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Instagram Scraper & Downloader

Scrape and download Instagram data without login. Get profiles, posts, reels, stories, highlights, and download any media by URL. One actor replaces 5+ specialized scrapers.

What does this actor do?

This actor extracts data from public Instagram profiles. Just provide a username or Instagram URL and choose what data you want:

• Profiles — Bio, followers, following, posts count, profile picture (HD), website, verification
• Posts — Captions, likes, comments count, media URLs, timestamps (paginated)
• Reels — Video URLs, view counts, duration, engagement metrics (paginated)
• Stories — Active stories from the last 24 hours with media URLs
• Highlights — Highlight collections with cover images
• Download — Download any post/reel/story by URL (supports carousels)
• Search — Find users by keyword

Input

{
"action":"profile",
"username":"instagram",
"limit":12,
"cursor":""
}

Input examples

Get profile:

{
"action":"profile",
"username":"instagram"
}

Get posts with pagination:

{
"action":"posts",
"username":"natgeo",
"limit":20
}

Download a reel:

{
"action":"download",
"url":"https://www.instagram.com/reel/ABC123DEF456/"
}

Search users:

{
"action":"search",
"query":"travel photography"
}

Output

Results are saved to the default dataset. You can download them as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or RSS.

Profile output example

{
"username":"instagram",
"full_name":"Instagram",
"biography":"Bringing you closer to the people and things you love.",
"profile_pic_url_hd":"https://cdn.socialhubapi.com/media/...",
"follower_count":676000000,
"following_count":452,
"media_count":7892,
"is_verified":true,
"is_private":false,
"external_url":"https://about.instagram.com"
}

Post output example

{
"shortcode":"ABC123",
"display_url":"https://cdn.socialhubapi.com/media/...",
"video_url":null,
"caption":"Amazing sunset #photography",
"like_count":125000,
"comment_count":1500,
"timestamp":1707436800,
"is_video":false
}

Pricing

Cheapest Instagram actor on Apify. All-in-one pricing with no surprise add-on charges.

Cost examples

• 1,000 profiles: ~$1.50 (Free tier) / ~$0.20 (Diamond)
• 10,000 posts: ~$15.00 (Free tier) / ~$2.00 (Diamond)
• 100 downloads: ~$0.20 (Free tier) / ~$0.02 (Diamond)

Use cases

• Influencer marketing — Analyze profiles, follower counts, and engagement rates
• Brand monitoring — Track posts mentioning your brand or competitors
• Content research — Find trending content in your niche
• Media archiving — Download posts, reels, and stories for backup
• Lead generation — Find potential partners or customers by search
• Academic research — Collect public social media data for analysis

FAQ

Q: Does this require an Instagram login? A: No. All data is extracted from public profiles without login.

Q: Are private profiles supported? A: No. Only public profiles can be scraped.

Q: How fast is it? A: Most requests complete in under 500ms. Posts/reels with pagination may take 1-2 seconds.

Q: Do media URLs expire? A: No. All media URLs are served through our CDN proxy and remain accessible.

Q: Can I download carousels (multi-image posts)? A: Yes. The download action returns URLs for all images/videos in a carousel.

Q: How do I paginate through results? A: After a run, check the key-value store for a PAGINATION key. It contains the cursor for the next page. Pass it as input to the next run.