Instagram Posts Scraper - 47 Fields, Engagement Scores

📸 Instagram Posts Scraper

🚀 Extract Instagram posts, Reels, and profile data in minutes. Pull from any public account by username, profile URL, or post URL. Filter by media type and date range. No login, no API keys, no Instagram developer approval.

No minimum charge: you only pay for the results you get.

🕒 Last updated: 2026-04-21 · 📊 25 fields per post · 🎬 Reels/images/video/carousel · 📅 Date filtering · 🚫 No auth required

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The Instagram Posts Scraper collects post data from any public Instagram profile, returning 25 fields per post: caption, hashtags, mentions, like count, comment count, view count, play count, media type, video URL, image URLs, location, tagged users, collaborators, alt text, video duration, and timestamps. Runs support up to 1,000,000 posts on a paid plan.

The Actor accepts three input formats in the same run: usernames (nike), profile URLs (https://instagram.com/nike), and individual post URLs (https://instagram.com/p/ABC123). Filter by media type (image, video, Reel, carousel) and date range (absolute dates, ISO timestamps, or relative like "30 days"). No Instagram account, Graph API credentials, or developer approval needed.

📋 What the Instagram Posts Scraper does

Three input formats with media and date filters:

• 👤 Username mode. Enter usernames like nike or cristiano to pull their recent posts.
• 🔗 URL mode. Paste profile URLs (instagram.com/nike) or individual post URLs (instagram.com/p/ABC123).
• 🎬 Media type filter. Restrict to image, video, reel, or carousel posts only.
• 📅 Date filter. Limit results by absolute dates (2025-01-01), ISO timestamps, or relative periods (30 days, 3 months, 1 year).

Each post record includes caption, parsed hashtag and mention arrays, engagement metrics (likes, comments, views, plays), media type and product type, video URL, all image URLs, carousel count, location, tagged users, collaborators, alt text, video duration, post URL, shortcode, and timestamps.

💡 Why it matters: the official Instagram Graph API only returns data for accounts you own or manage. This Actor reads the same public data any visitor sees and returns it as structured JSON, CSV, or Excel, making competitor analysis, influencer vetting, and hashtag research practical at scale.

🎬 Full Demo

🚧 Coming soon: a 3-minute walkthrough showing how to go from sign-up to a downloaded dataset.

⚙️ Input

Example: last 30 days of Reels from two profiles.

{
    "startUrls": ["cristiano", "https://www.instagram.com/nike/"],
    "maxItems": 50,
    "mediaTypeFilter": "reel",
    "dateFilter": "30 days"
}

Example: all posts from a single profile URL.

{
    "startUrls": ["https://www.instagram.com/natgeo/"],
    "maxItems": 100
}

⚠️ Good to Know: residential proxies are recommended for runs over 50 posts. Instagram rate-limits aggressively on datacenter IPs. The proxy configuration is pre-filled with recommended settings.

📊 Output

Each post record contains 25 fields. Download the dataset as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML.

🧾 Schema

📦 Sample records

{
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://scontent-example.cdninstagram.com/v/thumb.jpg",
    "caption": "Golden hour over the canyon. Nature never disappoints.",
    "username": "natgeo",
    "likeCount": 42891,
    "commentCount": 1204,
    "viewCount": 980000,
    "playCount": 850000,
    "mediaType": "video",
    "productType": "feed",
    "videoUrl": "https://scontent-example.cdninstagram.com/v/video.mp4",
    "imageUrls": [],
    "carouselCount": 0,
    "hashtags": ["goldenhour", "canyon", "natgeo"],
    "mentions": [],
    "location": "Grand Canyon National Park",
    "taggedUsers": [],
    "collaborators": [],
    "commentsDisabled": false,
    "likesHidden": false,
    "altText": null,
    "videoDuration": 45.2,
    "postUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DPwJzEVDbwC/",
    "shortcode": "DPwJzEVDbwC",
    "timestamp": "2025-10-13T14:40:07.000Z",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-04-16T00:00:00.000Z"
}

