A focused Instagram Profile Scraper that extracts emails, phone numbers, follower/following counts, bios, links, and business fields directly from public profiles. It solves the challenge of gathering reliable, structured Instagram profile data at scale for analytics, outreach, and growth workflows.
Ideal for marketers, data teams, and researchers who need clean, structured Instagram profile data with contact discovery.
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The Instagram Profile Scraper collects comprehensive public profile data using only a username or profile URL. It normalizes fields like contact info, business attributes, social links, and profile statistics into a consistent schema, making it ready for enrichment pipelines and dashboards.
Who is it for?
- Growth and marketing teams needing verified profile attributes and contacts.
- Data engineers and analysts building audience intelligence or competitor benchmarks.
- Founders and agencies operating influencer outreach or prospecting workflows.
- Accepts either usernames or full profile URLs.
- Supports bulk mode with newline-separated inputs for rapid throughput.
- Returns consistent JSON objects with stable keys designed for downstream tools.
- Captures profile status flags (private/verified/business) for filtering logic.
- Includes recent activity hints like last_post_date and join recency.
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Bulk profile scraping | Submit usernames or profile URLs in bulk to process many profiles efficiently. |
| Contact discovery | Extract publicly visible emails and phone numbers from profile fields. |
| Business intelligence | Capture business_email, business_phone_number, business_address_json, and contact method when available. |
| Social graph stats | Get followers, followings, and related_profiles for network analysis. |
| Media & identity | Save profile_pic_url, full_name, category_name/enum, and instagram_id. |
| Cross-platform links | Detect external_url, connected_fb_page, and facebook_link/id for enrichment. |
| Status flags | Rich booleans (e.g., is_private, is_business_account, has_channel) to segment profiles. |
| Activity signals | last_post_date, highlight_reel_count, and has_clips/guides for content health checks. |
| Safe defaults | Null-safe, structured output with consistent keys for easy parsing. |
| Ready for pipelines | Output designed for CRMs, warehouses, and automation tools. |
| Field Name | Field Description |
|---|---|
| insta_id | Numeric Instagram user ID. |
| URL | Canonical profile URL. |
| profile_pic_url | Direct link to the profile image. |
| username | Handle of the profile. |
| full_name | Display name shown on profile. |
| external_url | Website/URL shared on profile. |
| city_name | Parsed location string if available. |
| ExtractedEmails | Comma-separated public emails found. |
| ExtractedPhones | Comma-separated public phone numbers found. |
| biography | Profile bio text. |
| category_name | Human-readable category (e.g., Content Creator). |
| category_enum | Machine-friendly category enum. |
| followers | Follower count (int). |
| followings | Following count (int). |
| facebook_id | Linked Facebook ID if present. |
| facebook_link | Object with name and URL to linked Facebook page/profile. |
| highlight_reel_count | Number of highlight reels. |
| has_channel | Whether profile has an Instagram channel. |
| is_business_account | Business account flag. |
| is_professional_account | Professional account flag. |
| business_address_json | Serialized JSON string with address attributes. |
| business_contact_method | Preferred business contact method. |
| business_email | Publicly listed business email. |
| business_phone_number | Publicly listed business phone number. |
| related_profiles | Array of related usernames. |
| connected_fb_page | Linked Facebook page name/ID if available. |
| last_post_date | Datetime of most recent post (UTC). |
| status_flags_* | Additional booleans such as private/verified/regulatory flags. |
| timeline_media | Array with recent media objects and basic stats. |
| tagged_profiles | Array of tagged usernames in recent content. |
[
{
"insta_id": "1234567890",
"URL": "https://www.instagram.com/dummyuser",
"profile_pic_url": "https://scontent-dummy.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-19/123456789_987654321_123456789_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s320x320&_nc_ht=scontent-dummy.cdninstagram.com&_nc_cat=100&_nc_oc=DummyToken&_nc_ohc=DummyOhc&edm=DummyEdm&ccb=7-5&oh=DummyOh&oe=DummyOe&_nc_sid=DummySid",
