🔥 Instagram Scraper Pro

Advanced Instagram scraper for profiles, posts, and user feeds built for the Apify platform. Extract detailed data from Instagram accounts including follower counts, bio information, post content, engagement metrics, and more.

Perfect for social media analysis, marketing research, and content monitoring.

🚀 Features

✅ User Profile Scraping - Complete user information including followers, bio, verification status
✅ Individual Post Scraping - Extract post data, captions, likes, comments, and media URLs
✅ Bulk User Posts - Scrape all posts from specific users with pagination support
✅ Residential Proxy Support - Built-in anti-detection with residential proxy rotation
✅ Rich Output Schema - Structured data with multiple view formats
✅ Rate Limiting - Respectful scraping with configurable delays
✅ Error Handling - Robust error recovery and detailed logging

📊 What You Can Scrape

User Profiles

• Display name, username, bio
• Follower/following counts
• Profile picture, verification status
• Business information (category, phone, email)
• Bio links and external website

Posts

• Post images, videos, and carousel content
• Captions, hashtags, and mentions
• Like counts, comment counts
• Location data and tagged users
• Post timestamps and engagement metrics

Comments (when available)

• Comment text and author information
• Comment timestamps and like counts
• Nested reply structures

🎯 Use Cases

• Social Media Analytics - Track engagement and growth metrics
• Content Research - Analyze trending posts and hashtags
• Competitor Analysis - Monitor competitor social media activity
• Brand Monitoring - Track mentions and user-generated content
• Influencer Research - Identify and analyze influencer profiles

🔧 Input Configuration

Basic Settings

• Scraping Mode: Choose between user profiles, individual posts, or user post feeds
• Usernames/URLs: Specify Instagram usernames or post URLs to scrape
• Max Posts: Limit the number of posts per user (0 = unlimited)

Advanced Settings

• Proxy Configuration: Residential proxies recommended for Instagram
• Request Delay: Control scraping speed (default: 2000ms)
• Output Fields: Select specific fields to include in results
• Debug Mode: Enable detailed logging for troubleshooting

📈 Output Data

The actor outputs structured JSON data with the following fields:

{
  "id": "user_or_post_id",
  "username": "instagram_username",
  "name": "Display Name",
  "bio": "User biography text",
  "followers": 12345,
  "follows": 678,
  "is_verified": true,
  "profile_image": "https://...",
  "shortcode": "post_shortcode",
  "src": "https://image_url",
  "likes": 1234,
  "comments_count": 56,
  "captions": ["Post caption text"],
  "taken_at": 1640995200,
  "scrape_timestamp": "2024-01-01T12:00:00Z"
}

🛡️ Anti-Detection Features

• Residential Proxy Support - Rotate through residential IP addresses
• Human-like Delays - Configurable request timing
• User-Agent Rotation - Realistic browser headers
• Session Management - Maintain consistent sessions
• Rate Limiting - Respect Instagram's rate limits

⚡ Performance

• Concurrent Processing - Efficient async/await implementation
• Memory Optimization - Streaming data processing for large datasets
• Error Recovery - Automatic retries with exponential backoff
• Progress Tracking - Real-time scraping statistics

📋 Pricing

This actor uses pay-per-result pricing:

• User Profile: $0.01 per profile scraped
• Post: $0.005 per post scraped
• Bulk Operations: Discounted rates for large volumes

Free tier includes 100 profiles or 200 posts per month.

🔒 Compliance & Fair Use

• Only scrapes publicly available Instagram data
• No login required - respects Instagram's public API limits
• Implements respectful scraping practices with delays
• Users responsible for compliance with Instagram's Terms of Service
• Recommended for research, analytics, and legitimate business use cases

📚 Related Actors

• Twitter Scraper Pro
• LinkedIn Profile Scraper
• Facebook Page Scraper

🆘 Support

• 📖 Documentation
• 💬 Discord Community
• 📧 Support Email

Built with ❤️ by the Apify community