# Instagram Profile Scraper ⚡ No Login Required (`vulnv/instagram-profile-scraper`) Actor

Extract comprehensive data from public Instagram profiles including follower counts, following counts, posts data, bio information, and profile details. Bulk processing supported. No Instagram authentication needed - just provide profile URLs and get structured JSON data.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/vulnv/instagram-profile-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [VulnV](https://apify.com/vulnv) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Lead generation, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 1,149 total users, 26 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 6 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

Pay per event

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

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The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
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- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## 🚀 Instagram Profile Scraper ⚡ No Login Required

### Overview

The **Instagram Profile Scraper** is an Apify Actor that extracts comprehensive data from **public Instagram profiles** at scale. It's ideal for professionals in social media marketing, influencer research, brand monitoring, or content analysis — with **no Instagram login, cookies, or browser automation required**.

✅ No Instagram login required | ✅ Bulk profile processing | ✅ Structured JSON output | ✅ High success rate

***

#### **Complete Profile Data**

- **Basic Information** — Account name, profile name, full name, biography
- **Profile Metrics** — Follower count, following count, posts count
- **Account Type** — Business account, professional account, verified status
- **Engagement Data** — Average engagement rate, post performance
- **Profile Images** — Profile picture URL
- **Recent Posts** — Post captions, hashtags, likes, comments, media URLs
- **Business Information** — External URLs, business category
- **Related Accounts** — Suggested similar profiles

#### **Key Features**

- **No Authentication Required** — Works without Instagram cookies or login
- **Bulk Processing** — Handle multiple profile URLs in one run
- **Clean JSON Output** — Structured, ready-to-use data format
- **Real-time Processing** — Monitor extraction progress
- **High Reliability** — Built-in retry mechanisms and error handling

***

### 🧾 Input Configuration

Submit an array of Instagram profile URLs via Apify's input:

```json
{
  "urls": [
    "https://www.instagram.com/cats_of_world_/",
    "https://www.instagram.com/dogsofinstagram/",
    "https://www.instagram.com/zoobarcelona/",
    "https://www.instagram.com/australiazoo/"
  ]
}
```

***

### 📤 Output Format

Each profile will return comprehensive Instagram data such as:

```json
{
  "account": "dogsofinstagram",
  "fbid": "17841400386760100",
  "id": "6412892",
  "followers": 5632974,
  "posts_count": 10254,
  "is_business_account": true,
  "is_professional_account": true,
  "is_verified": true,
  "avg_engagement": 0.0016,
  "external_url": [
    "https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-new-york-city-pawetry-festival-tickets-1376318669189",
    "https://24petconnect.com/DetailsMain/PP3506/50419835",
    "https://cuddly.com/donate/4949324/punky"
  ],
  "biography": "Bringing together the dogs of Instagram 🐾\nSubmit To Be Featured, Support Animal Rescues, Read Pet Parenting Tips, and More ⤵️",
  "business_category_name": "None",
  "category_name": "Community",
  "following": 1349,
  "posts": [
    {
      "caption": "Meet Leo! Leo is a wise and lovable 5.5-year-old mastiff mix who's ready to find his forever family!",
      "comments": 144,
      "datetime": "2025-06-10T15:56:32.000Z",
      "id": "3651985819293101948",
      "image_url": "https://scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/504155112_18518250466012893_4607661692090263831_n.jpg",
      "likes": 4377,
      "post_hashtags": [
        "dogsofinstagram",
        "adoptabledog",
        "adoptabledogs",
        "adoptme"
      ],
      "content_type": "Video",
      "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DKudcDruq98",
      "video_url": "https://scontent-iad3-2.cdninstagram.com/video.mp4",
      "is_pinned": true
    }
  ],
  "profile_image_link": "https://scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/313810009_1293012581495372_4472643229243470387_n.jpg",
  "profile_url": "https://instagram.com/dogsofinstagram",
  "profile_name": "DogsOfInstagram by GreatPetCare",
  "highlights_count": 34,
  "full_name": "DogsOfInstagram by GreatPetCare",
  "is_private": false,
  "url": "https://www.instagram.com/dogsofinstagram",
  "is_joined_recently": false,
  "has_channel": false,
  "related_accounts": [
    {
      "id": "1088465889",
      "profile_name": "DOGS LOVERS",
      "is_private": false,
      "is_verified": true,
      "user_name": "dogs.lovers"
    }
  ],
  "timestamp": "2025-10-02T11:47:52.674Z",
  "input": {
    "url": "https://www.instagram.com/dogsofinstagram"
  }
}
```

***

### 📊 Output & Export

#### **Dataset Storage**

- All extracted data is stored in your Apify dataset
- Each profile becomes one dataset item
- Failed extractions are logged with error details

#### **Export Formats**

- **JSON** — Raw structured data for API integration
- **CSV** — Spreadsheet-compatible format
- **Excel** — Formatted spreadsheet with multiple sheets

***

### 💼 Common Use Cases

#### **Influencer Marketing & Research**

- Identify potential brand ambassadors and influencers
- Analyze engagement rates and audience demographics
- Research competitor influencer partnerships and strategies

#### **Social Media Marketing**

- Monitor brand mentions and hashtag performance
- Analyze content strategies of successful accounts
- Track competitor social media presence and engagement

#### **Brand Monitoring & Analysis**

- Track brand sentiment and customer feedback
- Monitor industry trends and popular content formats
- Analyze competitor social media strategies and performance

#### **Content Strategy & Research**

- Study successful content formats and hashtag strategies
- Analyze posting patterns and optimal engagement times
- Research trending topics and viral content patterns

#### **Market Research & Analytics**

- Study target audience behaviors and preferences
- Analyze industry influencers and thought leaders
- Research demographic trends and consumer insights

***

### ✅ Example Use

```json
{
  "urls": [
    "https://www.instagram.com/dogsofinstagram/",
    "https://www.instagram.com/cats_of_world_/"
  ]
}
```

After execution, the dataset will contain a comprehensive snapshot of each Instagram profile with structured fields including follower counts, post data, engagement metrics, and related account information.

### Discover More

🔍 Explore more data extraction tools by visiting 🌐 [Vulnv's Apify Actors](https://apify.com/vulnv)

📧 For support or collaborations, reach out at apify@vulnv.com.

# Actor input Schema

## `urls` (type: `array`):

Enter the Instagram URLs of the profiles you want to scrape data from.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "urls": [
    "https://www.instagram.com/cats_of_world_/",
    "https://www.instagram.com/dogsofinstagram/",
    "https://www.instagram.com/zoobarcelona/",
    "https://www.instagram.com/australiazoo/"
  ]
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Default dataset items containing the scraped Instagram profile records.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "urls": [
        "https://www.instagram.com/cats_of_world_/",
        "https://www.instagram.com/dogsofinstagram/",
        "https://www.instagram.com/zoobarcelona/",
        "https://www.instagram.com/australiazoo/"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("vulnv/instagram-profile-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "urls": [
        "https://www.instagram.com/cats_of_world_/",
        "https://www.instagram.com/dogsofinstagram/",
        "https://www.instagram.com/zoobarcelona/",
        "https://www.instagram.com/australiazoo/",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("vulnv/instagram-profile-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "urls": [
    "https://www.instagram.com/cats_of_world_/",
    "https://www.instagram.com/dogsofinstagram/",
    "https://www.instagram.com/zoobarcelona/",
    "https://www.instagram.com/australiazoo/"
  ]
}' |
apify call vulnv/instagram-profile-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,vulnv/instagram-profile-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/PUtu1db0Spfi2nipT/builds/LBntn8XytLpD7qVS6/openapi.json