A Nat Geo post from its link
A ready-to-run Instagram Post Scraper input: A Nat Geo post from its link.
Updated October 27, 2026
What this example returns
This example returns up to 1 post.
The dataset’s “Overview” view shows 9 columns: Text, ownerFullName, Author, Post URL, Number of comments, firstComment, Number of likes, Posted on, and queryTag. See every output field.
What each setting does
The input this example runs Instagram Post Scraper with. “Try this input” opens it in the console, where you can run it as-is or change any field first.
- Instagram username, profile URL, or post URL
username https://www.instagram.com/p/DLNsnpUTdVS/
A username, @username, profile URL, or shortcode post or reel URL. Hashtag, place, and audio URLs are rejected, as are numeric /p/ and /reel/ ids. Use the shortcode URL.
- Maximum posts per profile
resultsLimit 1
This is the maximum number of posts you want to scrape per profile. If you set it to 5, you'll get 5 posts for each profile you've included. This setting does not apply if you're scraping by post URLs.
Default: 20 → this example uses 1
{
"username": [
"https://www.instagram.com/p/DLNsnpUTdVS/"
],
"resultsLimit": 1
}What it costs
You pay for the events the actor reports, such as each result or page it produces. Platform usage is included in the event prices: compute, proxies, browser and storage cost nothing extra.
- Post$0.0016One Instagram post saved to the dataset
- Post details$0.00075Detailed data for one saved post (only when Data detail level is Detailed data)
Other ways to run Instagram Post Scraper
- Nat Geo posts, 20 postsLatest posts of a public Instagram profile.
- NASA posts from the last 90 days, 5 postsRecent posts of a profile within a date window.
About Instagram Post Scraper
Scrape public Instagram posts from usernames, profile URLs, or post URLs. Get captions, hashtags, likes, comments count, media URLs, and timestamps for every post.
- Price:
- from $1.29 / 1,000 results
- Developer:
- Echofield
- Category:
- Social media
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