Instagram Post Scraper

Yes — it's entirely legal to scrape publicly accessible data! We only collect what users choose to show publicly. For more details, see our guide on the legality of web scraping.

Super fast! The scraper processes 30+ posts per minute, so you can gather comprehensive data from multiple posts in no time.

Nope, no login required! The scraper accesses publicly available Instagram posts without needing any account credentials. Just provide the URL and you're good to go!

Flexible and easy! You can add Instagram post URLs or profile URLs one by one, or upload a TXT or CSV file packed with inputs for maximum convenience.

Absolutely! You can scrape all posts from any profile and even hundreds of profiles in a single run. Built for scale, so whether it's 10 posts or 1,000, the scraper handles it effortlessly!

The scraper captures the top 15 comments available on the first page of the post. You'll get the most relevant and visible comments along with all their metadata and user information!

No, only public Instagram profiles and public posts are accessible. Private profiles, private posts, and age-restricted public posts aren't included.

Yes, it does! The scraper extracts basic profile data for all tagged users in the post. Check out the dataset sample to see exactly what user information is included!

Multiple export options! You can download your data as CSV, JSON, push it to Google Sheets, S3, or SFTP. Choose whatever format works best for your workflow!

Absolutely! The scraper works seamlessly with photos, videos, and carousel posts—you'll get complete metadata for every type. If you specifically want to collect reels, check out our Instagram Reels Scraper.

URL, such as https://www.instagram.com/natgeo/. Paste thousands at once or upload a CSV; duplicate inputs are skipped. 6 settings shape the run: see them in the playground.

61 data attributes per post, each with its description and an example: see the full list.

No. Duplicates are removed, and you only pay for unique results.

As fresh as your run: each run collects the data from the site at the moment it runs, nothing comes from a stored database.

CSV, Excel or JSON from the dashboard, through the API, or sent after every run to Google Sheets, Amazon S3, an SFTP server, a webhook or by email.

7 days on the free plan, 28 days on paid plans. Then they are deleted. Download or deliver what you want to keep.

Around 30 posts a minute for one squid. Your plan's slots run several squids at the same time.

99.83% of its runs had no incident over the last 90 days (3 incidents, 66.7% fixed). Every day is on this page.

Our team fixes the scraper: every scraper on lobstr.io is built and maintained by us. Over the last 90 days, the median time to fix this one was 25h 49min. How we measure.

Yes, on paid plans: every hour, every day, every weekday or on a custom schedule, in your time zone.

Yes: set the most results per task and per run in the settings. The run stops there and so does the bill.

1 credit per result. The playground shows the price as you pick them.

Yes. The free plan gives 100 credits every month, 100 results with this scraper, with exports capped at 30 rows.

Every month a plan gives credits, which pay for results, and slots, which set how many squids run at the same time. Starter: $20 for 10,000 credits; Pro: $100 for 100,000 credits; Team: $500 for 1,000,000 credits. Upgrades start right away and are prorated; downgrades and cancellations take effect at the end of the cycle.

No. Your credits refresh every month with your plan.

You choose, per squid: pause and pick up where it stopped, or end the run. To keep going, upgrade or reset your billing cycle: your plan renews right away and your credits come back. Auto Billing Reset does it for you when your usage crosses a threshold you set.

Yes: paying yearly takes 20% off every plan.

A monthly plan: within 10 days of the charge, if no credit was used in that period. A yearly plan: within 30 days, in full if no credit was used, otherwise minus one month. Cancel from your billing page, then write to contact@lobstr.io. The details are in the terms of use.

Collecting publicly available data is generally allowed, but you choose what you collect and you are responsible for how you use it. Our terms of use (article 6) ask every user to respect the rights of the sites, not to extract substantial parts of a database, not to access confidential data and to follow personal data law such as the GDPR. This is not legal advice.

When results contain personal data, you are the data controller and lobstr.io, a French company, processes them on your behalf, under our personal data agreement. You need a lawful basis for what you collect, must inform the people concerned and honor their requests.

Results: 7 days on the free plan, 28 days on paid plans, then they are deleted; you can delete them sooner. Your account data: see the privacy notice.

Yes, through the REST API at https://api.lobstr.io/v1, with your key from the dashboard. The playground’s Code tab writes the calls for your settings, in cURL and Python. The documentation has the full reference.

Yes. Add our MCP server, https://mcp.lobstr.io/mcp, to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any MCP client and sign in with lobstr.io. Your agent shows the cost and asks you before a run spends credits. The playground’s Agent tab gives you a prompt.

No. Credits pay for results, not for requests.

Yes. Point a webhook at your server and lobstr.io calls it when a run succeeds or fails.

Yes, per endpoint: 120 requests a minute on squids and runs, 90 on tasks, 2 a second on results. Above that the API answers 429 with a Retry-After header.