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Instagram Posts & Reels API
Extract Instagram posts and reels — captions, engagement, media, music, and authors — by profile (posts / reels / tagged tabs), post URL, hashtag, or keyword search
Sample
Sample data
Here's a sample run for 10 posts from the National Geographic Instagram profile, showing the exact schema and results you can expect.
| # | Post URL | Caption | Type | Content Format | Posted | Source | Author Username | Author Name | Author Profile URL | Author ID | Likes | Likes Hidden | Comments | Plays | Views | Image | Video URL | Carousel Images | Carousel Slide Media/URLs | Duration (s) | Hashtags | Mentions | First Comment | Recent Comments | Song | Artist | Original Audio | Tagged Users | Coauthors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | The A.D. 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius that ravaged Pompeii also buried the nearby town of Herculaneum, entombing its celebrated library at the Villa of the Papyri. Buried beneath 60 feet of ash and rock, the papyrus scrolls within baked into brittle, misshapen lumps—preserved yet so fragile that archaeologists feared touching them. Now, nearly 2,000 years after the Vesuvian tragedy, the scrolls are giving up their secrets at last. Using particle accelerators and artificial intelligence, researchers finally have the ability to virtually “unwrap” the Herculaneum scrolls and read their contents. National Geographic got a first look at what they say, including one scroll that's potentially among the oldest in Roman history.
Learn what researchers have deciphered so far at the link in bio.
Video by @massimonicolaci | Video | Reel | 2026-06-24T22:00:04.000Z | natgeo | National Geographic | 787132 | 36,136 | false | 626 | 4,933,138 | 2,182,032 | — | — | 13.888 | — | People think that AI is just ChatGPT. 🤦♂️ | Original audio | natgeo | true | |||||||||
2 | From the moment they hatch, green sea turtles are on a race for survival, but they have a whole lot of willpower to carry them to the sea and beyond. 🐢
#IncredibleAnimalJourneys is now streaming on @DisneyPlus. | Video | Reel | 2026-06-23T22:04:22.000Z | natgeo | National Geographic | 787132 | 56,373 | false | 276 | 2,094,954 | 776,652 | — | — | 30.037 | Go babies go 👏 | Original audio | natgeo | true | — | — | ||||||||
3 | Two hundred and fifty years ago, the 13 Colonies broke free from Great Britain and established the United States. To help you brush up on what you might have forgotten from history class, we’ve put together a six-part "Crash Course" filled with stories about the biggest events and players, interactive maps of some of the bloodiest battles, and flash cards to ace our quizzes.
Experience the Crash Course at the link in bio. | Carousel | — | 2026-06-22T16:00:04.000Z | natgeo | National Geographic | 787132 | 6,979 | false | 67 | — | — | — | — | — | — | @nieposkromiony33 hahahahah kothay re chudir bhai | — | — | — | |||||||||
4 | The journey of a real lion king begins. LION coming soon to National Geographic, @DisneyPlus, and @hulu. | Video | Reel | 2026-06-24T16:31:18.000Z | natgeo | National Geographic | 787132 | 40,008 | false | 241 | 1,453,335 | 247,121 | — | — | 30.571 | — | As a Leo and a lover of cats and lions …im excited | Original audio | natgeo | true | |||||||||
5 | Photographed by Robert Sisson at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science in Miami, Florida, a newly hatched octopus emerges from its egg case. Because the eggs are laid over a few months, they hatch at different times. When they do, baby octopuses are only about the size of a pea.
See more Photos of the Day at the link in bio. | Image | — | 2026-06-22T13:00:01.000Z | natgeo | National Geographic | 787132 | 25,057 | false | 75 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | at first i thought this was a baby octopus swimming towards a flower… till i realized that “flower” was his siblings still “in utero” or rather “in ovum”… those translucent egg cases are eerie and amazing! | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
6 | Oceanic manta rays are among the largest fishes in the ocean, but nobody knows where they go with their rare and infrequent pregnancies. This footage—depicting one of the first recorded contactless ultrasounds confirming pregnancy and observing the developmental stage in wild oceanic mantas—is helping unravel the mystery. By identifying and tracking expectant mothers, marine biologists hope to better understand the vulnerable species' slow reproductive cycle and how to better protect them.
Learn more about this incredible moment at the link in bio.
Video by Madalena Cabral, Alonso I. Rodríguez/MaresdeMéxico | Video | Reel | 2026-06-21T10:00:03.000Z | natgeo | National Geographic | 787132 | 98,128 | false | 391 | 5,373,081 | 1,978,040 | — | — | 10.112 | — | — | 😍 | Original audio | natgeo | true | ||||||||
7 | Just checking in on a friend? In meerkat society, a cute nudge like this can go a long way. Beyond their strict social hierarchy, meerkats rely on cooperation to help their clans survive the threats posed by the Kalahari desert—including rival groups.
Learn more about the complex social dynamics of meerkats at the link in bio.
