🚀 Instagram Reels Scraper ⚡ No Login Required

Overview

The Instagram Reels Scraper is an Apify Actor that extracts detailed data from Instagram Reels at scale. Perfect for content creators, social media marketers, influencer researchers, and trend analysts — with no Instagram login, cookies, or browser automation required.

✅ No Instagram login required | ✅ Bulk reel processing | ✅ Structured JSON output | ✅ High success rate

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Complete Reel Data

• Video Information — Video URL, thumbnail, duration (length), shortcode
• Engagement Metrics — Likes, views, video play count, number of comments
• Content Details — Description/caption, hashtags, tagged users, coauthor producers
• Top Comments — Comment text, commenter username, date, replies, avatar
• Audio Information — Audio URL
• Creator Details — Username, profile image, follower count, posts count, verified status, profile URL
• Metadata — Post date, post ID, content ID, product type, paid partnership status, timestamp

Key Features

• No Authentication Required — Works without Instagram cookies or login
• Bulk Processing — Handle multiple reel URLs in one run
• Clean JSON Output — Structured, ready-to-use data format
• Real-time Processing — Monitor extraction progress
• High Reliability — Built-in retry mechanisms and error handling

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🧾 Input Configuration

Submit an array of Instagram Reel URLs via Apify's input:

{
  "urls": [
    "https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5Rdyj_q7YN/",
    "https://www.instagram.com/reel/C85BZjeSHuO/"
  ]
}

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📤 Output Format

Each reel will return detailed data such as:

{
  "url": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/C85BZjeSHuO",
  "user_posted": "espn",
  "description": "The Warriors big three era is over as Klay heads to Dallas 🥺",
  "hashtags": null,
  "num_comments": 754,
  "date_posted": "2024-07-01T18:58:45.000Z",
  "likes": 127798,
  "views": 484506,
  "video_play_count": 1932216,
  "top_comments": [
    {
      "comment": "This one broke my heart 💔😭",
      "user_commenting": "queenofhouse47",
      "date_of_comment": "2024-07-09T02:16:47.000Z",
      "likes": null,
      "num_replies": 0,
      "replies": [],
      "avatar": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/..."
    }
  ],
  "post_id": "3402757147577580430_1320207",
  "thumbnail": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/...",
  "shortcode": "C85BZjeSHuO",
  "content_id": "3402757147577580430_1320207_1320207",
  "product_type": "clips",
  "coauthor_producers": ["nbaonespn"],
  "tagged_users": [
    {
      "full_name": "SportsCenter",
      "id": "505182045",
      "is_verified": true,
      "profile_pic_url": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/...",
      "username": "sportscenter"
    }
  ],
  "length": "15.666",
  "video_url": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/...",
  "audio_url": "https://www.instagram.com/reels/audio/1004919470864922",
  "posts_count": 70527,
  "followers": 28564788,
  "following": null,
  "user_profile_url": "https://www.instagram.com/espn",
  "is_paid_partnership": false,
  "is_verified": true,
  "profile_image_link": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/...",
  "timestamp": "2026-02-22T17:25:07.872Z",
  "input": {
    "url": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/C85BZjeSHuO"
  }
}

Note: The exact output fields depend on the data available for each reel. Some fields like hashtags or following may be null when not applicable. Long CDN URLs are truncated above for readability.

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📊 Output & Export

Dataset Storage

• All extracted data is stored in your Apify dataset
• Each reel becomes one dataset item
• Failed extractions are logged with error details

Export Formats

• JSON — Raw structured data for API integration
• CSV — Spreadsheet-compatible format
• Excel — Formatted spreadsheet with multiple sheets

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💼 Common Use Cases

Content Strategy & Trend Analysis

• Analyze trending reel formats, audio, and hashtags
• Study viral content patterns and engagement drivers
• Research optimal reel length and posting times

Influencer Marketing & Research

• Evaluate influencer reel performance and engagement rates
• Compare content quality across potential brand ambassadors
• Track sponsored reel metrics and ROI

Competitive Analysis

• Monitor competitor reel strategies and performance
• Benchmark engagement metrics against industry standards
• Identify successful content themes in your niche

Social Media Marketing

• Track reel performance across campaigns
• Analyze audience engagement patterns
• Research effective hashtag strategies for Reels

Academic & Market Research

• Study social media content trends at scale
• Analyze video content engagement patterns
• Research platform-specific content performance

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✅ Example Use

{
  "urls": [
    "https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5Rdyj_q7YN/",
    "https://www.instagram.com/reel/C85BZjeSHuO/"
  ]
}

After execution, the dataset will contain detailed data for each Instagram Reel including video URLs, engagement metrics, creator information, audio details, and more.

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