# Instagram Hashtag Scraper (`xtracto/instagram-hashtag-scraper`) Actor

Get posts under any Instagram hashtag — caption, media, engagement. Bulk-paginated.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/xtracto/instagram-hashtag-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Farhan Febrian Nauval](https://apify.com/xtracto) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
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- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## Instagram Hashtag Scraper

Get posts under any Instagram hashtag — caption, media URLs, engagement.

### Use cases

- **UGC monitoring** — track posts under campaign hashtags.
- **Trend research** — surface trending content under topic hashtags.
- **Influencer scouting** — find creators posting under relevant hashtags.
- **Brand mention tracking** — monitor branded hashtags for marketing reports.
- **Content moderation** — sample posts under flagged hashtags for safety review.

### Why use this actor?

- **Bulk + paginated** — multiple hashtags in one run, deep pagination per tag.
- **No login** — uses Instagram's logged-out tag info endpoint.
- **Stable envelope** — `_input` (the hashtag), `_source`, `_scrapedAt`.

### Sample output

Input: `artificialintelligence`, maxResults: 5

> Requires residential proxy.

```json
[
  {
    "_input": "artificialintelligence",
    "_source": "S1-graphql",
    "_scrapedAt": "2026-05-13T...",
    "id": "3401234567890123456",
    "shortcode": "C4xAbCdEfGh",
    "display_url": "https://instagram.fcgk15-1.fna.fbcdn.net/...",
    "edge_liked_by": { "count": 2341 },
    "is_video": false,
    "owner": { "id": "123456" }
  }
]
```

### Note

- Some sensitive or restricted hashtags return empty or limited results.
- Anonymous tag access is rate-limited more aggressively than profile access — use `RESIDENTIAL` proxy for batches.
- Posts under a tag are not strictly sorted by date; the platform mixes top + recent.

# Actor input Schema

## `hashtags` (type: `array`):

List of hashtags (with or without #) to scrape.

## `maxPosts` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of items per entity (maxPosts).

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Apify proxy configuration. Residential proxy strongly recommended.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "hashtags": [
    "nature"
  ],
  "maxPosts": 50,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `id` (type: `string`):

Unique identifier of the item at the source.

## `shortcode` (type: `string`):

Short code that identifies the post in its URL.

## `display_url` (type: `string`):

Image or preview URL.

## `edge_liked_by` (type: `string`):

Like count wrapper returned by the source.

## `is_video` (type: `string`):

True when the item is a video. Boolean value.

## `owner` (type: `string`):

Account that owns the item.

## `_input` (type: `string`):

The input value this row was produced from.

## `_source` (type: `string`):

Which extraction strategy produced the row.

## `_scrapedAt` (type: `string`):

UTC timestamp of the scrape, ISO 8601.

## `_error` (type: `string`):

Set only on diagnostic rows - why that target produced no data.

## `_errorDetail` (type: `string`):

Extra context for the error.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "hashtags": [
        "nature"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("xtracto/instagram-hashtag-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "hashtags": ["nature"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("xtracto/instagram-hashtag-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "hashtags": [
    "nature"
  ]
}' |
apify call xtracto/instagram-hashtag-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,xtracto/instagram-hashtag-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/R0BkW6zSlLyc4GNX6/builds/HWcu6p6Ih10eQWZ5w/openapi.json