# Instagram Comments Scraper (`seemuapps/instagram-comments-scraper`) Actor

Scrape all comments from any public Instagram post or Reel  comment text, author profile, like count, and timestamp. Just paste the post URL.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/seemuapps/instagram-comments-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Seemu Scraping](https://apify.com/seemuapps) (community)
- **Categories:** Social media, Lead generation, Developer tools
- **Features:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 8 total users, 3 monthly users, 96.4% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 single comments

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Instagram Comments Scraper

Extract every comment from any public Instagram post or Reel - comment text, author profile, like counts, and timestamps. No login or cookies required.

### What you get

For every comment on a post, the scraper returns a structured record with:

**Comment data**

- Comment ID and full text
- Created timestamp (ISO 8601 and Unix)
- Like count and reply count

**Author profile**

- Author ID, username, full name
- Profile picture URL
- Verified and private flags

**Post reference**

- Post ID, shortcode, and post URL on every record

**Pagination**

- `NEXT_PAGE_ID` cursor so you can resume from where a previous run left off

### Use cases

- **Sentiment analysis** - pull every comment on a post to measure audience reaction
- **Customer feedback** - capture questions and complaints under product or campaign posts
- **Lead generation** - collect engaged commenters and their profiles for outreach
- **Community research** - find your most active fans and biggest critics
- **Influencer vetting** - check comment quality and authenticity before a partnership
- **Giveaway & contest management** - export all entrants who commented on a post

### How to use

1. Paste the Instagram post or Reel - the full URL (e.g. `https://www.instagram.com/p/DZIoOtwvkpG/`) or just the shortcode (`DZIoOtwvkpG`)
2. Set **Max Comments** - default 100 per run, or 0 for unlimited (will stop ~60s before the actor timeout)
3. Run the actor - results appear in the **Dataset** tab
4. To fetch the next page, copy `NEXT_PAGE_ID` from the **Key-value store** tab and paste it into **Page ID** on the next run

### Output format

Each dataset record:

```json
{
  "commentId": "18082281662325661",
  "text": "So Beautiful 😍",
  "createdAt": "2026-06-03T19:10:42.000Z",
  "createdAtTimestamp": 1780513842,
  "likeCount": 12,
  "replyCount": 0,
  "postId": "3911553209440553542",
  "postShortcode": "DZIoOtwvkpG",
  "postUrl": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DZIoOtwvkpG/",
  "authorId": "3268463675",
  "authorUsername": "easyenglishwithkekemu",
  "authorFullName": "Easy English With Kekemu",
  "authorProfilePicUrl": "https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/...",
  "authorIsVerified": false,
  "authorIsPrivate": false
}
```

### Pagination

Each run returns up to **Max Comments** records. For posts with thousands of comments, use the pagination cursor to collect more across multiple runs:

1. Run the actor - when it finishes, `NEXT_PAGE_ID` is saved in the **Key-value store** tab
2. Copy the `NEXT_PAGE_ID` value
3. Start a new run with the same post and paste it into the **Page ID** field
4. Repeat until `NEXT_PAGE_ID` is `null` (all comments fetched)

If a single run reaches the actor timeout, the cursor still gets written before the run ends so you can resume on the next run.

### Related Instagram actors

Part of a complete Instagram scraping toolkit - explore the rest of the suite:

- [Instagram Profile Scraper](https://apify.com/seemuapps/instagram-profile-scraper) - Profile metadata for any public account
- [Instagram Posts & Reels Scraper](https://apify.com/seemuapps/instagram-posts-scraper) - All posts and Reels from a profile
- [Instagram Post Details Scraper](https://apify.com/seemuapps/instagram-post-details-scraper) - Full details for any post or Reel by URL
- [Instagram Post Likers Scraper](https://apify.com/seemuapps/instagram-post-likers-scraper) - Users who liked a post or Reel
- [Instagram Followers Scraper](https://apify.com/seemuapps/instagram-followers-scraper) - Followers and following lists
- [Instagram Hashtag Scraper](https://apify.com/seemuapps/instagram-hashtag-scraper) - Top posts and Reels for any hashtag
- [Instagram Location Posts Scraper](https://apify.com/seemuapps/instagram-location-posts-scraper) - Posts tagged at any location
- [Instagram Tagged Posts Scraper](https://apify.com/seemuapps/instagram-tagged-posts-scraper) - Posts a profile is tagged in
- [Instagram Reels Search Scraper](https://apify.com/seemuapps/instagram-reels-search-scraper) - Find Reels by keyword
- [Instagram User Search Scraper](https://apify.com/seemuapps/instagram-user-search-scraper) - Discover accounts by keyword
- [Instagram Related Profiles Scraper](https://apify.com/seemuapps/instagram-related-profiles-scraper) - Find similar/suggested profiles
- [Instagram Story Scraper](https://apify.com/seemuapps/instagram-story-scraper) - Active stories for any profile
- [Instagram Highlights Scraper](https://apify.com/seemuapps/instagram-highlights-scraper) - Highlights and their stories
- [Instagram Email & Phone Scraper](https://apify.com/seemuapps/instagram-contact-scraper) - Emails and phone numbers from profiles
- [Instagram Influencer Analytics Scraper](https://apify.com/seemuapps/instagram-influencer-analytics-scraper) - Engagement rate and creator analytics
- [Instagram MCP Server](https://apify.com/seemuapps/instagram-mcp) - All Instagram tools for AI agents via MCP

# Actor input Schema

## `post` (type: `string`):

Instagram post or Reel - paste the full URL (e.g. https://www.instagram.com/p/DZIoOtwvkpG/) or just the shortcode (DZIoOtwvkpG).

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of comments to scrape. Set 0 for unlimited (caps at platform timeout).

## `pageId` (type: `string`):

Optional. Paste NEXT_PAGE_ID from the previous run's Key-value store to fetch the next page of comments.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "post": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DZIoOtwvkpG/",
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Each record contains commentId, text, createdAt, createdAtTimestamp, likeCount, replyCount, postId, postShortcode, postUrl, and author fields (authorId, authorUsername, authorFullName, authorProfilePicUrl, authorIsVerified, authorIsPrivate).

## `nextPageId` (type: `string`):

NEXT_PAGE_ID record in the default key-value store. Paste into Page ID on the next run to resume; null when all comments are fetched.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "post": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DZIoOtwvkpG/"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("seemuapps/instagram-comments-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "post": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DZIoOtwvkpG/" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("seemuapps/instagram-comments-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "post": "https://www.instagram.com/p/DZIoOtwvkpG/"
}' |
apify call seemuapps/instagram-comments-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,seemuapps/instagram-comments-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/PBWGZnEZcRBg8KAbQ/builds/lwqtFAM0gehLNrK4n/openapi.json