nasa) or profile URL (https://www.instagram.com/nasa/) — and get the bio, follower / following / post counts, profile photo, business & contact info, highlights and the latest posts.

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✨ What this Instagram scraper does

• 🧑‍🚀 Scrape any public Instagram profile by username or URL
• 📊 Get followers, following, post and highlight counts in one click
• 📝 Extract the full bio, external link and all bio links
• 🖼️ Grab the profile picture in standard and HD quality
• 🌟 Pull story highlights (title + cover image)
• 📸 Collect the profile's first-page posts — the previews shown on the profile, with likes, comments, views, captions and media URLs
• 🏷️ Read business & about info — category, contact method, email, phone, address
• ✅ See account flags — verified, private, business / professional
• 🔐 No Instagram login or cookies needed — nothing to configure, no account-ban risk for you
• 📦 Export to JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML or XML, or pull via API

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💡 Popular use cases

Who	What they use it for
🤝 Influencer marketing	Vet creators — followers, engagement, bio links and category — before outreach
📣 Marketers & agencies	Benchmark competitors and track follower / post growth over time
📈 Data analysts & researchers	Build datasets of profiles for social-media and audience analysis
🧲 Lead generation & sales	Enrich prospect lists with bio links, business email and contact info
🛍️ E-commerce & brands	Monitor brand and partner accounts, collect creator contact details
🧑‍💼 Recruiters & talent scouts	Discover and qualify creators, photographers and public figures
📰 Journalists & OSINT	Capture public profile snapshots for verification and research

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🚀 How to use it (step by step)

No coding needed. If you can fill in a form, you can use this scraper.

1. Click "Try for free" / Start.
2. Add profiles. Paste usernames (nasa, @natgeo) or profile URLs into the Usernames or profile URLs field — add as many as you like.
3. Choose what to collect (optional). Toggle Scrape first-page posts and Scrape story highlights on or off.
4. Click "Start". Watch profiles stream into the results table.
5. Download your data as JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML or XML, or pull it via the API.

That's it — your Instagram profile data is ready to use. 🎉

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⚙️ Input fields

Field	Type	Emoji	Description
usernames	array of text	👤	Instagram usernames (nasa, @nasa) or profile URLs (https://www.instagram.com/nasa/). Add one or many
scrapePosts	true / false	📸	Also include the profile's first-page posts — the previews already shown on the profile page, newest first. No extra pages are fetched (default true)
scrapeHighlights	true / false	🌟	Also fetch the profile's story highlights (default true)
rawData	true / false	🧬	Advanced: return Instagram's raw profile objects instead of the clean output below

📝 Example input

{
  "usernames": [
    "https://www.instagram.com/nasa/",
    "natgeo",
    "@bbcearth"
  ],
  "scrapePosts": true,
  "scrapeHighlights": true
}

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📤 Output

Every profile is returned as one clean, ready-to-use record. Export to JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML or XML.

📦 Sample output

{
  "id": "528817151",
  "username": "nasa",
  "url": "https://www.instagram.com/nasa/",
  "fullName": "NASA",
  "biography": "Making the seemingly impossible, possible. ✨",
  "externalUrl": "https://www.nasa.gov/",
  "bioLinks": [
    { "title": "Artemis II Images & Videos", "url": "https://www.nasa.gov/artemis-ii-multimedia/", "type": "external" }
  ],
  "followersCount": 104393833,
  "followsCount": 91,
  "postsCount": 4825,
  "highlightReelCount": 5,
  "isPrivate": false,
  "isVerified": true,
  "isBusinessAccount": true,
  "isProfessionalAccount": true,
  "isJoinedRecently": false,
  "category": null,
  "businessCategoryName": "Government Agencies",
  "profilePicUrl": "https://instagram.fxyz.fbcdn.net/v/....jpg",
  "profilePicUrlHd": "https://instagram.fxyz.fbcdn.net/v/....jpg",
  "pronouns": [],
  "fbid": "17841401474538262",
  "businessEmail": null,
  "businessPhoneNumber": null,
  "businessContactMethod": "CALL",
  "businessAddress": null,
  "highlights": [
    { "id": "18201653992314974", "title": "Artemis III", "coverUrl": "https://instagram.fxyz.fbcdn.net/v/....jpg" }
  ],
  "latestPosts": [
    {
      "id": "3923727884124821350",
      "shortCode": "DZz4bjIjhdm",
      "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DZz4bjIjhdm/",
      "type": "sidecar",
      "isVideo": false,
      "caption": "The official FIFA World Cup ball went to space 🛰️⚽️",
      "likesCount": 888870,
      "commentsCount": 3045,
      "timestamp": "2026-06-20T14:13:55.000Z",
      "displayUrl": "https://instagram.fxyz.fbcdn.net/v/....jpg"
    }
  ],
  "inputUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/nasa/"
}

A profile that can't be reached is returned as { "error": "Profile not found: <username>", "username": "...", "inputUrl": "..." } so a bad entry never stops the rest of your run.