"username": "dummyuser",
"full_name": "Dummy User",
"external_url": "https://www.dummywebsite.com/",
"city_name": "Dummy City, Country",
"ExtractedEmails": "dummy@dummy.com",
"ExtractedPhones": "+123456789",
"biography": "Just a dummy profile for testing purposes.",
"category_name": "Content Creator",
"category_enum": "CONTENT_CREATOR",
"followers": 1000,
"followings": 500,
"facebook_id": "12345678901234567",
"facebook_link": { "url": "https://www.facebook.com/dummyuser", "name": "Dummy User" },
"highlight_reel_count": 0,
"has_channel": false,
"is_business_account": false,
"is_professional_account": false,
"business_address_json": "{\"city_name\": null, \"city_id\": null, \"latitude\": null, \"longitude\": null, \"street_address\": null, \"zip_code\": null}",
"business_contact_method": "UNKNOWN",
"business_email": null,
"business_phone_number": null,
"related_profiles": ["dummyfriend1","dummyfriend2","dummyfriend3"],
"connected_fb_page": null,
"last_post_date": "2025-04-01 10:00:00",
"has_blocked_viewer": false,
"has_clips": false,
"has_guides": false,
"has_onboarded_to_text_post_app": false,
"has_requested_viewer": false,
"hide_like_and_view_counts": false,
"is_embeds_disabled": false,
"is_guardian_of_viewer": false,
"is_joined_recently": false,
"is_private": false,
"is_regulated_c18": false,
"is_supervised_by_viewer": false,
"is_supervised_user": false,
"is_supervision_enabled": false,
"is_verified": false,
"is_verified_by_mv4b": false,
"pinned_channels_list_count": 0,
"remove_message_entrypoint": false,
"requested_by_viewer": false,
"restricted_by_viewer": null,
"should_show_category": false,
"should_show_public_contacts": false,
"show_account_transparency_details": false,
"timeline_media": [
{
"node": {
"__typename": "GraphImage",
"id": "1234567890123456789",
"shortcode": "DummyShortcode",
"dimensions": { "height": 1080, "width": 1080 },
"display_url": "https://scontent-dummy.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/123456789_987654321_123456789_n.jpg",
"edge_media_to_caption": { "edges": [ { "node": { "text": "This is a dummy post!" } } ] },
"edge_media_to_comment": { "count": 10 },
"comments_disabled": false,
"taken_at_timestamp": 1743571200,
"edge_liked_by": { "count": 100 },
"is_video": false,
"owner": { "id": "1234567890", "username": "dummyuser" }
}
}
],
"tagged_profiles": ["dummyfriend1","dummyfriend2"]
}
]
Instagram Scraper/
├── src/
│ ├── main.py
│ ├── extractors/
│ │ ├── profile_parser.py
│ │ └── contacts_normalizer.py
│ ├── pipelines/
│ │ ├── bulk_runner.py
│ │ └── validators.py
│ ├── outputs/
│ │ ├── schema.py
│ │ └── exporters.py
│ └── config/
│ └── settings.example.json
├── data/
│ ├── inputs.sample.txt
│ └── sample_output.json
├── tests/
│ ├── test_schema.py
│ └── test_normalization.py
├── requirements.txt
└── README.md
- Growth marketers use it to collect emails/phones from public profiles, so they can launch targeted outreach and influencer campaigns.
- Data analysts use it to benchmark competitor accounts, so they can track audience growth and content activity.
- B2B sales teams use it to enrich CRM records with verified profile fields, so they can prioritize high-fit prospects.
- Agencies use it to build influencer shortlists with category and engagement hints, so they can pitch faster with better context.
- Founders use it to monitor partner/brand profiles, so they can spot changes and respond quickly.
Does it work with both usernames and URLs? Yes. Provide either format. For bulk runs, use a newline-separated list.
What data is returned if a profile is private or lacks contact info?
You still receive core identity fields and flags (e.g., is_private). Missing contacts are returned as null or empty strings, keeping the schema stable.
How accurate are emails and phones? They are extracted from publicly visible fields. Use validation in your pipeline (e.g., regex + MX checks) to confirm deliverability for production outreach.
Can I schedule recurring scrapes? Yes—run it on a schedule and diff changes (e.g., followers delta, last_post_date updates) to power alerts and dashboards.
Primary Metric: Processes ~1,000 profiles in ≈12–18 minutes with bulk input on standard compute, including parsing and normalization. Reliability Metric: >97% successful retrieval rate on accessible public profiles with resilient fallbacks. Efficiency Metric: Memory-light pipeline; streams results incrementally to avoid large in-memory buffers. Quality Metric: >95% schema completeness on public profiles; strict typing ensures consistent downstream ingestion.
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