Extract structured data from instagram.com — 💰 $1 per 1,000 profiles. Scrape public instagram.com accounts without a login: follower counts, bio and links, business contact details and engagement from each account's own recent posts — all from a single request per handle.
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- Click sign up — pick GitHub, Google, or email; takes ~30 seconds
- Open this actor — input is pre-filled with a working example
- Click Start — export results as JSON, CSV, or Excel
Your $5 monthly platform credit is enough to run this actor right away — and again every month — scraping typically several hundred to several thousand results per run, depending on your input.
Search with filters — Search by keyword.
Detail enrichment — Fetch structured metadata for each listing.
Incremental mode — Only get new or changed listings since your last run. Content hash per listing — no duplicates, no re-processing.
Change classification — Track unchanged across runs. Build audit trails of how listings evolve over time.
Compact output — Emit core fields only (AI-agent / MCP-friendly). Keeps response size small for LLM workflows.
Description truncation — Cap description length per ${NOUN} to control output size and cost.
Result cap — Stop after N listings (up to 1.000). Set to 0 for the full catalog.
Export anywhere — Download as JSON, CSV, or Excel. Stream via Apify API, webhooks, or integrations with Make, Zapier, Airbyte, Keboola.
Structured data — Every listing returns the same schema with consistent field naming. All fields always present — null when unavailable, never omitted.
Data pipeline automation Integrate with your ETL pipeline to collect structured listings from instagram.com on a schedule. Export to CSV, JSON, or directly to your database. Use compact mode to control output size.
Market research Monitor listings, track trends, and analyze market dynamics with structured, deduplicated data from instagram.com.
Change monitoring Run daily or hourly in incremental mode to capture only new, updated, or expired ${NOUNS}. Perfect for price-tracking, churn analysis, and alerting pipelines.
AI / LLM training data Structured JSON per listing is ready for RAG pipelines, embeddings, and agent workflows. Compact mode trims tokens for LLM context windows.
{
"query": "garyvee",
"maxResults": 5,
"includeRecentPosts": true
}| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
query |
string | — | One or more Instagram usernames. A pasted profile URL or an @handle works too — both are normalised to the bare username. For several accounts in one run, paste a JSON array as text: ["nasa", "natgeo"]. |
startUrls |
array | [] |
Instagram profile URLs to scrape, as an alternative to typing usernames. |
maxResults |
integer | 25 |
Maximum total results (0 = unlimited). |
includeDetails |
boolean | true |
Fetch each account's public profile. Off returns only the resolved username and URL. Incremental mode turns this back on by itself - there is nothing to compare between runs without it. |
includeRecentPosts |
boolean | false |
Add the account's 12 most recent posts (caption, likes, comments, views, URL) to each row. They arrive in the same request, so this costs nothing extra to fetch — but it makes each record substantially larger. Off by default. |
descriptionMaxLength |
integer | 0 |
Truncate the biography and each post caption to this many characters. 0 = no cap. Useful for LLM pipelines and for keeping records small. |
compact |
boolean | false |
Core fields only (for AI-agent/MCP workflows). |
incrementalMode |
boolean | false |
Compare each run against the previous one and emit only what changed. All runs of this actor share ONE history by default - that is what stops an edit to your username list from re-billing every account you kept. Set State Key to keep separate watchlists apart. |
stateKey |
string | — | Optional. Names the history a run reads and writes. Leave it empty and every run shares one history. Set it to a different value per watchlist when you want two lists tracked independently. |
telegramToken |
string | — | Telegram bot token (from @BotFather). Required for Telegram notifications. |
telegramChatId |
string | — | Telegram chat or channel ID (e.g. "-100123456789"). Required when telegramToken is set. |
discordWebhookUrl |
string | — | Discord incoming webhook URL. Server Settings → Integrations → Webhooks → New Webhook. |
slackWebhookUrl |
string | — | Slack incoming webhook URL. api.slack.com/messaging/webhooks. |
