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Instagram Hashtag Scraper

Apify

Collect public Instagram posts for one or more hashtags.

Capability
Instagram content research
Current price
$0.0037/result
Availability
Ready to run
Last accepted verification

What this API does

Fetch a bounded set of public Instagram posts for supplied hashtags.

Agents select this operation with tool ID apify.apify-instagram-hashtag-scraper, then inspect its current executable contract before a run.

Public input and output shape

Input

inputobject · optional

Provider-specific public source, URL or search criteria.

maxItemsnumber · optional

Maximum number of records to return.

Output

captionstring

Returned caption value.

inputUrlstring

Returned input url value.

ownerUsernamestring

Returned owner username value.

shortCodestring

Returned short code value.

typestring

Returned type value.

urlstring

Returned url value.

Example request and output

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Request

{
  "tool_id": "apify.apify-instagram-hashtag-scraper",
  "input": {
    "input": {
      "hashtags": [
        "natgeo"
      ],
      "resultsType": "posts",
      "resultsLimit": 1
    },
    "maxItems": 1
  }
}

Output

{
  "url": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DcCPRrsk1ku/",
  "type": "Sidecar",
  "caption": "A macro-photography carousel showing an insect larva or pupa, tagged #natgeo.",
  "inputUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/natgeo",
  "shortCode": "DcCPRrsk1ku",
  "ownerUsername": "neverenoughbokeh"
}
Teaching errors and limitations

No listing-specific teaching errors are published. Inspect the tool before running to receive the current schema and error guidance.

Updated
21 August 2026

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