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Instagram Post Comments API

Scrape Instagram Post Comments data with one API call. Returns a list of comments on an Instagram post, ranked by the platform's own popularity order by default (`sort=top`) so the most-liked comments come first, or newest-first with `sort=recent`. Each comment includes the author, comment text, real like count, reply count, and creation timestamp. Page through with `cursor`. Note: comment.author.display_name is usually null, because the Instagram surface that serves this endpoint withholds commenter display names. Join on comment.author.username.

Last updated October 2026Maintained by the SocialCrawl team

Returns a post's comments, each with its text, author, like count, reply count, and time, ranked by popularity by default or newest first.

Use it to read the comment section of one post, paging deeper with the cursor it returns; pass sort=recent for newest first.

Searching 68 platforms in parallel

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·TikTok logoTikTok·Instagram logoInstagram·YouTube logoYouTube·Facebook logoFacebook·X logoX·LinkedIn logoLinkedIn·Reddit logoReddit·Threads logoThreads·Pinterest logoPinterest·Twitch logoTwitch·Truth Social logoTruth Social·Snapchat logoSnapchat·Kick logoKick·Bluesky logoBluesky·Kwai logoKwai·Rumble logoRumble·Spotify logoSpotify·Apple Music logoApple Music·TikTok Shop logoTikTok Shop·Amazon Shop logoAmazon Shop·Google Shopping logoGoogle Shopping·Trustpilot logoTrustpilot·TripAdvisor logoTripAdvisor·Yelp logoYelp·Linktree logoLinktree·Komi logoKomi·Pillar logoPillar·lnk.bio logolnk.bio·Facebook Ads logoFacebook Ads·Google Ads logoGoogle Ads·LinkedIn Ads logoLinkedIn Ads·Google Search logoGoogle Search·Google News logoGoogle News·Finance logoFinance·Polymarket logoPolymarket·Tavily logoTavily·Hacker News logoHacker News·GitHub logoGitHub·Perplexity logoPerplexity·Naver logoNaver·Utility logoUtility·Universal Search logoUniversal Search
·TikTok logoTikTok·Instagram logoInstagram·YouTube logoYouTube·Facebook logoFacebook·X logoX·LinkedIn logoLinkedIn·Reddit logoReddit·Threads logoThreads·Pinterest logoPinterest·Twitch logoTwitch·Truth Social logoTruth Social·Snapchat logoSnapchat·Kick logoKick·Bluesky logoBluesky·Kwai logoKwai·Rumble logoRumble·Spotify logoSpotify·Apple Music logoApple Music·TikTok Shop logoTikTok Shop·Amazon Shop logoAmazon Shop·Google Shopping logoGoogle Shopping·Trustpilot logoTrustpilot·TripAdvisor logoTripAdvisor·Yelp logoYelp·Linktree logoLinktree·Komi logoKomi·Pillar logoPillar·lnk.bio logolnk.bio·Facebook Ads logoFacebook Ads·Google Ads logoGoogle Ads·LinkedIn Ads logoLinkedIn Ads·Google Search logoGoogle Search·Google News logoGoogle News·Finance logoFinance·Polymarket logoPolymarket·Tavily logoTavily·Hacker News logoHacker News·GitHub logoGitHub·Perplexity logoPerplexity·Naver logoNaver·Utility logoUtility·Universal Search logoUniversal Search
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Instagram API

What can you do with the Post Comments API?

The Post Comments endpoint gives you structured Instagram data with computed fields in a single request. No scraping infrastructure to build or maintain.

Example Request

curl -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/instagram/post/comments?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fp%2FDXidPIVDU6M%2F&label=purchase_intent"
import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/instagram/post/comments",
    params={
    'url': 'https://www.instagram.com/p/DXidPIVDU6M/',
    'label': 'purchase_intent',
    },
    headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
)

data = response.json()
const response = await fetch(
  "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/instagram/post/comments?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fp%2FDXidPIVDU6M%2F&label=purchase_intent",
  {
    headers: { "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY" },
  },
);

const data = await response.json();

Parameters worth sending

  • label=purchase_intent Marks each comment that shows buying intent, at no extra credits; sentiment, question and complaint are free too.

