Instagram Hashtag Scraper

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Extract posts, Reels, captions, and engagement metrics from any public Instagram hashtag — no login or cookies required.

What you get

For every post under a hashtag, the scraper returns a structured record with:

Post metadata

• Post ID, shortcode, and direct post URL
• Media type (photo, video, carousel) and product type (feed, clips/Reels)
• Post timestamp (ISO 8601 and Unix)
• Caption text with auto-extracted hashtags and @mentions

Engagement stats

• Like count, comment count, view count, play count
• Video duration (for Reels and video posts)

Media URLs

• Thumbnail / cover image URL
• Video URL (direct MP4, when available)

Author profile

• Author ID, username, full name
• Profile picture URL
• Verified and private flags

Location (when set on the post)

• Location name and city

Pagination

• NEXT_PAGE_ID cursor so you can resume from where a previous run left off

Use cases

• Trend research — monitor which posts are gaining traction under a hashtag and spot viral content early
• Influencer discovery — find creators actively posting in a niche before they break out
• Content strategy — analyse top-performing posts in a hashtag to understand what hooks, formats, and audio drive engagement
• Competitor analysis — track how a brand or product hashtag is growing over time
• Audience research — measure hashtag volume, engagement rates, and creator participation across niches
• Social media monitoring — track branded or campaign hashtags and pull structured data into your own dashboard

How to use

1. Enter the hashtag — with or without # (e.g. coffee or #travel)
2. Choose Top Posts (mixed photos + Reels) or Reels Only
3. Set Max Posts — default 100 per run, or 0 for unlimited (will stop ~60s before the actor timeout)
4. Run the actor — results appear in the Dataset tab
5. To fetch the next page, copy NEXT_PAGE_ID from the Key-value store tab and paste it into Page ID on the next run

Output format

Each dataset record:

{
"postId":"3899803439831518781",
"shortcode":"DYe4pEFAQ49",
"postUrl":"https://www.instagram.com/p/DYe4pEFAQ49/",
"mediaType":"photo",
"productType":"feed",
"takenAt":"2026-05-18T14:00:19.000Z",
"takenAtTimestamp":1779112819,
"caption":"Morning brew. #coffee #latteart",
"hashtags":["coffee","latteart"],
"mentions":[],
"likeCount":529,
"commentCount":2,
"viewCount":null,
"playCount":null,
"videoDuration":null,
"thumbnailUrl":"https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/...",
"videoUrl":null,
"authorId":"580240992",
"authorUsername":"chrishallbeck",
"authorFullName":"Chris Hallbeck",
"authorProfilePicUrl":"https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/...",
"authorIsVerified":false,
"authorIsPrivate":false,
"locationName":"Taroudant, Marocco",
"locationCity":null
}

Pagination

Each run returns up to Max Posts records. For large hashtags, use the pagination cursor to collect more across multiple runs:

1. Run the actor — when it finishes, NEXT_PAGE_ID is saved in the Key-value store tab
2. Copy the NEXT_PAGE_ID value
3. Start a new run with the same hashtag and paste it into the Page ID field
4. Repeat until NEXT_PAGE_ID is null (hashtag fully exhausted)

If a single run takes you to the actor timeout, the cursor still gets written before the run ends so you can resume on the next run.

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