{
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://scontent-example.cdninstagram.com/v/image.jpg",
    "caption": "Morning run through the city. #fitness #running #nyc",
    "username": "fitness_daily",
    "likeCount": 312,
    "commentCount": 18,
    "viewCount": null,
    "playCount": null,
    "mediaType": "image",
    "productType": "feed",
    "videoUrl": null,
    "imageUrls": ["https://scontent-example.cdninstagram.com/v/image.jpg"],
    "carouselCount": 0,
    "hashtags": ["fitness", "running", "nyc"],
    "mentions": [],
    "location": "Central Park",
    "taggedUsers": [],
    "collaborators": [],
    "commentsDisabled": false,
    "likesHidden": false,
    "altText": "Person running through a park at sunrise",
    "videoDuration": null,
    "postUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/p/ABC123/",
    "shortcode": "ABC123",
    "timestamp": "2026-03-15T07:22:00.000Z",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-04-16T00:00:00.000Z"
}

{
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://scontent-example.cdninstagram.com/v/reel-thumb.jpg",
    "caption": "Quick recipe for the week",
    "username": "home_cook_99",
    "likeCount": 8,
    "commentCount": 0,
    "viewCount": 142,
    "playCount": 130,
    "mediaType": "video",
    "productType": "clips",
    "videoUrl": "https://scontent-example.cdninstagram.com/v/reel.mp4",
    "imageUrls": [],
    "carouselCount": 0,
    "hashtags": [],
    "mentions": [],
    "location": null,
    "taggedUsers": [],
    "collaborators": [],
    "commentsDisabled": false,
    "likesHidden": true,
    "altText": null,
    "videoDuration": 22.8,
    "postUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/reel/XYZ789/",
    "shortcode": "XYZ789",
    "timestamp": "2026-04-10T18:05:00.000Z",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-04-16T00:00:00.000Z"
}

✨ Why choose this Actor

📊 Instagram has over 2 billion monthly active users. Having structured access to public post data is the foundation for any social media analysis, influencer marketing, or competitive intelligence workflow.

📈 How it compares to alternatives

Pick this Actor when you want public Instagram data on demand, without Graph API credentials, without managing tokens, and without paying for a full social analytics subscription.

🚀 How to use

1. 📝 Sign up. Create a free account with $5 credit (takes 2 minutes).
2. 🌐 Open the Actor. Go to the Instagram Posts Scraper page on the Apify Store.
3. 🎯 Set input. Add usernames, profile URLs, or post URLs. Set media type filter, date range, and maxItems.
4. 🚀 Run it. Click Start and let the Actor collect your data.
5. 📥 Download. Grab your results in the Dataset tab as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML.

⏱️ Total time from signup to downloaded dataset: 3-5 minutes. No coding required.

💼 Business use cases

🌟 Beyond business use cases

Data like this powers more than commercial workflows. The same structured records support research, education, civic projects, and personal initiatives.

🤖 Ask an AI assistant about this scraper

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions

🔌 Automating Instagram Posts Scraper

Control the scraper programmatically for scheduled runs and pipeline integrations:

• 🟢 Node.js. Install the apify-client NPM package.
• 🐍 Python. Use the apify-client PyPI package.
• 📚 See the Apify API documentation for full details.

The Apify Schedules feature lets you trigger this Actor on any cron interval. Weekly pulls keep your social-listening dashboards in sync automatically.

🔌 Integrate with any app

Instagram Posts Scraper connects to any cloud service via Apify integrations:

• Make - Automate multi-step workflows
• Zapier - Connect with 5,000+ apps
• Slack - Get run notifications in your channels
• Airbyte - Pipe Instagram data into your warehouse
• GitHub - Trigger runs from commits and releases
• Google Drive - Export datasets straight to Sheets

You can also use webhooks to trigger downstream actions when a run finishes. Push fresh Instagram data into your social-listening dashboard, or alert your team in Slack.

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💡 Pro Tip: browse the complete ParseForge collection for more social media scrapers.

🆘 Need Help? Open our contact form to request a new scraper, propose a custom data project, or report an issue.

⚠️ Disclaimer: this Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Instagram, Meta Platforms, Inc., or any of their subsidiaries. All trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners. Only publicly available post data is collected.