notificationLimit |
integer | 5 |
Maximum number of listings included in each notification message (1–20). |
notifyOnlyChanges |
boolean | false |
When Incremental Mode is on, only send notifications for NEW and UPDATED listings. Has no effect outside incremental mode. |
whatsappAccessToken |
string | — | WhatsApp Cloud API permanent access token (System User token from Meta Business). Recipient must have messaged the business number within the last 24h (service-conversation window — free since Nov 2024). |
whatsappPhoneNumberId |
string | — | Your WhatsApp Business phone-number ID (numeric, from Meta dashboard). Required when whatsappAccessToken is set. |
whatsappTo |
string | — | Recipient phone in E.164 format without + (e.g. "436641234567"). Recipient must have messaged your business number within last 24h. |
webhookUrl |
string | — | Receives a JSON POST with {metadata, items} after each run. Universal escape hatch for n8n / Make / Zapier / custom backends. |
webhookHeaders |
object | — | Optional JSON object of custom headers (e.g. {"Authorization":"Bearer ..."}). |
appConnector |
string | — | Optional. Pick a connected app under Settings → API & Integrations to receive your results (including any contact details). Best-effort across MCP connectors as Apify expands its catalog. |
mcpIssueTeam |
string | — | Only when the connected app is an issue tracker: the team (name or ID) the summary issue is created under, if that app requires one. |
excludeEmptyFields |
boolean | false |
Drop null, empty-string, and empty-array fields from each record before push. Smaller payloads for AI agents and dashboards. |
emitUnchanged |
boolean | false |
When incremental mode is on, also emit listings whose content has not changed since the last run. |
Every listing returns the same 52-field schema. Missing values are null — never omitted.
listingIdlistingKeysearchQuerycontentQualitydetailFetchedscrapedAtsourceurlportalUrlchangeTypestatususernameuserIdfbidfullNamebiographypronounsprofilePicUrlprofilePicUrlHdfollowersCountfollowingCountpostsCountrecentPostsSampledavgLikesavgCommentsengagementRatelatestPostshighlightReelCountigtvVideoCountisPrivateisVerifiedisBusinessAccountisProfessionalAccountisJoinedRecentlyhasClipshasChannelhasGuideshasArEffectscategoryNamebusinessCategoryNameoverallCategoryNamebusinessEmailbusinessPhoneNumberbusinessAddressbusinessContactMethodexternalUrlbioLinksextractedEmailsextractedPhonesextractedUrlssocialProfilesrelatedProfiles
One object per listing. Here is a real example from a production run:
{
"listingId": "9457f6c8022d556f54f3d050eae5a646188aa7c141b2c52598a4fb324e67a05e",
"listingKey": "nasa",
"searchQuery": "nasa",
"contentQuality": "full",
"detailFetched": true,
"scrapedAt": "2026-09-04T18:47:56.004Z",
"source": "instagram.com",
"url": "https://www.instagram.com/nasa/",
"portalUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/nasa/",
"changeType": null,
"status": "ok",
"username": "nasa"
}Truncated — full records contain 52 fields. See Output fields for the complete schema.
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| Event | Price (USD) |
|---|---|
| Actor Start | $0.01 |
| Result | $0.001 |
See the actor on Apify for current pricing.
How do I scrape instagram.com? Use this actor on Apify to extract structured data from instagram.com. Configure your search query and filters in the input, then click Start — no coding required.
How do I get instagram.com data as JSON, CSV, or Excel? The actor writes each listing to Apify's dataset. Download as JSON, CSV, or Excel from the Console, stream via the API, or push to Make, Zapier, Airbyte, or Keboola.
Is it legal to scrape instagram.com? Web scraping of publicly available data is generally legal. This actor only accesses publicly visible information. Always check instagram.com's terms of service for your specific use case.
How much does it cost? Pay-per-event pricing — you only pay for ${NOUNS} extracted. Apify's free $5 credit is enough to run thousands of results before you pay anything.
How does incremental mode work? Each listing gets a content hash. On subsequent runs, only new or changed listings are emitted — saving time, compute, and storage. Expired listings can be tracked separately.
Do I need an API key or credentials? No. Just sign up for Apify, paste your input, and click Start. No credit card required.
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Last updated: 2026 09