Instagram Account Reels Scraper

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Scrape every Reel from a public Instagram account in bulk — video URLs, view counts, likes, comments, captions, audio, and posted-at timestamp — in clean structured JSON.

Why use this actor

• No account / no login required — just give it an Instagram username or profile URL.
• No API key needed — Instagram has no public API for this; the actor returns the same vertical Reels feed the web app shows on a profile's Reels tab.
• Direct video URLs in multiple resolutions — every reel comes with downloadable MP4 URLs for the qualities Instagram serves, plus a poster image, so you can pull video files immediately.
• View counts and engagement — accurate play_count (Instagram view counter), like_count, and comment_count per reel.
• Audio + caption metadata — full caption text, hashtags, mentions, audio attribution, and video duration in seconds.
• Bulk input — pass a list of usernames in one run; results stream into your dataset with one row per reel.
• Stable JSON output — every row carries _input, _source, _scrapedAt envelope fields so you can join results back to your input list, plus _userId (the stable numeric Instagram user ID that does not change when a creator renames their handle).

How it works

1. You provide a list of Instagram usernames (e.g. mrbeast) or full profile URLs.
2. The actor resolves each username to its numeric user ID, then pulls the Reels tab feed the same way Instagram's web app does, walking the paginated cursor until it reaches your maxReels limit (or the end of the account).
3. Results stream into your dataset, ready to download as JSON, CSV, or Excel.

You do not need to manage scrapers, browsers, or rotating IPs — all handled internally.

Input

{
"usernames":[
"mrbeast",
"khaby.lame"
],
"maxReels":12,
"proxyConfiguration":{
"useApifyProxy":true,
"apifyProxyGroups":["DATACENTER"]
}
}

Output

Sample command: python test_local.py mrbeast --max 3

{
"_input":"mrbeast",
"_userId":"2278169415",
"_source":"S1-primary",
"_scrapedAt":"2026-05-18T10:54:08.610256+00:00",
"id":"3466556599773603825_2278169415",
"pk":"3466556599773603825",
"code":"DAbrtxjSqfx",
"fbid":"18339051271120588",
"media_type":2,
"taken_at":1727465883,
"video_duration":16.647,
"original_width":1080,
"original_height":1920,
"has_audio":true,
"play_count":183626669,
"ig_play_count":171174980,
"fb_play_count":12451689,
"like_count":6086367,
"comment_count":67785,
"caption":{
"text":"Go watch video on YouTube of 100 twins competing!",
"created_at_utc":1727541691,
"user_id":"2278169415"
},
"user":{
"pk":"2278169415",
"username":"mrbeast",
"full_name":"MrBeast",
"is_verified":true,
"is_private":false,
"profile_pic_url":"https://instagram.fcgk52-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t51.2885-19/31077884_..._n.jpg"
},
"video_versions":[
{
"width":720,
"height":1280,
"bandwidth":2078036,
"url":"https://instagram.fcgk52-1.fna.fbcdn.net/o1/v/t2/f2/m367/AQPA8Oko1IGGXNa9...mp4"
},
"... 2 more"
],
"image_versions2":{
"candidates":[
{
"width":452,
"height":800,
"url":"https://instagram.fcgk52-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t51.71878-15/505456263_..._n.jpg"
},
"... 9 more"
]
},
"usertags":{
"in":[
{"user":{"username":"vorostwins","full_name":"Chris and Patrick Voros","is_verified":true}}
]
}
}

Error envelope

Accounts that fail to load (private, deactivated, blocked) return a structured error instead of crashing the run:

{
"_input":"this-account-does-not-exist-xyz",
"_source":"S1-primary",
"_error":"profile_failed",
"_errorDetail":"HTTP 404 for web_profile_info",
"_scrapedAt":"2026-05-18T10:54:09.001234+00:00"
}

Filter on _error to triage failed rows. Possible values: profile_failed, no_user_id, fetch_failed.

Pricing

This actor is billed per result: $6.00 per 1,000 reels. Each reel returned = 1 result. Error rows are not billed.

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Notes

• The Reels tab is separate from an account's main feed (grid). A reel posted to both surfaces will appear in this actor's output and in Instagram Account Posts Scraper. Reel-only posts (the most common case for short-form creators) appear only here.
• play_count is the integer view count Instagram displays on the reel. It updates continuously and may lag the live counter by a few minutes for very fresh posts.
• Video URLs (video_versions[].url) and cover image URLs are signed by Instagram's CDN and expire within hours — if you want the actual MP4 files, download them promptly after each run rather than storing URLs long-term.
• Private accounts return zero reels with no error — there is nothing to fetch.
• For jobs above ~30 accounts in one run, switch proxyConfiguration from DATACENTER to RESIDENTIAL to avoid per-IP rate limits.
• _userId (the numeric user ID) is the most stable creator identifier — if a creator changes their username later, you can still match reels back to the same person using this field.