Parameters

ParameterRequiredDescription
urlYesURL of the Instagram post (a /p/, /reel/, /reels/, or /tv/ link).
sortNoOrdering: `top` (default) ranks by Instagram's popularity order (most-liked first); `recent` returns newest-first. Use `recent` when you are paging through a whole thread: Instagram ranks only the most-liked head, so a `top` walk starts repeating comments once you page past it. (top | recent)
cursorNoPagination cursor. Use the `next_cursor` from the previous response to fetch the next page.
safe_urlNoWhen true, returns URL-safe profile picture links suitable for embedding.
scan_pagesNoOptional, 1 to 3, default 1. With 2 or 3, the call reads that many pages, drops comments repeated across pages, and returns them all sorted by likes (sort=top) or newest first (sort=recent). Use it when the first page of a top-sorted thread is low-like comments. Costs 5 credits for each page that added comments; a page of repeats is not billed. data.scan reports the pages read and billed and whether the thread ended.
labelNoOptional CSV of SocialCrawl labels to add to every comment: sentiment, spam, question, purchase_intent, complaint, toxic, low_quality, injection. Without this param every page already carries sentiment, question, purchase_intent and complaint, free; label= adds the labels you name to them (the defaults keep running). Each comment gains computed.labels with probabilities (0 to 1), so you choose the cut-off; a comment that could not be judged carries labels: null. sentiment, question, purchase_intent and complaint are free when asked for too; spam, toxic, low_quality and injection add 1 credit per started 25 newly judged comments (comments already labelled for anyone are free, and so is a cached page). injection flags text that addresses an AI system and tries to direct it (flagged, p); it never drops or rewrites a row. judgments=off (or label=none) turns the default labels off. data.labels reports what was judged and billed.
excludeNoOptional CSV (spam, low_quality), only with the same preset in label. Drops comments whose probability is 0.8 or higher and lists their ids in data.labels.dropped_ids. A comment that could not be judged is never dropped.
judgmentsNoOptional, on (the default) or off. By default every row gains free SocialCrawl judgments (computed.labels, and computed.relevance on search endpoints), reported in data.labels (mode default) and data.relevance (origin default), each with a status (complete, partial or skipped) and pending: the rows still being judged when the page was sent, which carry null now and are filled on your next call or cached read. Default judgments never add credits, never change an existing field, and never drop or reorder a row. off returns the page exactly as before, with none of those keys. label=none does the same. (on | off)
dry_runNoOptional. When 1, return a cost preview for this labelled or relevance-filtered request without fetching the page or judging any row. data.estimate reports rows_expected, rows_cached, label_credits_min, label_credits_max and base_credits. 0 credits charged. (1)
label_evidenceNoOptional, only with label=. When 1, every labelled row also carries computed.labels_evidence.<preset> = { quote, sentence_index }: the sentence in the row that most clearly shows the label, copied verbatim. Absent or null when no single sentence shows it. (1)
fitNoOptional. When goal, keep the rows and fields needed for the goal you pass in goal= (plus any that are uncertain, and the first and last), and replace the rest with a stub. data.held_back lists the held ids and a recall id that re-reads the full page from cache at no extra charge. Without this param the page is unchanged. (goal)
goalNoRequired by fit=goal. What you are trying to do, in your own words, up to 300 characters.
fit_tokensNoOptional, only with fit=goal. Soft cap on how much of the page to keep, in tokens. Uncertain blocks and the first and last block are kept even if they exceed it.
sinceNoOnly rows published on or after this date: YYYY-MM-DD (midnight UTC) or an ISO 8601 timestamp. Rows older than it are left off the page, and the page that reaches one ends the walk: `next_cursor` is not returned and `pagination.stopped_at` is `since`. Sending it sets the newest-first sort shown in this endpoint's sort parameter (any other sort value is a free 400). The page still costs what a page costs, so you pay for the pages you walk and no more. A row with no date is kept. `published_after`, `start_date`, `from_date`, `publish_time` (`yesterday`, `this-week`, `this-month`, `last-3-months`, `last-6-months`) and `max_age_days` are accepted and applied as `since`.
untilNoOnly rows published on or before this date: YYYY-MM-DD (that whole UTC day is included) or an ISO 8601 timestamp. Newer rows are left off each page and the walk does not stop, so older pages follow. A row with no date is kept. `published_before`, `end_date` and `to_date` are accepted and applied as `until`.
Example Response

What does the Instagram Post Comments API return?

