Instagram Transcript Scraper - Reels & Video

Instagram Transcript Scraper - Reels & Video produces creator, page and audience lists: social profiles, channels, pages and the people who engage with them. Columns include post link, profile link, short code, video index, pk, id.

Useful for influencer and community outreach; these are profiles, not street addresses.

$0.50per 1,000 results, plus a start fee and platform usage
21columns in the output
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2026-11last updated on the Store
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The columns you get

From the published output schema, checked 2026-11-13.
ColumnWhat it holds
Post link
postUrl		 Link to the post or Reel
Profile link
profileUrl		 Link to the profile, on a record about a username that gave no posts
Short code
shortCode		 The short code in the post link
Video index
videoIndex		 Which video of the post this record is, counting only its videos (1 for a reel or a single video; a carousel with several videos has one record each)
Pk
pk		 Instagram's numeric id of the video
Id
id		 Instagram's full media id
Post description
postDescription		 Caption of the post
Thumbnail link
thumbnailUrl		 Link to the cover image
Video link
videoUrl		 Link to the video file
Audio link
audioUrl		 Link to the audio track
Pub date
pubDate		 When the video was published (ISO 8601, UTC)
Like count
likeCount		 Number of likes
Comment count
commentCount		 Number of comments
User id
userId		 Numeric id of the creator
User name
userName		 Username of the creator
User full name
userFullName		 Display name of the creator
Avatar uri
avatarUri		 Link to the creator's profile picture
Full text
fullText		 The whole transcript; empty when the video has no speech
Transcription method
transcriptionMethod		 native (Instagram captions) or whisper (AI speech-to-text)
Segments
segments		 Phrases with timestamps in seconds; only present when includeSegments is on
Created at
createdAt		 When the row was created (ISO 8601, UTC)

What it costs

  • 100 rows in one run$0.07
  • 1,000 rows in one run$0.52
  • 10,000 rows in one run$5.02

Free-plan prices: $0.50 per 1,000 results plus a $0.02 start fee (4 GB run) per run, plus Apify platform usage at $0.20 per compute unit. The Free plan includes $5 a month (Apify pricing).

What you fill in

  • Video urls
    List of Instagram video or reel URLs to transcribe. Supports /p/, /reel/, and /tv/ formats. Provide this, usernames, or both.
  • Usernames
    Usernames whose newest posts should be checked for videos. Each entry can be a username (with or without @) or a profile link such as https://www.instagram.com…
  • Max posts per username
    How many of each username's newest posts to check (after the date and pinned-post filters below). Every video among them is transcribed (each video of a carous…
  • Newer than
    Skip posts published before this date. Leave empty for no date filter. Must be a date from 2000-01-01 up to the day before the run. Applies to usernames only. …
  • Skip pinned posts
    Leave out the posts a profile has pinned to the top of its grid. Applies to usernames only. A pinned post that is also the newest post cannot be recognised and…
  • Transcription method
    How to extract transcripts. 'auto' tries native Instagram captions first, then falls back to Whisper AI. 'native' only uses Instagram captions. 'whisper' alway…
  • Whisper model
    Whisper AI model size. Larger models are more accurate but use more memory and time. Only used when transcription method involves Whisper.
  • Include segments
    When enabled, the output will include a 'segments' array with per-segment timestamps and text alongside the full transcript. Each segment represents a distinct…
  • Language
    Language of the video audio. Leave empty for automatic detection. Only used when Whisper is active.
  • Cookies

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Questions

What does Instagram Transcript Scraper - Reels & Video cost?

$0.50 per 1,000 results on the Apify Store (Free plan), plus a start fee per GB of run memory and Apify platform usage: one run of 1,000 rows costs about $0.52 before platform usage. The Free plan includes $5 a month.

Do I need to code to use it?

No. You fill in a form on the Apify Store page, start the run and download the results as CSV, Excel or JSON. You need a free Apify account.

Is it a good fit for a business list?

Useful for influencer and community outreach; these are profiles, not street addresses.

Store data checked 2026-11-13Columns from the published schema