How to Scrape and Extract Instagram Post Information with Airtop Studio

Gathering detailed insights from Instagram posts manually can be challenging and inefficient, especially when analyzing a large volume of data. Professionals tasked with social media analysis frequently encounter issues such as time-consuming manual scraping, restricted API limitations, incomplete comment and reaction data, and difficulties accessing structured information. These limitations prevent accurate and comprehensive monitoring of post engagement, audience interactions, and content performance.

The Airtop Studio automation for extracting Instagram post information resolves these challenges by enabling users to scrape post data automatically and reliably. With Airtop Studio’s robust automation capabilities, users can effortlessly gather structured, detailed insights from Instagram, including post owners, publication dates, content descriptions, the number of likes, and comprehensive comment details, such as the total number of comments, comment content, associated likes, and replies.

Utilizing real browser sessions, Airtop Studio supports advanced login flows including OAuth, 2FA, and Captcha, ensuring seamless and secure extraction, respecting Instagram's authentication protocols. The extracted data comes structured in JSON format, simplifying integration into analysis tools, monitoring dashboards, or reporting pipelines. By automating Instagram data extraction in this way, users drastically improve their operational efficiency, eliminate manual errors, and capture complete and accurate engagement metrics necessary for insightful social media analysis.

Who is this Automation for?

• Social Media Analysts tracking post and content performance

• Digital Marketing Teams optimizing engagement strategies on Instagram

• Data Scientists building audience-response prediction models

• Competitive Intelligence Analysts monitoring competitor Instagram activity

Key Benefits

• Fast and reliable extraction of structured Instagram data

• Secure, authenticated platform access with OAuth, 2FA, and Captcha support

• Rich JSON output that simplifies data analysis workflows

• Real browser sessions provide accurate and compliant scraping

Use Cases

• Analyzing user-generated content and reactions at scale

• Monitoring competitor Instagram posts and evaluating engagement

• Measuring influencer performance by analyzing comments, replies, and likes

• Generating data-driven reports on trending post topics and engagement rates

• Identifying high-performing content types for future campaign targeting

• Auditing brand Instagram accounts for user engagement and interactions

Getting Started with the Extract Instagram Post info Automation

Follow these straightforward steps to rapidly start automating Instagram post data extraction.

How the Extract Instagram Post info Automation Works

The automation securely connects to Instagram using a fully authenticated Airtop Profile. Airtop Studio initiates real browser sessions to automatically navigate Instagram posts, extracting structured data about the post owner, date, description, likes count, and detailed comments. The data—including comment content, likes, replies, and total counts—is structured and output in JSON format, ready for analysis and reporting.

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 an Airtop Profile name authenticated to Instagram.

3. In the Airtop Studio, click on "Start Session."

4. Click "Run."

5. Airtop Studio automations allow users to get Python or TypeScript code by clicking "Get Code" or can integrate with Make or n8n by copying and pasting the provided prompt and JSON schema.

Customize the Automation

This Airtop Studio automation can be easily tailored for diverse data extraction needs:

• Refine searches to specific Instagram hashtags, locations, or post owners

• Customize the automation frequency to track engagement over defined intervals

• Alter extracted data fields to focus explicitly on comments, reactions, or content types

• Integrate JSON output seamlessly into existing business intelligence or analytics tools

Automation Best Practices

• Regularly update your Airtop Profiles for uninterrupted authenticated access

• Schedule automation to align with analytics reporting cycles

• Limit the automation scope to optimize performance and efficiency

• Use JSON data outputs directly with your visualization tools for instant insights

Try this Automation

Quickly and efficiently automate the extraction of comprehensive Instagram post and comment data to supercharge your social media analytics.

Extract Instagram Post info Automation using Airtop Studio

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