Instagram data for researchers and data teams
Studies of public discourse, trends and communication need reproducible collection. IGramAPI provides documented, consistently structured public data with timestamps and stable identifiers.
How it fits together
Sample
Collect popular posts for the hashtags you study.
Expand
Pull the recent posts of the accounts that appear.
Read
Collect public comments on selected posts.
Archive
Store media for coding and analysis.
Reproducibility and ethics
Log the request time and the request_id of each call so you can document exactly how a dataset was collected. Store shortcodes and user ids rather than raw personal data wherever you can.
Public does not mean unrestricted. Follow your institution's ethics process, applicable privacy law and the platform's terms, and minimize the personal data you keep.
APIs used
- Instagram Hashtag API: Get popular Instagram posts and reels for any hashtag as JSON, with pagination. No weekly hashtag cap. Paid plans, 3 credits per call.
- Instagram Posts API: Fetch the latest Instagram posts of any public profile with captions, likes, comments and media links. Cursor pagination, 1 credit per page.
- Instagram Comments API: Read the public comments of any Instagram post or reel as JSON with authors, likes and reply counts. Cursor pagination, 2 credits per page.
- Instagram Post & Reel Data API: Turn any public Instagram post, reel or carousel URL into JSON: author, caption, counts, every video quality and slide. 1 credit per call.
Questions
Is the data complete?
It is what Instagram makes publicly visible. Hashtag results are popular posts, not every post, and very large comment threads are limited by Instagram.
Can I get academic pricing?
Contact us with your use case and we will see what we can do.
Does the API include private account data?
No. Private accounts and non-public content are never available.
Guides for this use case
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100 credits every month, no credit card. Make your first request in about two minutes.