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Instagram Data Scraping API

Fetch, extract, analyze, and integrate real-time public Instagram data at scale. The fastest and most reliable Instagram crawling API.


Instagram Scraper API Features

Here's what makes EnsembleData's Instagram API different from running your own scraper or dealing with flaky third-party tools.

Scrape Instagram data without an account

You don't need a Instagram account to use our API. All endpoints fetch public data, so there's no session management, and no risk of getting your account flagged.

Access followers, comments, hashtags & engagement metrics

Get profiles, follower lists, posts, videos, hashtags, likes, shares, and comments, all returned as clean JSON. Works with Python, JavaScript, PHP, or any language that can make an HTTP request.

Enterprise level data scraper API endpoints

Our Instagram data scraping infrastructure is robust to platform changes, IP blocks, and anti-bot measures. Gain access to public Instagram data for analytics, business intelligence, and research.

Real-time Instagram public data crawl API

Get instant access to trending content, viral hashtags, fresh user profiles, and engagement metrics. Our low-latency Instagram data feed API delivers quick results, great for dashboards, real-time alerts, and trend discovery tools.

Instagram analytics API & actionable insights

The data comes back structured and ready to use. You can build things like influencer trackers, competitor monitors, audience research tools, and AI training pipelines on top of it. There are infinite use cases for it!

Flexible Instagram API for every use case

Whether you're a solo developer or running a large data pipeline, the API fits. And if you need a custom endpoint or specific field, please reach out to us, we've done several adaptations to the API for specific customer needs before.

Use Cases for the Instagram Scraper API

Influencer Marketing

Scrape Influencer Profiles, Posts, Followers, Engagement Rates & Creator Growth

Social Listening

Real-Time Brand Mention Monitoring, Comments & Audience Sentiment Extraction

Brand Monitoring

Track Brand Mentions, Hashtags, Keywords, Trending topics & Reputation Signals Automatically

Talent Agencies

Discover Creators, Build Influencer Databases & Monitor Performance

Social Intelligence

Extract Audience Insights, Trend Data & Platform Analytics at Scale

Competitor Analysis

Benchmark Competitors, Follower Growth & Engagement Metrics

Everything you can extract

Crawl Instagram Data via our API

Here's a breakdown of what you can pull from Instagram using our API, all public data, returned as JSON:

  • User info
  • Post metadata
  • Videos
  • Likes
  • Followers
  • Followings
  • Comments
  • New posts
  • Tagged posts
  • Reels
  • Hashtags
  • IGTV

Browse All Instagram API Endpoints

Using our Instagram scraping API, you can pull user profiles, posts, comments, hashtags, music data, follower counts, engagement data, and more.
If you're a developer or working on a data project that needs consistent access to public Instagram data, you're in the right place.

Get the Instagram profile data you need for creator research without manual lookup. Follower counts, bio text, and engagement rates are all accessible via API.
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Crawl Instagram content at scale with our posts API, great for auditing a creator's feed, spotting content trends, or benchmarking against competitors.
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Scrape the numbers that matter from any Instagram post including likes, comments, hashtags, and timestamps without any manual data entry.
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Extract Instagram comment threads, usernames, and timestamps in bulk with our comments API, everything you need for sentiment work or community analysis.
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Our Instagram music API surfaces trending tracks and their performance data so you can plan content around sounds that are actually picking up momentum.
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Find trending Instagram content and relevant creators by search term with our keyword search API, no manual browsing required.
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Extract short-form video performance data for any creator with our Reels API, useful for trend tracking and influencer evaluation at scale.
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Our tagged posts API surfaces every post where a user or brand is mentioned, great for tracking organic brand visibility and identifying potential collaborators.
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EnsembleData Instagram API Documentation

Instagram Unofficial API

Extract public data from Instagram without needing an official API access: perfect for developers, marketers, and researchers seeking alternative data solutions. Our Instagram API docs cover every endpoint: parameters, response fields, and code samples in Python, JavaScript, and more. There's no JS rendering, no captcha solving, and no proxy setup involved, fast and simple to integrate. Our Instagram API covers a wide range of endpoints: user posts and profile statistics for influencer marketing, keyword and hashtag search APIs for social listening and trend tracking, music tracking APIs, and much more, all in one platform.
EnsembleData Instagram Posts API Documentation

