📸 Instagram Profile Scraper

A blazing-fast, credential-free Apify actor that scrapes public Instagram profiles.
No login. No cookies. No API keys. Just results.

Note: Use RESIDENTIAL proxies for best results. Otherwise you will get rate limited or blocked by Instagram.

✨ Features

• ⚡ Fast — typically 1-3 seconds per profile using Instagram's internal REST API
• 🛡️ Reliable — 3-tier fallback strategy (REST API → legacy API → HTML parse)
• 🔒 No auth required — only scrapes publicly visible data
• 📦 Rich output — profile info, posts, IGTV, related profiles, external links
• 💰 Pay-per-event — only charged for successful scrapes

📥 Input

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
usernames	string[]	✅	—	Instagram usernames or profile URLs
maxPosts	integer	No	12	Max recent posts per profile (0–50)
maxIgtvVideos	integer	No	6	Max IGTV videos per profile (0–50)
proxyConfiguration	object	No	Apify Residential	Proxy settings

Example Input

{
  "usernames": [
    "nasa",
    "natgeo",
    "https://www.instagram.com/spacex"
  ],
  "maxPosts": 12,
  "maxIgtvVideos": 6
}

Output

The actor extracts comprehensive profile data including basic info, statistics, posts, and related profiles.

Sample Output

{
  "inputUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/nasa",
  "id": "528817151",
  "username": "nasa",
  "url": "https://www.instagram.com/nasa",
  "fullName": "NASA",
  "biography": "🚀 🌎  Exploring the universe and our home planet. Verification: nasa.gov/socialmedia",
  "about": {
    "accounts_with_shared_followers": null,
    "country": null,
    "date_joined": null,
    "date_joined_as_timestamp": null,
    "date_verified": null,
    "date_verified_as_timestamp": null,
    "former_usernames": 0,
    "id": "528817151",
    "is_verified": true,
    "username": "nasa"
  },
  "followersCount": 98209149,
  "followsCount": 92,
  "postsCount": 4591,
  "highlightReelCount": 7,
  "igtvVideoCount": 171,
  "isBusinessAccount": true,
  "joinedRecently": false,
  "hasChannel": false,
  "businessCategoryName": null,
  "private": false,
  "verified": true,
  "externalUrl": "https://www.nasa.gov/",
  "externalUrlShimmed": "https://l.instagram.com/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nasa.gov%2F&e=...",
  "externalUrls": [
    {
      "title": "Launches & Landings",
      "lynx_url": "https://l.instagram.com/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fnasa.gov%2Fevents&e=...",
      "url": "http://nasa.gov/events",
      "link_type": "external"
    },
    {
      "title": "NASA+",
      "lynx_url": "https://l.instagram.com/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fplus.nasa.gov%2F&e=...",
      "url": "https://plus.nasa.gov",
      "link_type": "external"
    }
  ],
  "profilePicUrl": "https://instagram.famd21-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/...",
  "profilePicUrlHD": "https://instagram.famd21-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/...",
  "relatedProfiles": [
    {
      "id": "953293389",
      "full_name": "International Space Station",
      "is_private": false,
      "is_verified": true,
      "profile_pic_url": "https://...",
      "username": "iss"
    }
  ],
  "latestPosts": [
    {
      "id": "3710009743416087462",
      "type": "Video",
      "shortCode": "DN8mjSFjdOm",
      "caption": "We're going up, up, up, it's our moment! 🎶...",
      "hashtags": ["NASARoman", "Astrophysics", "SpaceTelescope"],
      "mentions": ["NASAGoddard", "NASAUniverse"],
      "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DN8mjSFjdOm/",
      "commentsCount": 429,
      "dimensionsHeight": 853,
      "dimensionsWidth": 480,
      "displayUrl": "https://scontent-lga3-3.cdninstagram.com/v/...",
      "images": [],
      "videoUrl": "https://scontent-lga3-2.cdninstagram.com/o1/v/...",
      "alt": null,
      "likesCount": 53833,
      "videoViewCount": 926847,
      "timestamp": "2025-08-29T17:16:11.000Z",
      "childPosts": [],
      "ownerUsername": "nasa",
      "ownerId": "528817151",
      "productType": "clips",
      "taggedUsers": [
        {
          "full_name": "NASA Goddard",
          "id": "3808579",
          "is_verified": true,
          "profile_pic_url": "https://...",
          "username": "nasagoddard"
        }
      ],
      "isCommentsDisabled": false
    }
  ],
  "latestIgtvVideos": [
    {
      "id": "3073651751604454027",
      "type": "Video",
      "shortCode": "CqnzfuxpAKL",
      "title": "",
      "caption": "On April 3, we announced the team of space explorers...",
      "commentsCount": 2378,
      "dimensionsHeight": 1920,
      "dimensionsWidth": 1080,
      "displayUrl": "https://...",
      "likesCount": 330976,
      "videoDuration": 1122.054,
      "videoViewCount": 2430081,
      "videoUrl": "https://...",
      "timestamp": "2023-04-04T17:04:37.000Z",
      "ownerUsername": "nasa",
      "ownerId": "528817151"
    }
  ]
}

Notes

⚠️ Important:

• Instagram may rate-limit or block requests if you scrape too aggressively
• Use Apify Proxy for production scraping to avoid rate limits (RESIDENTIAL proxy recommended)
• Always respect Instagram's Terms of Service and robots.txt
• Use reasonable delays between requests
• This actor is for educational purposes