📸 Instagram Profile Scraper The Instagram Profile Scraper is an Apify actor designed to extract structured data from Instagram profiles. It helps researchers, analysts, and marketers gather profile-level information such as follower counts, engagement rates, biography text, and recent posts — all in JSON format. --- ## 🚀 Features * Scrape detailed profile metadata (username, full name, category, verification status, etc.) * Collect follower and engagement statistics * Extract external links and biography text * Retrieve recent posts with captions, images, videos, likes, comments, and timestamps * Identify related accounts and connections * Supports multiple usernames at once --- ## 📥 Input The scraper accepts a list of Instagram usernames via an input schema. ### Example input: json { "usernames": [ "humansofny", "npr", "newyorkermag" ] } --- ## 📤 Output The actor returns a JSON array containing structured profile data. ### Example output (simplified): json [ { "account": "humansofny", "id": "242598499", "fbid": "17841401154973790", "full_name": "Humans of New York", "profile_name": "Humans of New York", "profile_url": "https://instagram.com/humansofny", "profile_image_link": "https://instagram.com/path/to/image.jpg", "biography": "New York City, one story at a time...", "category_name": "Arts & Humanities Website", "followers": 12855645, "following": 564, "posts_count": 5804, "avg_engagement": 0.0091, "is_verified": true, "is_private": false, "is_business_account": false, "is_professional_account": true, "external_url": ["http://bit.ly/DearNewYorkBook"], "highlights_count": 1, "related_accounts": [ { "id": "1258618", "profile_name": "NPR", "user_name": "npr", "is_verified": true, "is_private": false, "profile_pic_url": "https://..." } ], "posts": [ { "id": "3664280402756455474", "caption": "...", "datetime": "2025-06-27T14:58:05.000Z", "likes": 29628, "comments": 392, "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DLaI5yzuUwy", "image_url": "https://...", "video_url": null, "content_type": "GraphSidecar", "is_pinned": true } ] } ] --- ## ⚙️ Usage 1. Go to the Apify Console. 2. Create a new task for this actor. 3. Provide an input JSON with the usernames you want to scrape. 4. Run the actor and download the results in JSON, CSV, or Excel. --- ## 📊 Example Use Cases * Market Research: Analyze competitors’ follower counts and engagement rates. * Influencer Discovery: Identify potential influencers by category, audience, and activity. * Content Analysis: Collect recent posts and captions for trend analysis. * Social Monitoring: Track account growth over time. --- ## ⚠️ Disclaimer This actor is intended for educational and research purposes only. Please ensure you comply with Instagram’s Terms of Service and local regulations when using this tool.