Scrape Instagram User Profiles, Posts & Reels in Real Time

With our Instagram Developer API call you can pull posts, videos, photos, captions, thumbnails, and engagement numbers (likes, shares, views) for any public Instagram account. It's handy whether you're building a dataset, running competitive research, feeding a machine learning pipeline, or just keeping tabs on what's being posted. With a single API call, developers can retrieve full content histories for any public account, no scraping infrastructure to maintain on your end, the API handles it.
EnsembleData Instagram User Info API Documentation

Scrape followers, statistics and more with the Instagram API

Beyond posts, the API gives you account-level data: follower counts, following lists, subscriber numbers, bios, and contact info when it's publicly visible. Useful for tracking how an account grows over time, comparing engagement rates across creators, or building an influencer discovery tool. You get the raw numbers, what you do with them is up to you.
EnsembleData Instagram Hashtag/Keyword Search API Documentation

Instagram Hashtag & Keyword Search API

Search Instagram by hashtag or keyword and get back a list of matching posts, along with all the metadata you'd expect: engagement stats, timestamps, author info, and more. Good for tracking trends, monitoring what people are saying around a topic, or doing keyword research without manually scrolling through the platform. Very useful for media monitoring, social listening, brand monitoring, and competitive analysis.
EnsembleData Instagram Comments API Documentation

Instagram Comment Scraping API

Pull comments from any public Instagram post: text, author info, timestamps, reply counts, likes. Whether you're doing sentiment analysis, training a moderation model, or just want to understand how people are reacting to a piece of content, this endpoint gives you the raw material. Works across posts, videos, and reels depending on the platform.
EnsembleData Instagram Music API Documentation

Instagram Music Scraping API

If you need to work with music data on Instagram, track usage, find which songs are trending in videos, or look up what content is tied to a specific audio, this endpoint covers it. You can search by track, pull posts that use a given sound, and get metadata like artist info and play counts. Handy for music industry teams, marketers, or anyone building tools around audio trends on the platform.
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Instagram API Pricing

Pricing is straightforward, no hidden fees, no surprise overages. There's a free tier to get started, and paid plans scale with your usage. Whether you're a solo developer testing something out or a team running large-scale data jobs, there's a plan that fits. High-volume customers can also reach out about custom arrangements. You always know what you're paying for.

Scale Your Instagram Data Operations

Scaling is just a matter of making more requests, no extra infrastructure on your side.

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Simple REST API integration

One HTTP request returns clean JSON data. No proxies, no headless browsers, no captchas to solve, just fast, reliable data.

Get started with our Python SDK
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Real-time data in under 3 seconds

Every request triggers a live scrape, you receive fresh, up-to-the-second data in under 3 seconds. No caches, no delays.

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Tailored to your needs

Need a custom endpoint or specific data field? Our team works directly with you to adapt the API to your exact use case and data volume.

Frequently Asked Questions

EnsembleData's Instagram data REST API is a scalable, web scraping platform for fetching public Instagram data - including user profiles, posts, comments, hashtags, and engagement metrics, used for business intelligence, research, AI training, and automation. You make an HTTP request, you get back JSON. No browser automation, no captchas, no scraping infrastructure to manage. Only publicly visible data is returned.

Yes! Sign up for a 7-day free trial (no credit card needed) on our dashboard and start scraping Instagram data with our API (no commitments required). Every endpoint has a built-in "Try the API" button so you can test it live before writing a single line of code.

User profiles, follower and following lists, images, captions, posts, videos, URLs, comments, replies, likes, shares, views, hashtag data, keyword search results, and trending content. If it's publicly visible on Instagram, there's a good chance we have an endpoint for it.

We only access publicly available Instagram data. There are no fake accounts, no bypassing authentication, and no scraping of private or restricted content. Everything we collect is public-facing and non-personal.

Yes. Beyond standard posts, you can pull Reels, IGTV, and posts an account has been tagged in, giving a fuller picture of its public activity.

Yes. The hashtag search endpoint returns the public posts currently ranking under a given hashtag, useful for trend discovery and campaign monitoring.

The comments endpoint returns comment text, author, timestamp, and like counts for any public post, including threaded replies, ready for moderation or sentiment analysis.

Start Scraping Instagram Data in Minutes

No proxies, no browsers, no account management. Just an API key and clean JSON data, ready to plug into your stack.

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Create an account in seconds, no credit card needed. You'll get an API token right away and can make your first call immediately.

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Questions about pricing, rate limits, custom endpoints, or integration? We're happy to help, just get in touch.

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