Every response follows one unified schema. Here is a real, unmodified response body, so you can see the exact fields you get back before spending a credit.

Example response
{
  "success": true,
  "platform": "instagram",
  "endpoint": "/v1/instagram/post/comments",
  "data": {
    "items": [
      {
        "comment": {
          "id": "18117485308668753",
          "url": "https://example.com/redacted",
          "parent_id": null,
          "post_id": "DXidPIVDU6M",
          "text": "Sample comment text (redacted).",
          "author": {
            "username": "user_fe6bf9",
            "display_name": null,
            "avatar_url": "https://example.com/avatars/user_6d63bb.png",
            "verified": false
          },
          "engagement": {
            "likes": 46932,
            "replies": 125
          },
          "flags": {
            "pinned": null,
            "deleted": false
          },
          "published_at": "2026-05-02T19:24:27.000Z"
        },
        "computed": {
          "language": "en",
          "labels": {
            "sentiment": {
              "level": 3,
              "score_0_1": 0.65,
              "confidence": 0
            },
            "question": {
              "p": 0.05
            },
            "purchase_intent": {
              "p": 0.03
            },
            "complaint": {
              "p": 0.05
            }
          }
        }
      },
      {
        "comment": {
          "id": "18046487261746100",
          "url": "https://example.com/redacted",
          "parent_id": null,
          "post_id": "DXidPIVDU6M",
          "text": "Sample comment text (redacted).",
          "author": {
            "username": "user_65b398",
            "display_name": null,
            "avatar_url": "https://example.com/avatars/user_15dc3e.png",
            "verified": false
          },
          "engagement": {
            "likes": 30716,
            "replies": 58
          },
          "flags": {
            "pinned": null,
            "deleted": false
          },
          "published_at": "2026-04-25T05:29:20.000Z"
        },
        "computed": {
          "language": "en",
          "labels": {
            "sentiment": {
              "level": 1,
              "score_0_1": 0.35,
              "confidence": 0.55
            },
            "question": {
              "p": 0.04
            },
            "purchase_intent": {
              "p": 0.02
            },
            "complaint": {
              "p": 0.09
            }
          }
        }
      }
    ],
    "next_cursor": "sc2.eyJzIjoibCIsImMiOiJzYzEuZXlKaklqb2llMXdpWTJGamFHVmtYMk52YlcxbGJuUnpYMk4xY25OdmNsd2lPbHdpTVRnd05USTVOREk0TmpJM09EY3pPRGxjSWl4Y0ltSnBabWxzZEdWeVgzUnZhMlZ1WENJNlhDSkhaMWxaWjFGRlFUVXhiMUl3VkZWNlVVRkNValozZGtWM1ZqRkJRVXhSVkhKcU5IWklWVUZCV0hjM1FqbDFXbk5SUVVKWU0zWlplWFYzTVVKQlFXZFNNbE5EVUZkVlFVRTVUSGxyYjNSbmRGRkJSRGRyYlVaVGVuazVRVUZRZURkV1JsZElTVVZCUVVsUGRGRTJZVkZzVVVGRVZsZHNURTAyV0c5ZlFVdG9iV3h2Vm1oVGEwRkJhMnh2TTJneldtRlJRVU5DV1V4NVNrNUxUVjlCUW5KU1RqbFRTa2xGUVVGVWRXaEdNMDFxU2xCM1FVRmNJbjBpTENKeklqcGJJakU0TVRFM05EZzFNekE0TmpZNE56VXpJaXdpTVRnd05EWTBPRGN5TmpFM05EWXhNREFpTENJeE9EQTJORGd3TmprM05ETTNNekV3T0NJc0lqRTRNRFkyT1RZMU9UazJNelEwTURVNUlpd2lNVGd4TVRJNE5qazNOelUzTnpNNU5qQWlMQ0l4T0RBMU1ERTNORGcxTWpVeE9ERTNNQ0lzSWpFNE1EVXdNVFkwTVRNek56VTFPVEF3SWl3aU1UZ3pNVEE1TnpFeE5URXlOemMyTlRVaUxDSXhPREExTlRjNE9EY3lPRGMwTURZME1DSXNJakUzT1RVME56ZzRNRFU0T1RneU5EYzRJaXdpTVRjNU1USXpOamsxTnpjeU1qSXlOek1pTENJeE9EQTVOakU0TVRJeU1qazVNVFV5T0NJc0lqRTRNVEV6T0RZek5qTXdOamMwTlRjNElpd2lNVGd4TXpReE16YzNORGMyTURjeE16VWlMQ0l4TnpnMk9EQTJPREV3TmpZNE9USXpOeUpkZlEifQ",
    "total": 3829,
    "labels": {
      "presets": [
        "sentiment",
        "question"
      ],
      "rows": 15,
      "labelled": 15,
      "cached": 15,
      "skipped": 0,
      "unjudged": 0,
      "dropped": 0,
      "dropped_ids": [],
      "extra_credits": 0,
      "methodology_version": "labels/1",
      "mode": "default",
      "status": "complete",
      "pending": 0,
      "pending_ids": []
    },
    "label_share": {
      "policy_version": "share/1",
      "presets": {
        "question": {
          "n": 15,
          "counted": 0,
          "abstained": 0,
          "share": 0,
          "low": 0,
          "high": 0.1528,
