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Instagram Reel analytics API. Extract views, likes, comments from any public post.
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"It was very easy to set up and get going, and support was superb."
Ziv Erlichson, Founder at Plynn
"Quick, caring and efficient support!"
Thomas Puech, Designer
"Easy to connect - work's smooth and properly!"
Robert Podsiadlo, Founder at PrimeStuff
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// Pull the latest 12 posts from a public Instagram profile
const url = "https://api.socialkit.dev/instagram/channel-posts"
+ "?url=https://www.instagram.com/natgeo"
+ "&limit=12"
+ "&access_key=YOUR_ACCESS_KEY";
const response = await fetch(url);
const { data } = await response.json();
// data.items[] => [{ shortcode, type, likes, comments, views, caption, ... }]
console.log(`Fetched ${data.count} posts, hasMore=${data.hasMore}`);
// To paginate, pass data.cursor back as a query param next call.Specialized capabilities designed specifically for developers workflows and use cases.
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Test the API with example requests in your terminal
Integrate into your existing codebase or pipeline
Set up scheduled jobs for automated data collection
Monitor usage and scale as needed
We solve real problems faced by teams every day
Pull Instagram Reel metrics programmatically without login or scraping. Our API provides consistent data access regardless of Instagram's UI changes.
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Build live dashboards that track video performance, engagement metrics, and trending content across social platforms.
A social media management tool integrates the API to provide clients with real-time performance tracking across 100+ accounts.
Create systems that monitor content performance and send alerts when videos hit certain thresholds or anomalies are detected.
An e-commerce brand built a system that alerts their team when competitor videos get unusual engagement spikes, catching trends early.
Automate the generation of performance reports, competitor analyses, and trend summaries without manual data collection.
A marketing agency automated their client reporting pipeline, reducing 40 hours of manual work monthly while serving 50+ clients.
Build tools that track channel growth, follower velocity, and engagement patterns over time for benchmarking and forecasting.
A creator tool tracks 10,000+ channels daily, identifying fast-growing accounts and predicting which will hit 100K subscribers next.
Integrate with your existing tools and platforms
Embed social media data extraction as a core feature in your application.
Process thousands of URLs overnight with scheduled batch jobs.
Power mobile apps with social media data via your API layer.
An Instagram Channel Posts API is a REST endpoint that returns every post from a public Instagram profile as structured JSON. You pass a profile URL, the API returns a paginated list of posts with shortcodes, captions, like and comment counts, video view counts, thumbnails, and direct media URLs.
SocialKit's Instagram Channel Posts API handles all media types in a single endpoint — single-image posts, video posts, multi-image carousels, and reels. Each item in the response array has a normalized shape, so you can build influencer dashboards, content audits, and competitor trackers without branching on media type.
Manual Instagram research does not scale. Influencer marketing teams need to vet hundreds of creators, agencies need to monitor dozens of competitor accounts, and analytics tools need fresh data for every dashboard refresh. Loading instagram.com one profile at a time, scrolling, and copying numbers into spreadsheets is a non-starter.
The Instagram Channel Posts API replaces all of that with a single REST call per profile per page. Cursor-based pagination lets you walk an entire account safely — no rate-limit surprises, no anti-bot timeouts, no manual cookie wrangling. The result: a clean, structured feed you can pipe into Make, Zapier, Airtable, BigQuery, or your own backend with one line of code.
Want to see the response format before building? Use the free Instagram channel posts extractor to extract sample posts and inspect the JSON output.
The API returns up to 100 posts per call along with a cursor token. To fetch the next page, pass that cursor back as a query parameter on your next request. The response also includes a hasMore boolean — when it goes false, you've reached the end of the profile's history.
Cursors are opaque tokens — do not parse them or try to construct your own. They contain timing information that lets Instagram's feed return consistent results even as the profile posts new content during your pagination session.
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