🗂️ Output fields

Field	Emoji	Description
id	🆔	Unique numeric Instagram user ID
username	👤	Profile handle
url	🔗	Direct link to the profile
fullName	🧑	Display name
biography	📝	Full bio text
externalUrl	🌐	Primary website link in the bio
bioLinks	🔗	All bio links (title, url, type)
followersCount	👥	Number of followers
followsCount	➡️	Number of accounts the profile follows
postsCount	📸	Total number of posts
highlightReelCount	🌟	Number of story highlight reels
isPrivate	🔒	true if the account is private
isVerified	✅	true if the account is verified (blue tick)
isBusinessAccount	💼	true for business accounts
isProfessionalAccount	🏢	true for professional / creator accounts
isJoinedRecently	🆕	true if the account was created recently
category	🏷️	Public category label (when shown)
businessCategoryName	🗂️	Business category
profilePicUrl	🖼️	Profile picture URL
profilePicUrlHd	🖼️✨	High-resolution profile picture URL
pronouns	🧾	Pronouns listed on the profile
fbid	🆔	Linked Facebook/Meta ID
businessEmail	📧	Public business email (when available)
businessPhoneNumber	☎️	Public business phone (when available)
businessContactMethod	📞	Preferred contact method (CALL, TEXT, etc.)
businessAddress	📍	Public business address (when available)
highlights	🌟	Story highlights — each with id, title, coverUrl
latestPosts	📸	First-page posts (profile previews) — likes, comments, views, caption, media URLs, tagged users
inputUrl	🌐	The username/URL this record came from

🌟 highlights[] item

Field	Emoji	Description
id	🆔	Highlight reel ID
title	📝	Highlight title
coverUrl	🖼️	Highlight cover image URL

📸 latestPosts[] item (selected)

Field	Emoji	Description
shortCode	🔑	Post shortcode (the code in the post URL)
url	🔗	Direct link to the post or reel
type	🏷️	image, video or sidecar (carousel)
caption	📝	Full caption text
likesCount	❤️	Number of likes
commentsCount	💬	Number of comments
viewCount	👁️	Video / reel views (when available)
timestamp	🕒	When the post was published (ISO 8601)
displayUrl	🖼️	Highest-resolution image / thumbnail URL
videoUrl	🎥	Direct video file URL (for videos / reels)

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🔌 Using the API

Run the scraper programmatically with the Apify API. Replace YOUR_TOKEN with your Apify API token and USERNAME~instagram-profile with the actor's ID.

Run and get results in one call (cURL)

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/USERNAME~instagram-profile/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
        "usernames": ["nasa", "natgeo"],
        "scrapePosts": true,
        "scrapeHighlights": true
      }'

Start a run (JavaScript / Apify client)

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({ token: 'YOUR_TOKEN' });

const run = await client.actor('USERNAME/instagram-profile').call({
  usernames: ['https://www.instagram.com/nasa/', 'natgeo'],
  scrapePosts: true,
  scrapeHighlights: true,
});

const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

Start a run (Python / Apify client)

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_TOKEN")

run = client.actor("USERNAME/instagram-profile").call(run_input={
    "usernames": ["nasa", "natgeo"],
    "scrapePosts": True,
    "scrapeHighlights": True,
})

for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

📚 More: Apify API reference · API client for JavaScript · API client for Python

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❓ FAQ

Do I need an Instagram account, password or cookies? No. You only provide the public usernames or profile URLs you want to scrape — authentication is handled for you.

Can I scrape private profiles? Basic profile details (name, bio, counts, profile picture) are available for private accounts, but their posts are not — Instagram hides them from non-followers, so latestPosts will be empty.

How many posts does it return per profile? Only the posts already on the profile page — Instagram's first-page previews (newest first, typically up to ~12). The scraper does not page deeper into the profile. Turn posts off entirely with scrapePosts: false for the fastest, profile-only runs.

Is it legal to scrape Instagram? This scraper collects publicly available data only. You are responsible for how you use the data and for complying with applicable laws (e.g. GDPR), Instagram's Terms, and not collecting personal data without a lawful basis. When in doubt, consult a lawyer.

Why are some highlights or business fields empty? Instagram only exposes what the profile makes public. Accounts without highlights, a business email or a category will return empty/null for those fields — that reflects Instagram's own data.

Can I scrape many profiles at once? Yes. Add as many usernames or URLs as you like; each becomes one row in the results, and an unreachable profile is reported as an error record without stopping the rest.

What export formats are supported? JSON, CSV, Excel, HTML, XML, plus direct API/webhook access.

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