          "receipts": [],
          "policy_version": "share/1",
          "too_few": false,
          "at_cut": 0,
          "nulls": 0,
          "low_confidence": 0
        },
        "purchase_intent": {
          "n": 15,
          "counted": 0,
          "abstained": 0,
          "share": 0,
          "low": 0,
          "high": 0.1528,
          "receipts": [],
          "policy_version": "share/1",
          "too_few": false,
          "at_cut": 0,
          "nulls": 0,
          "low_confidence": 0
        },
        "complaint": {
          "n": 15,
          "counted": 0,
          "abstained": 0,
          "share": 0,
          "low": 0,
          "high": 0.1528,
          "receipts": [],
          "policy_version": "share/1",
          "too_few": false,
          "at_cut": 0,
          "nulls": 0,
          "low_confidence": 0
        },
        "sentiment": {
          "positive": {
            "n": 15,
            "counted": 3,
            "abstained": 6,
            "share": null,
            "low": 0.142,
            "high": 0.6017,
            "receipts": [
              {
                "id": "18310971151277655",
                "text": "Sample comment text (redacted)."
              },
              {
                "id": "18096181222991528",
                "text": "Sample comment text (redacted)."
              }
            ],
            "policy_version": "share/1",
            "too_few": true,
            "at_cut": 3,
            "nulls": 0,
            "low_confidence": 6
          },
          "neutral": {
            "n": 15,
            "counted": 3,
            "abstained": 6,
            "share": null,
            "low": 0.142,
            "high": 0.6017,
            "receipts": [
              {
                "id": "18064806974373108",
                "text": "Sample comment text (redacted)."
              },
              {
                "id": "18050174852518170",
                "text": "Sample comment text (redacted)."
              }
            ],
            "policy_version": "share/1",
            "too_few": true,
            "at_cut": 3,
            "nulls": 0,
            "low_confidence": 6
          },
          "negative": {
            "n": 15,
            "counted": 3,
            "abstained": 6,
            "share": null,
            "low": 0.142,
            "high": 0.6017,
            "receipts": [
              {
                "id": "18046487261746100",
                "text": "Sample comment text (redacted)."
              },
              {
                "id": "18112869775773960",
                "text": "Sample comment text (redacted)."
              }
            ],
            "policy_version": "share/1",
            "too_few": true,
            "at_cut": 3,
            "nulls": 0,
            "low_confidence": 6
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "comment_language": {
      "policy_version": "share/1",
      "n": 15,
      "abstained": 1,
      "judged_by": {
        "script": 0,
        "choice": 14
      },
      "shares": {
        "en": {
          "n": 15,
          "counted": 14,
          "abstained": 1,
          "share": 1,
          "low": 0.838,
          "high": 1,
          "receipts": [
            {
              "id": "18117485308668753",
              "text": "Sample comment text (redacted)."
            },
            {
              "id": "18046487261746100",
              "text": "Sample comment text (redacted)."
            }
          ],
          "policy_version": "share/1",
          "too_few": false
        }
      }
    },
    "comment_recency": {
      "policy_version": "d09-1",
      "n": 15,
      "counted": 15,
      "abstained": 0,
      "share_last_24h": 0,
      "share_later_half": null,
      "too_few": false,
      "stage": "unknown",
      "order": "top",
      "recent_share_is_floor": true,
      "receipts": []
    },
    "dropped": 0
  },
  "credits_used": 5,
  "request_id": "req_example000000",
  "cached": false,
  "pagination": {
    "next_cursor": "sc.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",
    "has_more": true,
    "page_size": 15
  },
  "credits_remaining": 9999,
  "source": "captured",
  "captured_at": "2026-10-02T15:37:09.669Z",
  "redacted": true
}

