How to Scrape and Extract Instagram Hashtag Popular Posts Info with Airtop Studio

Manual Instagram hashtag monitoring is time-consuming and inefficient for marketing teams tracking trends and popular posts. Traditional scraping tools often fail due to Instagram's detection systems.

Airtop Studio automates hashtag data extraction from Instagram's Explore page using real browser sessions with authenticated access (OAuth, 2FA, captcha handling). This ensures reliable scraping that adapts to Instagram's changing interface.

Key Features:

• Structured JSON output with captions, hashtags, mentions, and engagement data

• Undetectable scraping through real browser automation

• Direct integration with analytics tools and CRMs

Perfect for:

• Social media analysts tracking engagement trends

• Marketing teams identifying popular content themes

• Influencer managers discovering trending accounts

• Data engineers automating Instagram data collection

Use Cases:

• Campaign hashtag performance monitoring

• Competitive analysis and trend identification

• User-generated content discovery

• Influencer research and sentiment analysis

Getting Started with the Extract Instagram Hashtag Most Popular Posts Info Automation

Quickly capture actionable insights from Instagram’s most engaging hashtagged posts.

How the Extract Instagram Hashtag Most Popular Posts Info Automation Works

This automation initiates a live browser session via Airtop Studio, authenticates securely to your Instagram account, and navigates directly to the Instagram Explore page for your desired hashtag. It then intelligently identifies the highest-ranked hashtag posts, extracting essential details including content types, captions, hashtags, mentions, and shortcodes, delivering comprehensive structured data in JSON format for convenient integration into your analysis and reporting tools.

What You’ll Need

• A free Airtop account

• A free Airtop Profile authenticated to Instagram (https://portal.airtop.ai/browser-profiles)

Setting Up the Automation

1. Click on Try Automation.

2. Under Advanced Settings, enter your Instagram-authenticated Airtop Profile.

3. Click on Start Session.

4. Click Run to execute the automation.

5. Optional: Generate reusable Python or TypeScript code by clicking Get Code, or integrate directly with Make or n8n via provided prompt and JSON schema.

Customize the Automation

Airtop Studio lets you fully tailor your Instagram hashtag automation workflows:

• Specify particular hashtags for highly targeted trend analysis.

• Adjust the frequency and timing of scraping to match your content calendars.

• Add parameters to your JSON output to include additional metadata from hashtagged posts.

• Configure scraping limits such as the number of top posts retrieved for focused, concise analysis.

Automation Best Practices

• Create a dedicated Airtop profile for automation to ensure optimal session stability and reduce risk of logout.

• Periodically rotate your scraping schedule to maintain organic account activity appearance.

• Integrate extracted JSON data directly into your analytics dashboard or marketing tools for time-efficient workflows.

• Regularly verify structured output accuracy and adjust your scraping parameters as trends evolve.

Try this Automation

Effortlessly monitor and analyze trending Instagram hashtag content, capturing valuable insights efficiently with structured JSON data output through Airtop Studio.

Extract Instagram Hashtag Most Popular Posts Info Automation (Airtop Studio)

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