Video by @ottowhitehead | Video | Reel | 2026-06-22T22:12:25.000Z | natgeo | National Geographic | 787132 | 179,378 | false | 550 | 3,118,222 | 846,745 | — | — | 13.312 | — | Quand tu dis a ton collegue le matin, "ne tinquiete pas ya pas tant de boulot qure ca, ca va aller, on va y arriver dans danger" | Original audio | natgeo | true | — | — | |||||||
8 | Lubber grasshoppers are poisonous to eat—but that doesn’t mean they can’t make for good hunting practice for these juvenile alligators 🐊
#NationalParksUSA is now streaming on @DisneyPlus and @hulu. | Video | Reel | 2026-06-19T19:11:25.000Z | natgeo | National Geographic | 787132 | 103,930 | false | 329 | 4,649,663 | 1,873,780 | — | — | 32.25 | Holly, that's a big grasshopper😭 | Original audio | natgeo | true | — | — | ||||||||
9 | Depending on the species, baby sharks may be born live or hatch from eggs—and for some of these pups, the threat of survival starts long before they've reached the ocean. Conservation scientist and National Geographic Explorer Arzucan Askin (@zuzu_askin) explores the different, extraordinary first stages of a shark's life. | Video | Reel | 2026-06-21T19:10:57.000Z | natgeo | National Geographic | 787132 | 17,032 | false | 107 | 2,632,547 | 958,660 | — | — | 74.283 | — | the fact that some shark pups face survival pressure before they even reach the ocean is a wild detail | Original audio | natgeo | true | — | — | |||||||
10 | Photos by @joelsartore | Three-horned chameleons are endemic to forests in the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania. Males, like the one seen here, have three long horns that they use in fights with other males—a common practice among horned chameleons. These photos were taken at @zooviennaschonbrunn. To see more species featured in the Photo Ark, follow @joelsartore. #PhotoArk | Carousel | — | 2026-06-21T13:00:00.000Z | natgeo | National Geographic | 787132 | 35,068 | false | 94 | — | — | — | — | having three horns for fighting other males and then being named after it is genuinely perfect | — | — | — | — | — |
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Output limits
$0.002 per post
Billed per posts returned — no row cap set
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curl -X POST https://api.mindcase.co/v1/data/instagram/posts/run \
-H "Authorization: Bearer mk_live_YOUR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"params": {
"handles": "",
"tab": "",
"onlyPostsNewerThan": ""
}
}'Edit the form to update this live.
Overview
About Instagram Posts & Reels API
Instagram Posts & Reels retrieves post and reel records four ways: a profile's posts, reels, or tagged tab; specific post URLs; recent posts under a hashtag; or Instagram keyword search over Reels. Every row carries the Caption, Likes, Comments, Plays, media links, music, and the author — keyword results add Share counts.
Content strategists use it to benchmark engagement across formats and topics. Growth teams track brand tags and hashtag activity over time, and discover trending Reels for any keyword.
Real-time dataSelf-servePay per resultZero setup time
Cost
Pricing
$0.002per post
$2.00 per 1,000 posts
$2.00 per 1,000 posts. Each row returned counts as one post. The total row count is determined by the number of profiles you input multiplied by the max results per profile. Failed runs don't count.
Pay as you goNo subscriptionNo setup feeCancel anytime
Cost calculator
Total rows100 posts
Total cost$0.200
Examples
Use cases
A few common ways teams put Instagram Posts & Reels API to work — copy a prompt below to try it yourself.
Competitor content analysis
Monitor the posting frequency and engagement metrics of competing brands to identify high-performing content themes.
Get the 20 most recent posts from nasa
Influencer performance tracking
Aggregate data from multiple influencer accounts to compare reach and interaction rates for specific campaigns.
Fetch the latest posts from lego, playmobil, and mattel
Hashtag trend monitoring
Identify how specific brands utilize hashtags and which tags correlate with higher likes and comments.
Find posts from patagonia that include the hashtag nature
Media type benchmarking
Analyze the performance difference between reels and standard image posts for a specific account.
Pull 100 reels from gopro excluding standard image posts
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FAQ
Frequently asked questions
- Does Instagram Posts return the text of every comment?
- Instagram Posts returns the comment count for each post. For the full text of individual comments use the Instagram Comments agent and pass the post URLs.
- How fresh is the data?
- Every request fetches live data directly from the source. Instagram Posts does not use a database of cached results.
- Can I fetch multiple profiles in one run?
- Yes. Pass an array of profiles in a single call and Instagram Posts fans out the requests in parallel. The response is one consolidated table with a column noting which profile each row came from.
- How do I integrate with Zapier, n8n, Google Sheets, or Airtable?
- Instagram Posts returns clean JSON and CSV output. Both formats work with every workflow tool. Pipe them in via a webhook step, file download, or by hitting the REST endpoint on a schedule. Same for Slack notifications, Notion databases, and other downstream systems.
- What fields are returned?
- The output includes Username, Post URL, Caption, Type, Posted, Author Name, Likes, Comments, Hashtags, and Comments Disabled.
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