Live sample illustrating the unified response shape. Field values reflect the record you query.

API Details

How does the Instagram Post Comments API work?

Send a GET request with your API key and get back clean, structured JSON in our unified schema. Supported computed fields are populated when the source provides the required inputs.

Method

GET

Response

JSON

Why SocialCrawl

Why use SocialCrawl for Instagram Post Comments data?

We handle the complexity of Instagram data extraction so you can focus on building. Unified schema, AI enrichment, and zero platform logic in your code.

Developer First

How do you scrape social media data in seconds?

The fastest social media scraping API for developers. Scrape profiles, posts, comments, and analytics from 68 platforms covering 10B+ monthly active users.

One schema, every platform

Query 68 platforms with identical response structures. Write your integration once.

Computed fields, not just scraped

When an endpoint supports these metrics and the source provides the required inputs, the normalized record includes engagement_rate, estimated_reach, content_category, and language. Ready to use.

See your data before you code

Visual Data Explorer. Paste any URL, get rich result cards, sortable tables, CSV export.

import requests

response = requests.get(
    'https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/tiktok/profile',
    params={'handle': 'charlidamelio'},
    headers={'x-api-key': 'sc_YOUR_API_KEY'}
)
data = response.json()
[ .JSON ]
{
  "success": true,
  "platform": "tiktok",
  "data": {
    "author": {
      "username": "charlidamelio",
      "followers": 152400000
    },
    "engagement": {
      "likes": 12400000000,
      "engagement_rate": 0.087
    },
    "metadata": {
      "language": "en",
      "content_category": "lifestyle"
    }
  }
}
+ 68 platforms
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How do I scrape Instagram comments with an API?
Send a GET request to /v1/instagram/post/comments with the url parameter set to the post URL. SocialCrawl returns a JSON array of comments with author username, text, like count, reply count, and creation timestamp.
How do I paginate through Instagram comments?
The response includes a cursor field. Pass it back as the cursor query parameter on your next request to fetch the next page of comments. Keep paginating until the cursor field comes back empty.
Does the Instagram Comments API include replies?
Each top-level comment entry includes a reply_count field. To fetch the actual reply threads you can call the endpoint again with the reply's parent post and filter by the parent comment ID exposed in the payload.
Can I scrape comments from any Instagram post?
Yes, as long as the post is public. Private account posts and posts where comments are disabled by the author are not returned. Reels, photo posts, video posts, and carousel posts with public comments are all supported.
How much does the Instagram Comments API cost?
Each page costs 5 credits on the advanced tier. New accounts start with 100 free credits and no card on file, so you can pull around 20 pages of comments while you evaluate the endpoint.

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